ThiefHott Too much of everything

Ensofter Overrated and overhyped

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

adonis98-743-186503 The vengeful spirits of the Ring and Grudge series face off. Sadako v.s Kayako is basically the Alien v.s Predator and the Freddy v.s Jason of horror movie tropes that keeps happening from once in a while but it's also worse from the earlier as well since it was neither exciting or fun to begin with but also just a waste of my time as well but at least not money so that's great at least. The story was pretty dumb and the acting was even worse to be honest and if you're a fan of those 2 characters? Perhaps see it but if not? Definitely skip it until the end of days. (F)

Metra Ton Major spoilers ahead, you've been warned.Now, I believe there are two kinds of people: those, who only wish to see the fight and do not care about anything else, and those, who will see the movie regardless, because they are fans of the franchises. Neither will be negatively affected by total spoiling, so let me break it down to you: if you thought Batman vs. Superman was bad in terms of actual duel length, this is downright pathetic. There is about a minute of the actual fight and, as it's expected, Sadako totally dominates Kayako, not that it has any solid effect, though, you can't physically kill spirits.Besides this keynote, the movie does have a couple of strong points - decent actors and premise. Compared to Alien vs Predator, you won't see as much artificial "bs" here, the monsters mostly stick to their roots, and the actors at least try, in their common Japanese manner.However, this is as far as the positive stuff goes. Because then you get entirely predictable plot, almost to the point of Godzilla's shameless "Let them fight" line, a lot of boring and unnecessary scenes. Why really bother with the boys? The store girl? What point did the teacher play, besides laying it out for you? Why go through that priestess, if it's entirely pointless? A good 10-20 mins of runtime could've been spared and devoted to the good stuff if the "stepping stones" were reduced.And the worst part of the movie - is the teasing of what it could be. You have two curses conveniently next to each other, you have actually managed to pull off the idea of internet-spreading the Cursed Video, you have two brilliant spirit hunters and even a teacher with weird backstory and uncanny interest in Sadako. There is SO MUCH to work with here, they should've just spent some 5-10 mins writing the two spirits tearing each other apart. I mean, come on, we see how Sadako oneshots Kayako with her Medusa Eye, among other things, but we don't see any action from Kayako, although it can definitely pack a punch. Yes, both of them would respawn, have respawned and it's about as meaningful as Superman smashing Zod into a building or vice versa, but... this is what the people want to see. Silly as it is, there is no further purpose. Canonizing the loss of one side, expectedly Kayako, would be a waste.Instead... we get an incredibly aimless plot. The teacher dies just like that, without really adding anything to the story or waiting for his due time. The spirit hunters die almost even sillier, despite shoving quite the psychic potential. Both of their plans backfire right away, without any explanation. It's not only weird to think a curse to devour a curse, and not to merge into a stronger one(as one would expect an experienced spiritist to know), but it's also shown that the well is deep and it can seal things. So why spend all that time preparing, if the seal is going to be broken like a pencil? Not even some extended attempts to break it, not even some stupid action from the protagonist. And the main spirit hunter dies just laughably. His last word "Good!", thinking that the backup plan worked, only to see the, ahem, backlash just oneshot him. Yes, he seems to try and protect his peers, but that's a couple of lines of script to fix, not something rational or necessary.And that's what we are left with. The entire cast is dead, the curses are merged and the Cursed Tape is spreading over the internet. So there is nobody to ever fight it again, there is no more "Versus"(unless they put this new "Sayako" against some Freddy Krueger or Insidious' Red Demon or even that Paranormal Activity Demon), there is just an April Fool's joke that became a joke of a movie...But, like I said, there are people, who will still watch it, and there isn't anything I have to say to stop you. It's not a complete abomination of a movie, so, by all means, indulge yourself, if you have nothing better to do.

