October 19, 2009

INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

Selesai nonton film ini, temenku tanya ...
T : "ngerti gak?"
E : "agak2 bingung sih"
T : "gak suka yah?"
E : "nontonin Brad Pitt-nya aja" .... sambil senyum2 aku jawab begitu ...

Film ini lumayan lama, 2 jam lebih ... dan kebayakan yang nonton cewek2 gitu ... pasti pada mau nonton Brad Pitt-nya ... sama sih sama aku ... tapi di film itu, menurutku Brad Pitt-nya gak banget ...

In 1941 German-occupied France, Colonel Hans Landa of the SS and SD, nicknamed "The Jew Hunter", has the Jewish Dreyfus family killed, with the exception of teenage Shosanna, whom Landa allows to escape. In America, 1st Lieutenant Aldo Raine recruits a team of eight Jewish-American soldiers to parachute into France as civilians prior to the Normandy landings. Their mission is to cause panic and havoc within the Third Reich by savagely killing as many German servicemen as possible, including a "take no prisoners" attitude and scalping their victims. "The Basterds", as they come to be known, develop a modus operandi involving leaving one soldier alive to spread news of the terror of their attacks; Raine carves a Nazi Swastika into at least one of these survivor's so that he will be universally identifiable as a Nazi after the war.

Four years after her family was murdered, Shosanna has assumed a new identity and operates a small cinema in Paris. She meets Frederick Zoller, a German marksman and war hero whose exploits are to be celebrated in a forthcoming propaganda film. Although she resists his advances, the smitten Zoller, who is also a film fanatic, convinces Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels to hold the new film's premiere at Shosanna's theater. She realizes that the presence of several high-ranking Nazi officials provides an opportunity for revenge, and with the help of her projectionist boyfriend Marcel, she resolves to burn down the cinema during the premiere. The British have also learned of the premiere and they dispatch former German film critic Lieutenant Archie Hicox to Paris to lead an attack on the event. Upon his arrival, he meets up with the Basterds, as well as German film actress and double agent Bridget von Hammersmark. Their meeting at a bar goes awry when a Gestapo major realizes that Hicox is not German. A subsequent shootout leaves everyone in the bar, including Hicox and the two German-speaking members of the Basterds (Stiglitz and Wicki), dead and Hammersmark wounded. Raine and the remaining three Basterds, Donny, Omar and Utivich, interrogate Hammersmark and learn that Adolf Hitler will also be attending the premiere. They devise a plan wherein Raine, Donny and Omar will pose as Hammersmark's Italian escorts at the premiere. Landa, acting as head of security for the premiere, investigates the bar shootout and finds evidence that Hammersmark was there.

At the premiere, he questions Hammersmark privately, making her try on one of her shoes which she had left behind at the bar. Realizing that Hammersmark is working with the Basterds, Landa kills her and has Raine and Utivich arrested. He makes a deal with them, after speaking with their commanding officer, to be granted immunity from war crimes prosecution among other things, in exchange for allowing Donny and Omar, still at the cinema, to kill the Nazi officials. During the film, Zoller goes up to the projectionist's booth to see Shosanna, angrily protesting her rejections of him. She shoots him multiple times, but he manages to shoot her dead before succumbing to his own wounds. The film is soon interrupted by a pre-recorded close-up of Shosanna informing the audience that they are about to be killed by a Jew, at which time Marcel lights 350 reels of flammable nitrate film behind the screen. Simultaneously, Donny and Omar ambush Hitler in his box and gun him down, subsequently firing into the crowd until dynamite which they brought with them detonates and incinerates the theater entirely. Some time later, Landa and his driver take Raine and Utivich to the American lines where Landa surrenders to Raine and hands over his weapons as part of his deal. Then Utivich handcuffs Landa, Raine kills Landa's driver, Utivich scalps the driver, and Raine carves a swastika into Landa's forehead, proclaiming it to be his masterpiece.

October 08, 2009

SURROGATES

Kemarin aku nonton lagi ... kalo beberapa hari yang lalu film drama yang aku tonton ... kali ini film tentang robot ... Sebenernya aku gak suka film2 jenis seperti ini ... tapi aku gak boleh egois ... temenku pingin nonton SURROGATES ... yah aku ngikut aja ... ketolongnya karena yang main Bruce Willis ... jadi mendinganlah ada yang bisa diliat .. he he he ... walopun dia udah tua ...

In 2017, humans live in near-total isolation, rarely leaving the safety and comfort of their homes, thanks to remotely-controlled robotic bodies that serve as "surrogates," designed as better-looking versions of their human operators. Because people are safe all the time, and damage done to a surrogate is not felt by its owner, it is a peaceful world free from fear, pain, and crime.

Agent Tom Greer (
Bruce Willis) is an FBI agent who, through the use of his own surrogate, investigates the first murder in years: Jarod, the college student son of the man who invented the surrogates, and who uses multiple surrogates himself. The case grows more complicated, however, when several humans are murdered when their surrogates are destroyed, something which is not supposed to happen, as the human operator is normally safe from the damage done to his/her surrogate.

Greer begins investigating the murder and is lead to the Dreads, a group of humans led by a mysterious man known only as The Prophet (
Ving Rhames) who are against the use of surrogates. Greer and his partner Peters (Radha Mitchell) determine the identity of the murderer is a Dread named Miles. Miles used a unique weapon called an O.D. (Overload Device) to kill Jarod as well as five cops tracking him with the weapon. Greer barely escapes death by the weapon. He survives by disconnecting himself from his surrogate as the weapon is fired, and then resumes his connection to the surrogate afterwards. Although his surrogate is physically damaged, it is able to pursue Miles before his surrogate is destroyed by the Dreads. Greer is badly hurt by the weapon despite disconnecting. He is found in his apartment by his wife Maggie (Rosamund Pike). She prefers interacting through her surrogate, even with her husband in the privacy of their home. We learn that the couple is particularly distant from each other as they grieve over their young son who died in a car accident. Greer is taken to the hospital and survives, although he is suspended and will not be issued another agency surrogate while his actions are investigated.

