After losing her boyfriend to the deadly virus which took its grip in the first instalment of the ring series, journalist mai takano decides to conduct her own investigation into the powers of the lethal videotape. Along the way she witnesses the gruesome effects wrought up on those who have been exposed to it, until eventually her investigation leads her deeper and deeper into the dark world of sadako. Director hideo nakata's follow up to his own, highly acclaimed ring, is an atmospheric and disturbing tale which combines elements of the supernatural and the technological to chilling effect. Like its predecessor, ring 2 has the power to fill the viewer with an all pervasive sense of evil and dread, and should not be seen alone...