Paul Magne Haakonsen At first impression, I must say that I was a little bit perplexed about why the world needed a movie that would plot the entity from "Ringu" (aka "The Ring") up against the entity from "Ju-On" (aka "The Grudge"). I am a fan of Asian cinema and love Asian horror, and I have watched the movies from both franchises, but I can't claim that I was ever craving anything even remotely in the likes of these two entities being put up against one another. Unlike the "Freddy vs Jason" movie, for example, which was long waited and had been pitched. But perhaps the Japanese audience have been waiting and longing for a movie that put Sadako up against Kayako.Regardless, given the chance to sit down and watch "Sadako vs. Kayako", I of course did jump at it. This is a Japanese horror movie after all, so it is right up my alley.The movie does start out by raising a good point about the curse of Sadako almost coming to an end as the video (VHS) format is obsolete. That was a nice touch of detail from writers Takashi Shimizu and Kôji Suzuki."Sadako vs Kayako" has some very interesting sound work, and it really helped to build the atmosphere and mood of the movie. There is a lot of atmospheric sounds put into the movie when Sadako and Kayako are on the screen, and also when something creepy is about to happen or actually happening on the screen. I must admit that I was rather impressed with the sound department and the work they mustered in this movie.There are some pretty interesting visuals in the movie as well, and director Kôji Shiraishi really managed to use these visuals so well in the movie to establish scares and atmosphere.As for the acting in the movie, well I can't claim to be familiar with anyone on the cast list, but I will say that the cast ensemble did great jobs with their given roles and characters. And it was nice to see this many new faces in a movie.There was a good pace to the movie, and the dialogue was good and seemed quite natural. And the character development was also good throughout the course of the movie, because it made the characters stand out from one another and not just be generic and pointless characters. Do take into consideration that the character gallery is rather extensive, and there is a lot of people to keep track of, some more important to the story than others, of course. So keep vigilant and attentive to the story, or you might miss something important.While the design and layout of the Kayako house was rather interesting, I think it was a shame that it was kept so dark all the time, because a lot of details were being missed and obscured by the darkness. Sure, it sets mood, but would have been nicer to have had a bit more of proper lighting.Actually a good portion of the movie is filmed in a relatively dark setting. Sure, it adds to the atmosphere, but it becomes annoying after a while, especially because it is so much more nice to actually see everything that is going on clearly in a movie. Especially since you did pay money to watch this.One thing that puzzle me is why there is no consistency from movie to movie as in what you see on Sadako's cursed VHS tape. It keeps changing from movie to movie. That really makes no sense to me.As a seasoned horror veteran, I can't claim to find a Japanese woman in a white dress with her long black hair covering her entire face as being particularly scary. Nor can I claim to find a milky white boy with funky hair who sounds like a cat as being scary either. But hey, they are iconic characters of the two Japanese franchises. I guess you have to be Asian in order to find this particularly scary. And also the thing with long black hair showing up out of nowhere in places it shouldn't or couldn't be is not scary either, it is just downright weird.For an actual showdown between Sadako and Kayako, then you actually have to wait a very, very long time throughout the movie, and that is even before someone just suggests pitching the two evil entities against one another. It is not before the last 15 minutes of the movie that the actual pitching of the two iconic entities take place. And the showdown was not really as satisfying as it should have been, especially since it took almost the entire movie leading up to it."Sadako vs. Kayako" is an entertaining enough movie for what it turned out to be. But I can't really claim to find that this was a movie that was particularly necessary for either of the franchises. This wasn't a scary movie, not even by a long shot. It was an interesting enough ride up to the last 15 minutes, which culminated in a less than satisfactory manner.My rating for "Sadako vs. Kayako" lands on a mediocre 5 out of 10 stars, because this wasn't an outstanding movie in any way, nor was it a particularly necessary movie or a necessary crossover between two franchises.

BruceAndTheBeast "Sadako v Kayako" was a disappointing crossover. I've read fan fiction with better writing than this film. "Ju-on:The Grudge" and "Ringu" individually were superior to this. Go watch those instead, and read a fan fiction if you want a well-written mashup. Before I start tearing into this rushed cash grab, I want to acknowledge that there are some good things in this film.Sadako and Kayako's costumes are spectacular and their 2 minute "face- off" was okay...Now that that's out of the way, let's get right into the review.1.) The Technical - This film is very dark...No, really, it's so dark that I had to squint and turn off all of the lights in my room just to see what was happening on the screen. I haven't seen this much dark-blue tinting since the first Twilight film.2.)The Story/Characters - The characters are about as simplistic they come. We follow the story of Yuri Kurahashi and Suzuka Takagi who have been afflicted by Sadako and Kayako's curses, to save themselves, they enlist the help of a priestess and her crew, after she attempts to perform an exorcism on Natsumi( A friend of Yuri), Sadako emerges and brutally murders the priestess and her crew.When this fails, the girls contact a "famous" exorcist by the name of Kyozo and his mysterious blind and psychic "associate" Tamao. These characters are never developed or elaborated. Kyozo seems to have the magic ability to wave his fingers in the air and repel Sadako and Kayako's abilities. How can he do this? Never explained. Why is Tamao psychic? Never explained. How did they become such renowned supernatural investigators? Never explained. They are famous exorcists who know Sadako and Kayako from head to toe and you just need to accept that.3.)The Ending - The ending was probably the worst part of the film.It was so surreal, uncalled for and detached from reality that I had to re- watch it about three times to truly comprehend it. As horrendous as it is, I want you to experience it for yourself, I'll warn you right now, keep your mouth closed or else you'll catch flies."Sadako v Kayako" is something I would only watch again with friends for laughs. Otherwise, I wouldn't waste my time.