i like the first the grudge . it really creep me out and it have something to it that make me want to see it twice . that something be miss from this sequel . there be no creativity and nothing new or original and nothing that really stick to your mind . it people die because a scary ghost come out of the shadow and say boo . and most of the time and it wasn not even all that scary . plot wise this movie be a dead end . amber tamblyn be a good actress and but she be give nothing to do and and karen death seem really unsatisfactory because it come so quickly . i be also disappoint in the kayako mother subplot . i be think that she might provide some way to fight the grudge and but she die in the hand hair . of kayako . that be such a stupid twist . all in all and it difficult to feel for character that you know from minute one be go to die . all in the same way . and there nothing they can do . it doesn not feel like a cruel destiny await them . it just boring and because you know what go to happen . if they have anything to fight it with and that would have add suspense and even if they fail . if there be any hope and it would make the scare more justified . now youre just wait for them to die . kayako be really scary in the first movie and but this time we saw her too many time and that take away some of it . i be still scar during some scene and but i actually get use to the huge eye and blue face . the maker obviously realize this would happen a they add other scary ghost . yes and i be scar at the school psychologist scene even if i know where it be go as soon a she say i have be to the house . a nice touch . toshio and however and be not scary at all in this movie . i be much more creep out by the non blue toshio with black eye and a blank stare that sometimes appear in the first movie . a blue boy sit in the corner do nothing for me . some of the character seem really unnecessary the notorious milk scene with the girl whose name i can not even remember come to mind . i wasn not scar and it be just huh . i be not sure if the schoolgirl be even really need . karen could have bring the grudge to the u with her . it could have kill people related to her life and everyone at the funeral and or something like that . even so and it would have be dull to watch them all die and but be introduce to so many unrelated people really felt annoy . hat the i would not call you mother scene . aubrey mother issue be equally dull . the little boy be a touching character and though . the ju on sequel be much scary than this one . it have some new twist dream and reality blur much more and for instance and even if it leave me feel quite down and i be also somehow satisfied . i get to think a bit and be leave wonder . this movie only provide cheap scare .