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Ring 2 (1999)
Directed by Hideo Nakata
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Overview
While investigating the horrifying death of her boyfriend, Mai Takano learns about a videotape haunted by the spirit of a disturbing girl named Sadako, which kills anyone who watches it exactly one week later. When her boyfriend’s son, Yoichi, starts to develop the same psychic abilities as Sadako, Takano must find a way to keep the boy and herself from becoming the next victims.
Rated NR | Length 95 minutes
Actors
Miki Nakatani | Hitomi Satô | Kyoko Fukada | Fumiyo Kohinata | Kenjiro Ishimaru | Yūrei Yanagi | Rikiya Ôtaka | Yôichi Numata | Masako | Miwako Kaji | Katsumi Muramatsu | Daisuke Ban | Rie Ino'o | Reita Serizawa | Shinmei Tsuji | Nanako Matsushima | Yoshiko Yura | Hiroyuki Sanada | Taro Suwa | Kinto Tamura | Shirô Namiki | Takashi Nishina | Yôko Chôsokabe | Isao Yatsu | Mebuki Tsuchida | Kazumasa Taguchi | Sadahiko Irisawa | Takahiko Tamura | Hiroyuki Amano | Koichi Shibata | Tomo Taniguchi | Ai Ihara | Mitsuko Iwamoto | Hatsune Matsushima | Yamaguchi Maho | Usagi Ōyama | Sanae Kagaya | Yoko Ashikawa | Akeno | Ayumi Tachihara | Shôko Iroka | Junko Sasaki | Kazu Nagahama
Viewing History (seen 2 times)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/16/2020 | TV | Streaming | Video on Demand | 6 stars |
| 01/21/2009 | TV | DVD | Owned | 6 stars |
| (Average) 6 stars |
Viewing Notes
Revisiting for a podcast I’m guesting on to discuss the RINGU films. This is one I wasn’t so keen on when I first saw it over 11 years ago. Definitely like it more now esp. having just watched RINGU 0 and RINGU. It’s still not at the level of those two but it does do some interesting things and gives Miki Nakatani a lot more do (she has to carry the entire film). There is some odd stuff that doesn’t add up to the linear story being told but I am happy this isn’t a complete rehash of the previous film.
I get why they jumped back in the timeline to tell the origin story in RINGU 0 but I’m surprised they didn’t make a RINGU 3 and keep churning these out like they did for The Grudge films and Tomie even has a bunch of films. Granted, they did bring Sadako back in various forms over the years and technically they are part of the franchise but I think it became more of a “Sadako” thing after the original films.
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