The Ring Two (2005)

Calificación de los usuarios:

5.1/10   

Director:

Hideo Nakata

Escritores (WGA):

Kôji Suzuki (novel)
Hiroshi Takahashi (1998 film Ringu)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

18 marzo 2005 (USA)

Género:

Horror | Suspenso | Drama | Misterio

Frase comercial:

Fear comes full circle.

Plot:

Six months after the incidents involving the lethal videotape, new clues prove that there is a new evil lurking in the darkness.

Plot Keywords:

Videotape | Television | Newspaper Editor | Hypothermia | Watching Video

Premios:

2 wins & 5 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

"The Ring Two" is an excellent continuation, not sequel, to "The Ring"

Reparto

Naomi Watts	...	Rachel Keller
Simon Baker	...	Max Rourke
David Dorfman	...	Aidan Keller
Elizabeth Perkins	...	Dr. Emma Temple
Gary Cole	...	Martin Savide
Sissy Spacek	...	Evelyn
Ryan Merriman	...	Jake
Emily VanCamp	...	Emily
Kelly Overton	...	Betsy
James Lesure	...	Doctor
Daveigh Chase	...	Samara (archive footage)
Kelly Stables	...	Evil Samara
Cooper Thornton	...	Father of Emily
Marilyn McIntyre	...	Mother of Emily
Jesse Burch	...	Male Reporter

También conocida como:

Samara (Hong Kong: English title) (Singapore: English title)
The Ring 2 (International: English title) (alternative spelling) (UK)
Samara: Ring 2 (Philippines: English title) (informal title)
El aro 2 (Chile) [es]
La llamada 2 (Argentina) [es]
The ring two - La señal 2 (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence/terror, disturbing images, thematic elements and some language.

Duración:

110 min | 128 min (unrated version)

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Clasificación:

Taiwan:R-12 | Germany:16 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Zurich) | USA:Not Rated (unrated DVD version) | Hungary:16 | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Iceland:16 | Malaysia:18SG | Malaysia:U (cut) | Portugal:M/16 | Sweden:15 | South Korea:15 | Japan:U | India:A (cinema release) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Chile:14 | Finland:K-15 | Hong Kong:IIB | Ireland:15A | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Poland:15 | Singapore:PG | Spain:18 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:PG-13

Locaciones de Filmación:

Astoria, Oregon, USA

Compañía:

DreamWorks SKG

Trivialidades:

Even with three artists, Samara's make-up took over five hours to complete.

Errores:

Errores Reales: Early on, we see a shot of The Daily Astorian office where Rachel works, and the Columbia River in the background. The real Daily Astorian office is located well off the waterfront. The building used is a medical supply company.

Citas:

[first lines]
Emily: Ever seen a shooting star?
Jake: Sure. You?
Emily: You know what you're supposed to do, right?
Jake: What do you mean, make a wish?
Emily: If you saw one right now, what would you wish for?
Jake: Well, that's a secret.

Conexiones de Película:

References One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

"The Ring Two" is an excellent continuation, not sequel, to "The Ring"

"The Ring Two" stars Naomi Watts and David Dorfman reprising their roles as Rachel and Aiden Keller, a family plagued by Samara Morgan, a demon child that created a video tape after death that showed horrifying images and killed the viewers seven days after they watch it. The original was met with great praise, labeled by critics as the scariest movie since "The Exorcist" and "Rosemary's Baby", even though I didn't find it scary at all, just a good mystery. In "The Ring Two", Rachel and Aiden have moved to a new town, and evidence arises that a local death may have been caused by a mysterious video tape. This inspires Rachel, a reporter, to investigate.

Most critics don't like this film because it doesn't have the "atmosphere" of the original. Since I've read the books and now how vastly different the first is from the second, I didn't expect it to. You can't expect it to, anyway, seeing as how they have two different directors. I'm quite sure this movie would have been better if Gore Verbinski had been on to direct, but the studio hired the director of the Japanese film. It didn't work for "The Grudge" and it didn't work for this, but it turned out better than what I expected.

In "The Ring" the mystery of the video tape was revealed, including where it came from and the history of who made it. (Though I will admit, they could have explained it better. The book does.) In "The Ring Two", we know what there is to fear so all there is left to do is throw it at us and see what happens. They try something new though, that slightly resembles what occurs at the very end of the book, but is much different and happens in the middle. I didn't like how they just threw the idea of Samara being adopted at us. I wish they had explained it. They also kind of overexagerated on the water. After a fact about the villain is later revealed, it kind of makes sense but not really. I just hope fans react to "Dark Water" well when they see it. I also really liked the scene at the end with the well. There seems to be a scene like that at the end of both of them, one that shocks you and makes you flip out. (The first being where she crawls out of the TV.) All in all, it was a very cool movie, one of the better ones I've seen recently. I'd give it 10/10 because it did everything I thought it should. They did close it off, but I still expect a third. Why wouldn't they do it?