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Ringu 2 (The Ring 2, 1999)
"Sadako... take me... and kill me! Take me and put an end to all this!"
#ringu 2#the ring 2#1999#horror imagery tw#creepy face#japanese cinema#horror film#hideo nakata#kôji suzuki#hiroshi takahashi#miki nakatani#hitomi satô#rikiya ôtaka#yûrei yanagi#kenjirô ishimaru#fumiyo kohinata#masako#rie ino'o#daisuke ban#miwako kaji#katsumi muramatsu#so after the disappointment that greeted Rasen‚ the initial sequel to Ringu (more on that in the inevitable tags for that film when i get#to it) a second second Ring film was rushed into production with original director Nakata and much of the cast returning. seems to have a#mixed reputation on letterboxd but for me this was p much faultless horror sequel making; how rare to have a film follow on so directly#from its predecessor whilst also taking the time to explore smaller characters and how their own little stories are now being merged into#the Sadako tale. frequently very scary but much of that isn't in the obvious stuff (the well and the hand and the gloop) but in the subtler#uncanniness (the truly horrible way Shizuko turns around from the mirror‚ the way dr Kawajiri mimics her in his final moments)#more concerned with the insidious pressures of modern cityscape than the folklore and mythologising of the original; the bustling newsroom#the aggressive cops‚ the chaotic hospital‚ all of it mounting up and threatening to crush Miki Nakatani's increasingly out of her depth#protagonist. similar but different; a fascinating divergence from the ideas of the first film and a hugely satisfying experience
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