the original grudge ( the original american remake ) surprisingly pull off just about everything you could do right with a ghost flick . it have suspense and dark and moody atmosphere and some good jolt and and some genuinely creepy image . the grudge 2 attempt all of these technique and but ultimately fails and only show u the same old stuff we saw in the first movie and as well a a messy storyline constantly switch from tokyo to california . it begin in tokyo with some schoolgirl who wander into the house and now heavily block by one strip of police tape . one of them come face to face with a similar wide eye ghost girl while trap in a closet . she get out and scream frantically and they all run out of there . next we cut to america where karen sister be send by their mother to japan to find and bring her back home . we eventually find ourselves follow a very familiar concept involve a curious guy and girl investigate the history of a mysterious house . we cut back and forth to the girl from the beginning who be disappear one by one as well a a young boy hear strange noise in the next apartment at night and all lead up to a very unsatisfying end . the scare scene be dull and ineffective . like the ring 2 and avoid this god awful sequel .