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Are they Remaking Dark Water, then?
I don't know if this has been discussed elsewhere but has anyone else seen the American Ring Two yet? Tremendously disappointing and with a hell of a lot carried over from Dark Water. Not a patch on the first remake.
Nakata's direction takes it away from the more "grounded" horror we had in The Ring (remake), and makes it more difficult to grasp what's going on - it's not as sinister, the kid chews the scenery the whole way through (and don't get me started on Sissy Spacek) and there is no shock at all. Plus the end is preposterous.
This film is trying too hard to carry the "J-horror" tradition over into the American cinema and it just doesn't work.
Shame, what a wasted opportunity. Save your money and watch Constantine, if you haven't already, instead.