Hong yi xiao nu hai 2

Trying to find her missing daughter, a woman joins a rescue team when she's spotted being lead away by a mysterious figure in red heading into the local woods to find her and discovers a strange connection to a local legend involving the deadly figure forcing her to protect her daughter.

For the most part, this was a decent enough if still highly flawed sequel. One of the most enjoyable aspects of the film is the localized build-up of the central storyline involving the mysterious girl ghost. With the stories they tell featuring the girl leading people away through hypnotism and other mind tricks, the need for the red cloak at all times and the general behavior she exhibits when capturing them allows for the spirit here to have a great central feeling and helps to build a wholly chilling central character in the process. As well, the ghostly action here is quite fun and manages to get some startling encounters. The opening encounter in the woods gets this off to a great start and a surprisingly shocking sequence at the home of a fellow mystic that may hold the keys to solving the mystery she faces has some great work here featuring the ghost emerging from odd places to attack and generates some tense moments. There's also the rather fun scenes of the demon child running loose in the woods which invokes some rather creepy imagery of the supernatural beings performing their unearthly tricks. Seeing them turn into the demonic creatures and begin chasing them through the alternate dimensions battling the spirits of the unborn children. These here are what manage to hold this one up overall. However, there are several problems with the film. The main issue at hand here is the wholly disjointed and chaotic storyline that makes little to no sense at all. The idea of exploring the legend of the ghost girl in red is to have an idea of the motivations and practice that goes into what they're targeting and who's at risk, yet this one seems to ramble on more about the history of the locals' interactions with her rather than give out any kind of concrete example of what the ghost is accomplishing or after. Likewise, the idea of dragging the survivor from the first film into this unrelated film serves no use when she doesn't do anything in a catatonic state for the majority of the film and doesn't even serve the function of filling in the backstory work that she did in that one which would've been the perfect opportunity to have her there. The film's other big problem is a wholly overlong running time that doesn't do this one any favors. There are so many beats in here that aren't necessary at all, from a confusing side story involving a local tracker that acts like a tiger crawling on all fours or a series of encounters she has with the mystic woman who has her own tragic backstory that ties into what's going on. These segments are simply excessive and force the film to run on far longer than it really should giving us storyline points that aren't related to the film at all and causes the film to run through its ghosts scenes in truly perfunctory and expected manners to make up for the time lost to these situations. These are what really harm the film overall.

Rated Unrated/R: Violence and Language.

This is ok if you can get past the absurd tigar possession, and the fact the mom doesn't even mention the pregnancy to the boy that is responsible. I enjoyed the first Tagalong, but as usual the sequel was ridiculous. It also spoils part one's happier ending. I wouldn't recommend this one to anyone. However, the actors did a decent job, as usual for Korean movies. Maybe some people will enjoy this movie , it just wasn't for me. Usually I can't find anything critical to say about Korean movies, but this one just got lost in the moment. It's just my opinion, so maybe it appeals to a younger crowd, and it's me missing something idk.

I watched the first film yesterday and it didn't seem to have enough detail to get the full picture of what was going on. I think this one did a much better job than the first but it still has downsides. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the film and I will be on the lookout for the third film.

The sequel isn't as good compared to the first movie, but it's a decent one. It's somewhat similar to the first movie with the main character love one disappeared and her trying to find her. But the sequel goes into deeper about the lore of the spirit and brings some new things. It also gives a backstory to the spirit, which is interesting and tragic. One new thing they add is how one of the new character have a benevolent spirit called "Tiger Lord." It's interesting how he uses it, but things get ridiculous near the climax of the movie. I felt the creepiness factor is a mixed bag with it. It has pretty good build-up with its tension, but it sometimes uses cheap jump scares. Also, some parts of the movie are pretty predictable when it gets near the climax of the movie. The climax itself is decent on what happened and does have some suspense to it.

If you've seen the first movie and still had some questions you wanted to be answered - well your prayers have been heard. This isn't half bad, the CGI towards the end is a bit cringe-worthy, but other than that, it can keep up with the previous movie. And not in a bad way. I might even go so far to say it is a bit better than the one before ... just a tiny bit though.

After all is being said and done, you will be the judge if this is good enough for your taste. But as mentioned above, I'd watch the first movie just to get a feeling if this is even something you want to watch.