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-Naomi
Watts
In
this
horror
sequel
from
Japanese
master
Hideo
Nakata,
the
curse
of
the
videotape
returns.
Rachel
Keller
(Naomi
Watts)
and
her
son
Aiden
(David
Dorfman)
move
from
Seattle
after
their
first
terrible
run-in
with
the
tortured
evil
spirit
Samara,
relocating
to
Oregon.
Attempting
to
make
a
fresh
start,
Rachel
takes
a
job
as a
crime
reporter
at
the
local
newspaper,
instantly
establishing
a
pluckily
competitive
friendship
with
colleague
Max
Rourke
(Simon
Baker).
But
when
it
turns
out
Samara
(Kelly
Stables)
has
followed
their
trail,
taking
out
innocent
teens
along
the
way
with
her
old
videotape
tricks,
Rachel
dives
right
back
into
the
mystery.
But
Samara
gets
to
her
son
Aiden
first.
And
as a
budding
photographer
in
his
own
right,
with
a
nifty
digital
camera
that
he
takes
everywhere,
Aiden
quickly
finds
his
own
way
to
harness
the
relentless
ghost.
This
time,
along
with
the
familiar
video
imagery
and
spooky
clues
from
the
first
film,
there
is a
lot
of
flooding
going
on.
Water
pours
from
television
sets,
doorways,
and
especially
bathtubs.
In
addition,
there
are
special
effects
involving
some
undead
deer
who,
like
Samara,
seem
to
want
respite
for
their
wrongful
deaths.
Sissy
Spacek
makes
a
cameo
as a
religious
mental
patient
in a
creepy
institution.
But
it
is
Watts
who
steals
the
show
as
the
fearless
uber-mom
who
digs
through
the
cobwebbed
basement
of a
haunted
house,
plunges
to
the
bottom
of a
slimy
well,
and
dances
with
death
in
an
attempt
to
stop
the
perpetual
cycle.
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