Actuakers One of my all time favorites.

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

SanEat A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

Brendon Jones It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

adonis98-743-186503 Reiko takes Yoichi into hiding when her son begins to display frightening powers. Meanwhile, Mai Takano and the authorities begin a desperate search for them, as the mysterious Ring curse spreads. Ringu 2 unfortunately not only is an even more disappointing follow up to the very muddled first film from 1998 but it's also quite boring and pretty uninteresting to say the least and i was expecting a bit more effort to be honest but then again it's a horror sequel and most sequels either truly suck or somehow do well and shine once in a while kinda. (3/10)

ferbs54 Just recently, I was the 376th person on the IMDb to review the 1998 Japanese horror classic "Ringu"; a day later, and I am now #78 to review the sequel to that film, "Ringu 2" (1999). This disparity in numbers surprises me, as it's hard for me to believe that any viewer who saw the original film would not want to know more about Sadako, the lank-haired ghost girl who kills via videotape. However, although we DO learn more about this fascinating character in "Ringu 2," and get some plot points cleared up, this sequel proved something of an anticlimax for me, and raised more questions than it explained. The original "Ringu" is a truly scary film, with great, ominous atmosphere and at least one classic horror sequence (that TV crawl-through). The sequel picks up precisely where the original left off, but is somehow not as creepy, centering on one of the minor characters of the original (the very pretty Miki Nakatani) and on police and scientific investigations into the Sadako phenomenon. The movie indulges in strangeness for the sake of strangeness, logic be damned, with the Sadako curse now affecting even those who haven't "gone to the videotape," and features psychic manifestations and assorted spectral mishegas thicker than a bowl of soba noodles. It's a case of atmosphere over coherent content, but man, what atmosphere! Still, I dare anyone to explain those final 15 minutes to me, as we go back into that darn well. The movie is a fascinating one, although it sure does leave one scratching the ol' noggin. Guess we'll have to proceed on to "Ringu 0" for some additional explication...

Matthew Berard Asmik Ace Entertainment had decided that because of "Rasen" and it's huge flop, being panned by viewers and critics alike, they would make another sequel. Billed by many as the "proper" sequel, Rasen was forever buried and this one had stood as the "better" one...Hmm... it was better alright, but was it any good? Despite the fact that all the original cast and crew have returned, this movie still fails to live up to the success of "Ringu". Perhaps the scary thing about Ringu was how we had never seen this kind of movie before... or at least nothing that dark and mysterious and so wonderfully and colorfully shot. Now that we've sunk our teeth into it, we are craving more, and this movie falls short. Now that we are still questioning the events in Ringu, this movie attempts to tie all knots possible.This movie still manages to pull off all the stops in terms of scares, however. But that doesn't shake off the fact that this movie feels irrelevant to the series. Very little here is related to the actual story.It all starts when doctors are trying to identify the body of Sadako Yamamura, who was discovered from a well she was thrown into thirty years ago.Reiko has taken Yoichi with her into hiding after the terror in Ringu. Mai, desperate for answers after her professor's (Ryuji Takayama) death, is out to search for them. When she discovers them, she is surprised to learn that Yoichi is starting to inherit the terrifying psychic ability of Takayama. Soon enough, scientists are using his mind to try to discover, and stop, the power of Sadako Yamamura.**1/2-*****

jamiecostelo58 As we examine the aspects of the lethal videotape in this very good sequel, it is admittedly not as frightening as the first movie.Hideo Nakata resumes his taut direction, and a few shocks abound. Nice to see Nanako Matsushima return as Reiko even if the main star of this story is Miki Nakatani's character Mai Takano, who had a brief appearance in the first film.Ring 2 does retain many of the atmospheric and subdued sounds of the first film, but, unlike Ring, you can watch this sequel without the lights on. However, the conclusion to the film is extremely ominous.Ring 2 is not a horror movie in the true sense of the word, and is certainly not as shocking as its theatrical trailer suggests, but it continues the story admirably, and all the actors involved put in cherished performances. I personally enjoyed it.