after watch the very good original on tv a couple month ago and see that sequel be on tv last weekend i think it might be like most sequel and wouldn not live up to the original and but i be wrong . hideo nakata sequel ringu 2 be a stylish film with an excellent blend of thrill and chill and without rehash any idea that be in the first film . it fill with superb imagery and good special effect and effective make up and lot of atmosphere that be impressively impose . it lack the pace of the original ( in the case of the 7 day before you die ) but for me i find the story more intriguing and gripping and unpredictable . this time around the haunting idea of the cursed videotape or sakado be investigate in far more detail and it head into different territory . i think it be much more darker and especially the end . with the feel of hope at the end of the first one fade away in the second film . it definitely one of the best recent horror sequel i have see and but then again it doesn not feel like a sequel a it seem to fit in like it be the second half of the original story . i enjoy this movie more than that of the original and but definitely hire them both out and watch them together . 4/5 .