Review of One Missed Call 2 (2005) by Amy H — 12 Aug 2008

Zzzz. First 20 minutes or so, good times. It looked like it was just going to continue the plotless, cheap fun of the first one. But then, unfortunately, like apparently every single fucking J-horror sequel, we go off on a boring, actionless, and absurd tangent. We get to the climax, and we've traded down our ghost for a not-so-scary Taiwanese girl.

And then we're given possibly the most random and nonsensical ending in film history, which is saying quite a lot considering the genre. It's almost a sight to behold itself. But it's not a fun illogical ending, it's a half-assed, soulless one - usually these things happen when incompetent people try to create deepness, but these guys were barely trying.

Chakushin ari 1 is a perfect middle school slumber party movie. This isn't as "fun," so don't expect this to be even a lesser shade of the original. After the first 20 minutes the atmosphere is far closer to the Ring sequels, snooze-worthy flicks with moronic endings.