Expected more

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

Both are brilliant. I love to stories, acting and execution but most of all I truly enjoyed the photography on these movies.Every single scene is like a still photography art by itself. Sometimes I paused to realize more deeply that how wonderful they are. Wide angle shots of landscapes, interiors and architecture; narrow angles shots of the portraits were all wonderful.To me it was a good scary. I don't like gore and slasher nonsense... Sadako movies putting many emotions together. Especially on the second one the little girl's meeting with her mother was beautiful. Atmosphere, lighting and every camera angle used on the scenes were awesome. I truly enjoyed a visually rich, touching and top quality horror experience.I'd wish these exact same cast and crew (from VFX artists to set workers!) filming the Silent Hill movies. I'm pretty sure they would create wonderful atmosphere and imagery on them too. Way better than the Hollywood...Little girl Nagi was SO cute. Lovely tiny actress Kokoro Hirasawa is.People who hated Sadako movies can go watch nonsense like Saw or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sideways. I'm glad I never listen to online know-it-all nitwits who think they are some sort of experts on cinema and preferred to watch these movies myself and then decide that I like them or not, myself. I'm glad I did.

The outcast four year-old girl Nagi (Kokoro Hirasawa) does not have friends and is bullied at the Yuki kindergarten. She misses her mother and is raised by her aunt, the student of psychology Fûko Andô (Miori Takimoto), who is the sister of Takanori Andô (Kôji Seto) that works at the Asakawa General Hospital. There are weird deaths in Tokyo and Nagi makes drawings of the crime scenes before the happenings. Fûko is concerned with the creepy drawings and shows them to her professor. However she tells that Fûko shall not worry since she is projecting her own feelings on the drawings since her mother committed suicide. Meanwhile the police inspector Kakiuchi seeks out Mr. Koiso that tells him that the responsible for the deaths is Sadako and Akane Ayukawa (Satomi Ishihara), who was possessed by Sadako. Nagi continues to make drawings showing the deaths and Fûko is scared. She brings Nagi to a session with her professor and Nagi scares the psychologist, but she does not disclose her feelings to her student. Fûko tells her fears about Nagi to her brother and asks him if Nagi is his daughter with Akane but he does not reply the question. Kakiuchi meets Takanori and asks questions about Akane and Nagi. Meanwhile Fûko visits the criminal Seiji Kashiwada in the prison and finds the truth about Nagi. When Fûko meets Takanori, he reveals that Akane is alive but in coma and holding Sadako in her body. Fûko meets Nagi and the girl asks to see her mother. What will Fûko do? "Sadako 3D 2" is better and better than "Sadako 3D" but is still a messy and illogical story with a terrible conclusion. Akane is alive but Sadako is not trapped in her body, since she is in a crime spree. The girl Kokoro Hirasawa has an impressive performance in the creepy role of Nagi, but her character is confused, beginning the movie as a frightening clairvoyant that becomes an innocent little girl near to the end before Akane is murdered. My vote is five.Title (Brazil): "A Invocação" ("The Invocation 2")

While still nowhere close to the original "Ringu" trilogy, at least "Sadako 3D 2" was a step up from its abysmal predecessor "Sadako 3D" - not much, but still noticeably improved.What made "Sadako 3D 2" better than the previous was a more solid and thought through storyline as there was a red line throughout the movie, whereas the previous movie was messy, confusing and seemed mostly like random clips put together.But still for a Japanese horror movie of this genre "Sadako 3D 2" wasn't particularly scary. Sure, there were some nice scenes here and there throughout the movie, but as a whole there just wasn't enough scares in the movie to match other similar movies.One thing that impressed me was the acting performance put on by child actress Kokoro Hirasawa (playing Nagi). She, and she alone, was carrying this movie without a doubt, and she was genuinely capable of portraying some rather disturbing and spooky scenes with her body language and facial expression. Thumbs up for that! The effects in "Sadako 3D 2" also had a very noticeable improvement from the previous movies and it was more of an enjoyable experience to sit through this movie than it was with part one.Still, the plot had strayed quite far from the original trilogy. And whether or not you like that or not is, of course, a personal preference. Of course it is good with new ideas and new blood, but if why change something that isn't broken? These two additions to the "Ringu" legacy seems to have set out to accomplish a little bit too much or going for a grander and more epic scale, but failed to fully grasp it and deliver where it would impress.It was a good thing that director Tsutomu Hanabusa didn't include those laughable creatures that make their appearance in the first "Sadako 3D" movie. They were just ridiculous.While not fully there yet, "Sadako 3D 2" is a mediocre addition to the "Ringu" legacy, and your overall experience would not be any less if you miss out on this movie (or the previous one).

I was not really looking forward to this, at al.As I hated Sadako 3D (2012). it was one of the worst Ring movies ever, so bad, it was not scary or creepy. it was cheesy!Thankfully this sequel was nothing like the first movie, I really enjoyed it. The start of the movie, opening scene actually made me jump, A little. Fuko Ando who is 24 years old is. She is told to take care of her 4- year-old niece.Then strange things start to happen around the niece, anyone that upset her or she looks at anyone with the her stare, they end up dead, there death, which are made to look like they kiled themself's .First death was really well done and looked really nasty but not gory, some of other death scenes seem a little silly.Fuko Ando seeing the drawing that her niece as done and then start to get scared of her. as all her drawing, seem to be come true. (Fuko is also having trouble with her own pass and she keeps getting nightmares of her mother suicide ,when she was a little girl and she blames her self for that.)I loved train scenes, that one of hell of crazy scenes, loved every second of that scene. Fuko soon discovers what Akane as been hiding form her for last 5 years and she is shocked.There are few surprises here and there, to give you little shocks, Which dose work, I loved it, decent plot. So much better then the first movie, better story, not over of the top with the 3D effects, Not at all cheeses liked the last one. I found one part of the movie, a little creepy at times but not all the time.It felt more like a drama near the end of the but one thing that annoyed me, there were far too many dream scenes. The acting was very decent, the effect were really good! 6 out of 10