aubrey davis ( amber tamblyn ) travel to tokyo to investigate the mysterious disappearance of her sister karen ( sarah michelle gellar ) and get catch up in the same mysterious curse that have kill so many people . with a group of others and she try to solve and end the curse for good . the grudge 2 rehash everything from the first one and it produce only a couple of scare . the first grudge be an average movie at best . the premise be decent but the acting be wooden and some of the scene be really ridiculous . the grudge 2 be even more silly and less scary than the original . also and scary movie 4 have make it nearly impossible to take these film seriously and i have trouble keep a straight face during the scary scene which should encourage laughter more than fear . how takashi shimizu mess up his own franchise be unexplainable yet he succeed at create a decent atmosphere . unfortunately and he keep the film at a slow pace with a bunch of dull character and lame scare tactic . clearly and he do this movie for money and i be glad it fail . the screenplay be pretty bad and mainly because it make no sense and they do not develop the character at all . in the movie and there be three different story go on and each of them be somehow relate to the grudge . the connection be weak and a bunch of people be kill without a real reason . they do not explain the rule of the curse very well and it end up be a bit of blood bath because of everyone die although the pg 13 rating keep thing from get interest so even some of the death scene be pretty lame . the dialog be weak and none of the character be likable or develop well enough to truly care about . the acting be on par with everything else and it be a lot bad compare to the first one . amber tamblyn be annoyingly wooden . she move on screen very slowly and all of her emotion seem fake . sarah michelle gellar be okay although she just have a cameo . jennifer beals give the best performance and she have a few good scene and be kind of effective . arielle kebbel be okay and a little bland . the rest be either horrible or just too forgettable to mention . overall and the grudge 2 be a disappointing sequel . it lack a lot of thing and it not worth watch . rating 4/10 .