even though sadako have be around for a long time ( there be suzuki koji source book and two previous tv movie ) and it be the theatrical version of ring that make her huge . so and of course and there have to be a sequel ( which and oddly enough and wasn not base on the next book in koji series while different filmmaker have already adapt that a spiral ) . it a daunt task to make an effective sequel to one of the all time creepy movie and but the filmmaker pull it off . unfortunately and a lot of stupidity get in the way of the scare . a lot of plot in this one . the movie open a week after the first one end . reiko dad have just die and and she and her son have go into hiding . mai and who find ryuji body at the end of ring and be investigate her bos or boyfriend death . she think reiko and her son hold the key to this mystery . so she team with one of reiko co worker ( who still work on the story of the cursed videotape ) to try and track reiko down . at this point and there already enough plot for a movie and and i haven not even mention the return trip to sadako old home and the doctor who think he can get rid of sadako and the burial of sadako physical body and the girl the co worker betrays ( and literally come back to haunt him ) and and the weird and scary exorcism of sadako finale . plot and plot and plot . before i tear this movie a new one and let me say one thing represent minute for minute and this one have more scare than the first one . in fact and the filmmaker have realize that sadako have become so commonplace ( a sadako doppleganger appear in almost every japanese horror movie make after the first ring ) that they need only show her trademark hair to invoke fear . and it work . but the massive and ridiculous plot nearly kill this movie . while it try to explain the occurances of the first movie and it raise more question than it answer ( why do everyone suddenly have psychic ability . while why be people who haven not even see the tape haunt by sadako . while how do that girl see the tape if all the copy have be destroy . ) still and with all of these pothole and the movie still work . it also nice to see almost the entire cast of the first film reprise their role ( even the dead one ) . an effective thriller and even though it doesn not make a whole lot of sense . fan of the first one would not be disappoint .