[KFCC] Ring 2 Review

Story: Ring 2 is a direct continuation of where the first film left off. The reporter who was originally researching the cursed video has disappeared, a co-worker decides to follow up on the leads and find out what happened. The reporters ex-husband's assistant is also looking for answers, she is looking for Yoshi the original reporters son. They follow a trail of clues that brings them to a psychiatric hospital where a patient had a run in with Sadako (she was with the original reporters niece when she died "in Ring I"). They discover a world of supernatural phenomenon and eventually they find out that Yoshi is the key to destroying Sadako.

Review: This movie was the best way to do a sequel, it left of where the original film stopped. There the first movie ended its as if another story was about to begin and that what the second movie is, you can almost say that Ring 1 and 2 are just one big movie. This movie is somewhat the informative about all the things you did not know in the first movie. You find out why the curse exists and who was Sadako really. Also it ties up all the lose ends from the first move, you find out what happened to everyone. Expect almost all your questions to be answer in Ring 3, it is going to be a prequel from the past of Sadako.

It really quite interesting what happens with the characters in this movie, the two main characters were secondary characters in the first film that you only saw for an instant. As for the main characters from the first film they take up the secondary role and you will only see them for a short while. Most of the characters are the same in this film, nothing changes and it seems you are still watching Ring I. All comments that were said about the characters in Ring I are applicable here.

Ring II is still the same movie as the first one, slow and psychological with a lot of dialog and story to understand. One thing that is really different in this movie is that the horror element is somewhat toned down as in you do not feel the same suspense as in the first film. This is probably due to the fact that they are finding answers and somewhat revealing the mystery. But don't get me wrong, like the first film, you still have the extreme fear causing scenes.

Luckily unlike Ring I you do have subtitles for this movie, they are clear and visible but the only problem is the usual white on white. Now most of you are thinking that since you cant get Ring I with subtitles your just go and get this one, that is a bad idea. Without seeing Ring I it is pointless to see Ring II as you missed like half of the story. Also if you see Ring II before Ring I that will ruin the entire series. To really enjoy this movie you should only see it after you've seen Ring I and of course you enjoyed that film.