Sadako (2019)
Genre: Horror
Duration: 99 minuten
Alternative title: 貞子
Country:
Japan
Directed by: Hideo Nakata
Stars: Elaiza Ikeda, Himeka Himejima and Renn Kiriyama
IMDb score:
4,3 (1.389)
Releasedate: 24 May 2019
This movie is not available on US streaming services.
Sadako plot
A girl with amnesia is in the care of counselor Mayu. She is guarded by agents and considered important for unknown reasons. In the meantime, Mayu's ambitious brother wants to increase the number of followers on his YouTube channel. He wants to do this by breathing new life into Sadako's curse.
Actors and actresses
Mayu Akigawa
Yusuke Ishida
Kazuma Akigawa
Jinko
Minori Fujii
Hatsuko Sobue
Old woman
Reviews & comments
Onderhond
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- 87707 messages
- 13097 votes
No.
New book, new movie. I wonder if Nakata 20 years ago could have imagined that he would still be stuck with this series today. Although it is not the case that he has slavishly made the same horror film for 20 years. He should have just skipped this reboot (or whatever).
It's called a horror film, but it's actually more of a mystery/drama, with some classic Ringu scenes incorporated here and there. They haven't been exciting for a long time, Nakata hardly even seems to put any effort into making them exciting. It has become a kind of necessary evil, he seems more interested in the story he wants to present here.
Unfortunately, that is not very interesting. Maybe also because I never really followed the Ringu lore. I have seen most of the films, but how everything hangs together doesn't interest me enough to find out. So I probably missed some interesting (?) references here and there.
On the other hand, this film is fairly self-contained and I would not be surprised if it also occasionally goes against established lore. Whatever it may be, as a standalone film this is not really bad or disastrous, but anyone expecting an exciting horror will be disappointed, and it is not great cinema either. So a simple snack.
2.5*
Translated from Dutch · View original
Shadowed
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- 11674 messages
- 6867 votes
Director Hideo Nakata returned to his well-known series after 14 years with another new part. I found his American adventure quite entertaining, but with Sadako he delivers one of the worst parts in the series. Once again, a lot of time is taken to develop a completely uninteresting event, where the same elements are used over and over again. Another bewitched child, another tired curse that comes to stir things up, another number of unsuspecting and innocent main characters without any charisma and another ridiculous finale to end things with a so-called "clap on the cake". It is extremely tiring to watch these kinds of stupid mysteries with fascination every time, because highlights from previous series parts are always included to color the event. Luckily I only have one more part to go and then I can put it behind me for a while.
Translated from Dutch · View originalPre- and sequels
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1999
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