Sadako

I recently watched Sadako 3D (2019) on Tubi, which serves as a reboot of Ringu in Japan 🇯🇵. The storyline follows an influencer who accidentally captures Sadako's spirit and uploads the footage to YouTube. As the video spreads, people start dying. Meanwhile, a woman with amnesia is hospitalized. As she pieces together her past, it becomes clear she might hold the key to stopping the spirit.

Directed by Hideo Nakata (Dark Water), the film stars Takashi Tsukamoto (Battle Royale), Hitomi Satô (Ring 2), Jitsuko Yoshimura (Onibaba), Elaiza Ikeda (Isle of Dogs), and Hiroya Shimizu (The Outsider).

Unfortunately, Sadako 3D prioritizes CGI, special effects, and 3D gimmicks over storytelling. The film feels like a series of excuses to showcase 3D effects, from over-the-top fall sequences to random moments like a moth hitting a window. While some effects are decent, others are laughably bad. The acting is abysmal, with fake screams that are more comedic than scary. There's even a cringe-worthy phone crush scene that made me roll my eyes. To make matters worse, the film introduces cool monsters in the final minutes-leaving me wondering why they weren't featured earlier.

In conclusion, Sadako 3D is a chaotic, uninspired mess that isn't worth your time. I'd give it a 3/10.

Reinvent the wheel again and again, actually I was not so fond of the ring , it was a mess and boring, but famous for one scene of course that makes the whole movie, but that scene only work one time and instead of having one great scene worth to remember, they use it in every possible way , even when it dont fit in

This is a boring movie aswell, it has no charm , its no heart in it , like everyone in the filmcrew are tired , I give it 4 kind points because the production is well done and acting is ok , and story work ,, but its a boring movie and not sure if this scare anyone since it just so lame.

A girl is spending her life locked into a closet by her mother. She only has two friends, a doll and a long-haired woman.

After an incident, the girl ends up in a hospital, under the care of doctor Mayu (Ikeda Elaiza). Meanwhile, Mayu's brother Kazuma (Shimizu Hiroya) works as a vlogger comedian. After a tip from his older colleague Yusuke (Tsukamoto Takashi), he starts investigating haunted places and publishing videos of them online. Of course, more incidents soon follow.

Even though the movie title does not contain a number, it is yet another sequel to the classical horror movie Ringu. As such, it will give you exactly what you expect. That said, absolutely watch Ringu first.

Compared to Ringu, it lacks the eerie atmosphere and symbolism. Instead it has a modern, well-polished feel. It has at least one memorable horror scene, and some that were too cliché.

A few pieces of background story are added to the lore. The curse also works differently, and a new, interesting theme is introduced.

Of the actors, Ikeda Elaiza was brilliant of course, expressing all levels of emotion from concern to horror. Shimizu Hiroya is ridiculous, but for a comedian it is not out of character. Also there was a female patient and some children in the hospital that were pretty funny. The girl played well for a child actor.

This movie is hardly of interest to anyone except for fans of the original movie. For those fans it might be a small but nice addition to the legend of Sadako.

I like it so much I'm willing the crap ones like this a pass got to admit enjoyed Sadako vs Kayako

So my biggest problem is the movie is it's not scary and why it's not scary is very individual. I am not scared of women or of small children. So that is maybe why and it didn't help this movie was way too lit up so I could see what was going on all time.

God damn this movie was too bright most of the time it hurt my eyes because this screen was so bright. We just maybe one of the reasons why I just begin to get and headache.

And the characters are just boring, not any simpleism in any kind of things going on in them. I like how to woman dressed. It was cute and she looked good in it, but most of the time. I was just like am I supposed to connect these hollow Shields of characters.

And the only fun part of the movie was making fun of it with one of my friends with a glass of wine in my hand. It's just so weird Who is this movie for?, the only people I can think of, are people who want more history behind the ring movie.

And I don't even think those people are interested because it doesn't give anything.

All and all , waste of time only enjoyable with friends.