A
young American woman named Aubrey (Amber
Tamblyn) travels to Japan as some of her
family members were burned to death in a
building but her sister named Karen
(Sarah Michelle Gellar) survived the
incident and is in a hospital.
Suddenly her sister falls off the
hospital building and then she needs to
find out information that is causing her
death and others.
She falls under the same supernatural
force that instills intense rage before
moving on to another victim.
A local there named Eason (Edison Chen)
tries to help her out by finding evidence
with pictures and videos but he might
fall into the rage of the supernatural
force if he isn't careful.
A very nice sequel
and a much better improvement on
Juon 2 since this remake had a
much bigger budget with great effects and
a better story too.
The dialogue was great with all the cast
members as everyone had great chemistry
in making this piece come to life.
The acting is
terrifically and I have no criticism on
these actors. Amber Tamblyn was
a natural for her role in the film as the
American looking to find out how some of
her family members died. She showed
terrific emotions in her character and
had plenty of energy in her performance.
Arielle Kebbel as a disturbed
student at her school knew her part
inside out and was great at acting
freaked out over everything.
Edison Chen played a nice guy role
and Japan local trying to figure out the
paranormal activity and stands out well
with his character.
Teresa Palmer lived to play a
highschool bully in the film as she made
her character very believeable.
Child actor Matthew Knight was a real
champ in this movie as a freaked out
little kid and another one who stood out
in this flick.
Although Sarah Michelle Gellar
had a small part in this film she stood
out the most and made the plot effective
and is great as a disturbed patient and
sister of the lead actress.
Other small supporting actors did well in
this film too.
Kim Miyori presented herself at
being very ghostly and mysterious as the
mother of the evil spirit that is
haunting and killing others.
Eve Gordon really pulled off her
part as a counsellor as you wonder what
she will do next.
Joanna Cassidy does her part well
too as a sick mother and proving she
doesn't need to pretend to be sick for
the movie making it look natural.
Blood oozes out of
some dead people's heads.
Takashi Shimizu makes
this piece very dark and mysterious like
he did with the first film. He tries to
make it bone chilling and at times it
works and others it doesn't.
He directed all supporting actresses
Teresa Palmer, Misako Uno
and Arielle Kebbel in their
first scene at the creepy haunted house
very well when Palmer and Kebbel
torment Kebbel's character by
locking her in a small storage room and
then Kebbel reacts extremely
intense when she can't get out which
looked very effective for the film
promising that this will be a perfect
remake of Ju-On 2.
Sarah Michelle Gellar reacts very
well towards Amber Tamblyn when
they speak to one another in the
hospital. Then it looks disturbing when
Gellar is strapped up after she
reacts a little crazy.
There's a perfect setting on Gellar
when she is running in the halls in the
hospital and then sees all the lights
slowly blacking out with a spirit
charging at her.
We see a great dialogue between both Tamblyn
and Edison Chen outside and
suddenly boom! Gellar's
character falls down to the ground from a
high hospital roof. It happens all of a
sudden.
Chen shows a perfect shocking
reaction to his face when he spots a
spirit on tape that he's watching trying
to find any evidence.
Chen does well when he tries to help
Tamblyn's character on finding
out why his sister died.
We see a great shot on Palmer
when she's in the shower and pulls out
some of her hair as she wonders why this
is happening.
Kebbel looked great by freaking out
in a counsellor's room towards
Palmer's character of what is all
happening.
Palmer showed nice scared reactions
while hiding underneath a table from the
supernatural force and looked very
intense when she runs out into the street
to a pay phone as her panicked reactions
looked believeable.
Kebbel and supporting actress
Eve Gordon alone in the counselling
room together was well set and very
haunting too which will make you creep
out totally.
A scene that will really make you jump
involves Chen in a photography
room as a picture transforms into
something supernatural thanks to Shimizu's
touch with that event.
Tamblyn cried terrifically on camera
so believeably well while speaking to her
mother on her cell phone about what has
happened which will almost make you feel
like crying as well.
Child actor Matthew Knight looked
good being frightened by all the haunting
events and running away in the hallways
of his apartment too.
We have great
sharp and intense music for the film by Christopher
Young like what he did for the first
film and it still works wonderfully.
Bill: [Trish is
cooking bacon] You're gonna burn 'em.
[pause]
Bill: You gonna go shopping for
three hours again today? Leave your cell
phone off? You think I don't know what
you're doing, you think I'm stupid, huh?
And yet... you can't make me a simple...
DAMN... breakfast!
[Trish then pours the hot oil from the
frying pan over Bill's head and whacks
him to the floor with the pan]
Allison: [whimpers]
Why did you have to bring me into this
house...?
Vanessa: Uuuh, you were the one
who wanted to go in!
Allison: [stands up and cries]
WHAT did I do to you, exactly?
Karen Davis: Aubrey,
you've got to get me out of here. I am
the only one that can stop her.
Trish: Time for your
bath.
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