Sequels are hit or miss. There have been many cinema tragedies based solely on the sequel. Usually a sequel is based around the large showing of the original at the box office. Even though “The Ring Two” inherits the fear of a flop, many hoped that it would stand up to the original.
Production companies get greedy and know that moviegoers will line up around the block to see more. There is one problem with that mentality: good originals are not based on money. Bad sequels are centered on it.
There may be people hoping the next words out of my mouth are that “The Ring Two” was an exception to the norm. As a fan of the original “Ring”, my expectations were higher than they would be for your run-of-the-mill sequel.
The completely satisfying suspense of the original film coupled with the inclusion of Hideo Nakata, director, and Hiroshi Takahashi, writer, of the original Japanese film, “Ringu,” gave the sequel a line of credit that would have otherwise never been issued.
I have never in my life been so disappointed by a sequel. I set myself up for that disappointment with those high expectations. The plot picks up where the other left off.
In the horror genre, sequel-style clich