THE
GRUDGE
2
With
Amber
Tamblyn,
Arielle
Kebbel,
Edison
Chen,
Jennifer
Beals,
Sarah
Michelle
Gellar,
Joanna
Cassidy
Directed
by
Takashi
Shimizu
Wide
eyed
pale
Japanese
kids
hiding
in
closets
or
dark
baths
don’t
score
many
scare
points
anymore.
Even
though
this
was
made
by
Takashi
Shimizu,
the
Japanese
originator
of
the
Ju-On
movies
(as
with
The
Ring
remake
sequel
featuring
Ringu
2
director
Hideo
Nakata),
this
is
hardly
an
improvement.
The
first
Grudge
remake
had
a
great
mood
with
a
high
creep
factor.
Here
it’s
just
replication
with
even
the
shock
scare
attempts
failing.
The
sister
of
Sarah
Michelle
Gellar’s
surviving
character
travels
to
Japan
at
her
miserable
mother’s
behest.
The
Grudge
curse
is
however
far
from
rested
and
continues
its
wrath,
this
time
across
continents
as
the
narrative
is
inter
cut
between
both
Japan
and
America
(where
an
apartment
building
becomes
unsettlingly
affected).
A
couple
of
Western
kids
at
a
school
in
Japan
visit
the
infamous
house
where
the
Grudge
originated
in
order
to
scare
the
shy,
bullied
one
of
the
bunch.
The
curse
is
reactivated
and
here
we
go
again.
The
original
Prophecy
with
Christopher
Walken
was
cool,
but
then
the
lame
sequel
came
around
with
Jennifer
Beals…Beals
pops
up
in
this
one,
so
you
do
the
math.
2
/
C
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PB
1
2
3
4
5
6
A
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B
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C
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