hideo nakata follow up to ring be terrify stuff . building on the event of the first film and follow the dreadful video curse through to the next level and it be a very worthy successor to the original classic . in term of filmmaking style and very little have change . ring 2 be high quality horror filmmaking and include excellent music and a couple of nasty shock ( use sparingly and make them all the more effective ) and some really frightening image which stay in your mind long after the film be over . we also learn more about sadako and the circumstance lead up to her imprisonment and death and which deepen the horror by make the audience more compassionate towards the object of fear . this be the sort of thing that classic western horror use to do and but now it be more concerned with shock tactic and tongue in cheek self referencing ( see scream ) to bother with good old fashion empathy . this be not to say that we grow to love sadako any more in this film than in the first . she be still very much the epitome of evil . ring 2 also make less sense than it predecessor and demand more leap of the imagination than the first film do . that say and the irrationality lead to some truly terrifying moment represent the way the curse mark all medium ( photo and video and any tv in range ) while the whole sequence with the well while the flashback sequence at the inn where sadako be raise . by not try to be too logical about the plot here and nakata actually tap into a deep vein of horror and although it make ring 2 slightly less satisfy than it predecessor . everything about this production be so good that it barely even need to be mention . the acting be terrific and particularly miki nakatini a mai and burden with a psychic capacity she doesn not want and draw into the mystery against her will . rikiya otaka also deserve a mention a yoichi ( the little boy from the first film ) his expression of blank terror and occasional moment of rage be very effective indeed . don not watch ring 2 alone and do not expect to sleep easy afterwards . this be good quality horror the way it hasn not be make in hollywood for a good few year now go with a friend .