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The Ring Two is a 2005 American horror film, a sequel to The Ring (2002), which was a remake of the Japanese film Ringu
(1998). The original director of Ringu, Hideo Nakata, directs The Ring Two.

This sequel is not based on any of the previous Japanese sequels to Ringu, and is an original storyline, continuing from The Ring.

The movie was filmed in Astoria, Oregon and Los Angeles, California. It was released on March 18, 2005, and opened with a strong US$35 million its first weekend, more than doubling the opening weekend of The Ring. However, many considered it to have come up a little short after The Grudge, another Horror Japanese remake, opened up with almost $40 million a few months before. Its final $75 million gross was far less than the originals $129 million total, and even less than 'The Grudge's' surprising $110 million dollar total.

Just before the release of this sequel, The Ring was re-released with an extra disc that had a fifteen minute short film, Rings
, which tied the knot between The Ring and The Ring Two.

Plot

The sequel takes place approximately six months after the events of the first movie. Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts) and her son Aidan (David Dorfman), hoping to put the distressing events they have endured behind them, have moved from Seattle to the quiet coastal community of Astoria, Oregon. Rachel begins a new job at the Astoria Gazette, a local newspaper, working for Max Rourke (Simon Baker).

Before long, there is news of a teenage homicide in town. The details surrounding it sound too familiar to Rachel, who decides to investigate. She finds the corpse of Jake, a young man who has watched the cursed videotape. Nearby is Jake's friend Emily, who is alive but badly traumatized by Samara's attack. Rachel finds that Jake's face, like that of the other victims, has an expression of horror. As Rachel is about to leave, an apparition of Samara reaches out to Rachel, saying "I found you" before disappearing.

Rachel finds and destroys the tape. However Aidan starts to develop hypothermia, and is covered with bruises. One day, when he is alone, Samara herself comes to him, then disappears. Later, Rachel's house shakes and rattles in a manner similar to the actions of a poltergeist.

Aidan is hospitalized. The staff, particularly psychiatrist Dr. Emma Temple (Elizabeth Perkins), suspect Munchausen by proxy on Rachel's part and won't allow her to be near him. Desperate for answers, Rachel travels to Seattle to dig deeper into Samara's past and origins. She discovers that Samara was not Richard and Anna Morgan's biological child (confirming her strong suspicions in the first movie). She tracks down Samara's birth mother, Evelyn (Sissy Spacek), who tried to drown Samara as an infant and has been living in a mental institution ever since.

Evelyn insists that Samara had no father, other than an entity from the sea (a likely nod to the original Japanese Ringu
) and advises Rachel to "be a good mother" and "listen to her baby" when she seeks advice on how to deal with Samara. Rachel and Aidan learn that Samara can't hear them when they're sleeping, so they communicate in dreams. Aidan tells Rachel what she must do. In order to stop Samara she must literally drown Aidan.

Rachel holds an unconscious Aidan underwater. Samara's spirit leaves and Rachel is able to revive him. However, Samara attempts to re-enter through the TV set (via the well from the videotape). Against Aidan's wishes, Rachel grabs onto Samara as she is emerging, but falls to the bottom of Samara's well. Rachel climbs out, pursued by Samara, who emerges from the water below. Rachel is able to climb out barely ahead of Samara, who is calling out to Rachel as if she were her mother. Rachel replies, "I'm not your fucking mommy!" and then closes the lid, sealing Samara in (supposedly) forever. Rachel then wanders the bleak, almost monochromatic world of Samara's video trying to find an exit.

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