What I Liked: The serious tone is back and mostly
welcomed. This little four year old girl
has powers to kill and it’s actually sorta convincing. She has this depressed evil little face that
makes you feel a little off so you know it’s not safe around her. Good job kid.
The story moves along well with people dying fairly
often. It’s interesting that mood doesn’t
seem to be the driving force here like in all the other Ring movies (except Sadako 3D). This one has the dark atmosphere but is
structured more like a monster film with folks biting it every so many minutes
and there not being too much focus until the end when the protagonist finally wakes
up and tries to figure out a way to stop this thing. I liked that because it was different for the
series.
What I Didn’t Like: While the plot does chug along nicely
there’s a dream sequence part in the middle that goes on a little too long for
my taste. They pull the ol’ dream within
a dream gag that I have no respect for. Here’s
my takeaway, whenever you see this it’s the filmmakers being indecisive about
which dream they liked better and just threw them both in for the hell of it. Make a decision guys.
The ending is incredibly clunky and even kinda
confusing. Not that the picture was
really great or anything up until that point but they made matters worse by
coming up with a very messy conclusion.
Overall Impression: After the over the top almost
grindhouse-esque concept of Sadako 3D
the filmmakers decided to tone it way down.
They went serious on this and that was a semi-pleasant surprise. I was kinda into the direction its
predecessor went and was looking forward to another installment of that vision. But to get dark and moody again brought
things back to where these movies probably belong.
What’s really strange though is that the concept for this
one is so far removed from the other Ring
films and universe that it doesn’t fit. I
had theorized that Sadako 3D was
another script before being turned into a Ring
picture. This one definitely feels like
that too. In fact even more so. There’s no cursed video (VHS or YouTube version)
and basically no Sadako (she has maybe ten seconds of screen time). Instead someone’s electronic device goes
haywire and then they kill themselves. No
curse either. The ones who die are
whoever the little girl chooses.
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