Review – The Ring 2

Talk about your boring sequels. This isn’t exactly the first movie to prove that the laconic pace and obscure eeriness of Japanese ghost stories work well within their native cultural context but just don’t translate to the Hollywood horror market. Case in point: the scene in which our protagonists’ car is attacked by computer-generated deer. It’s supposed to be frightening, I’m sure. But it’s just so weird – almost funny – that it falls flat. Likewise with most of the rest of the movie. The script doesn’t help matters, either. It’s one of those jobs where it seems like they picked an ending and then just worked backward trying to make it happen, abandoning logic and believable character motivation along the way. Maybe if it hadn’t been a sequel to a wildly successful picture it might have stood more of a chance. As it is, however, I’m betting audiences won’t think much of it. Mildly amusing