Reviews
THE
RING 2
With Naomi Watts, David Dorfman, Simon Baker
Directed by
Hideo Nakata
As if this was at all necessary! The first remake of the
Japanese classic was actually pretty cool. But like The
Exorcist, Blair
Witch Project and
countless others, an extra buck taints a classic. At least our original mom-kid
team of Watts and Dorfman returns (the only redeeming factor besides the original
Ringu
director's involvement here), but it was probably in their contracts for the first
one, obligating them to do a sequel - because I cannot for the life of me see
how they could've agreed this was a good idea. Even if it was based on the sequel,
redirected by the director who started the original Japanese franchise, whenever
something gets Hollywoodized from its original essence it merely becomes a slice
of bastardization. "Ingenious" titles such as this one pretty much speaks for
itself…
The FX are cool with some interestig moments, but as a whole, no
thanks.
2 / C
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click below for
the first Ring
remake