At the Dread Reservation, Miles is approached by The Prophet who demands information about the weapon. Miles is apparently killed by The Prophet or his followers. When Greer goes into the Reservation, he stumbles upon Miles' funeral and then approaches The Prophet, asking about the weapon Miles used. As Greer leaves the Reservation, it is revealed that The Prophet has the weapon. Greer meets with Dr. Canter, again using one of his surrogates, who suggests the weapon was manufactured by the military. Greer meets with a member of the military and learns that the weapon sends a
computer virus into the surrogates that shuts them down, but it also disables the failsafe mechanisms and kills the operator.

A mysterious surrogate goes to the home of Greer's partner Peters and kills her, then transfers control of her surrogate to an unknown party who uses it to go through the financial records of the FBI. The Peters surrogate learns that Stone, Peters and Greer's boss, is apparently behind the death of Jarod, having been assigned by the company that creates the surrogates to kill Dr. Canter which he in turn assigned to Miles. Jarod was using one of his father's surrogates and as such was mistaken for him. At the Dread compound, The Prophet orders delivery of the weapon to Peters just before the military attacks. The Prophet and his men are killed, but The Prophet is revealed to be a surrogate of Doctor Canter. The Peters surrogate tricks Greer into getting information about the weapon from Stone's computer. The Peters surrogate then flees from Greer, taking the information and the weapon. Greer chases her, but she escapes and goes to FBI headquarters where she takes a human system administrator (who does not use a surrogate) hostage and hooks the weapon up the surrogate network to kill all the surrogate operators.

Greer calls the system administrator who reveals that Peters has taken him hostage. Greer heads to Canter's home and forces his way into Dr. Canter's home to find him. At the FBI building, the Peters surrogate forces Stone to come talk to her. Dr. Canter reveals that he is now controlling the Peters surrogate. Stone confirms he did try to have Canter assassinated, and Canter kills Stone (for killing his son) with the weapon and returns to uploading the weapon's virus to all the surrogates. Greer makes his way through Canter's mansion and finds Canter's many surrogates which includes the one that killed the real Peters. Greer then finds Canter (who disconnects from the Peters surrogate) who then reveals he wants to destroy the surrogates so that real humans can return to their prior lifestyle. Canter has already started the process through the Peters surrogate, and then he kills himself. Greer takes control of the Peters surrogate. With the assistance of the system administrator, Greer insulates the surrogate operators so they will survive even if the surrogates go down. He is then given the choice of whether or not to save the surrogates. FBI troops storm the room as Greer decides not to cancel the transmission before the Peters surrogate is killed. The virus from the weapon uploads and destroys every surrogate worldwide, leaving their operators alive, but having to go back to using their real bodies again. Greer goes home and connects with his wife in her real body. Media broadcasts reveal the surrogates are down worldwide and no one knows if they will ever be able to be recreated again.

October 05, 2009

HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU

Satu lagi deretan film yang sempet aku tonton ... HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU ...
Aku nonton film ini karena penasaran ... sebab dari beberapa temen perempuanku yang aku tanya mengenai film ini, bilangnya bagus ... tapi pas aku udah nonton ... biasa aja buat aku ... boring malah ... Nah loh!!!!
Yang bikin aku tambah pingin nonton film ini tuh karena pemainnya ngetop semua ...

Plot

The plot chronicles the romantic misadventures of nine individuals in their twenties and thirties. Set in
Baltimore, the common thread of the story is that one person in each relationship is more enamored of the other person than vice versa. At the core of these multiple stories is Gigi (Ginnifer Goodwin), a young woman who repeatedly misinterprets the signs that men give her about their level of interest in her.

Gigi and Alex

After a rejection from Conor (
Kevin Connolly), Gigi begins getting dating advice from the romantic and promiscuous Alex (Justin Long), the owner of a hip bar and Conor's best friend. Alex tells Gigi that Conor simply wasn't interested in her since he hasn't called, otherwise he would have definitely made a move. He also tells her that she should stop thinking that she is an exception to this rule, and to stop obsessing over every "sign" that she might pick up on during a date. Gigi proceeds to go on several unsuccessful dates, often calling Alex during dates for advice. Gigi starts believing that Alex is interested in her because he is so willing to take a call from her (even when he's busy at work, or is with a girl), and because she thinks Alex intentionally botched a blind date he organized for Gigi and one of his friends. Alex then invites Gigi to a party he's having at his apartment. Interpreting this invitation as an opportunity to "co-host" the party, Gigi helps make food for guests, and stays behind to clean up. When all the guests are gone, Gigi kisses Alex. Alex, surprised and very frustrated, tells her he wasn't interested in her romantically, and if he were he would've pursued her. Gigi tells him that even though she obsesses over everything and has embarrassed herself many times, she is closer to finding love than he is and is at least happy that she isnt a bitter and cynical person like him. Gigi and Alex stop speaking to each other, but Alex feels continuously troubled at work. After being confronted by one of his employees he realizes he's obsessing and over-analyzing his situation with Gigi, in the same way Gigi was at the beginning. Meanwhile, Gigi goes on a date with Bill (Alex's friend who was meant to go on the blind date with her). After she returns home, Alex goes to see her at her apartment. He apologizes to Gigi and kisses her, telling her that she is his exception. Gigi kisses Alex back and the two are later seen in a serious relationship.

Janine, Ben, and Anna

Gigi's co-worker Janine (
Jennifer Connelly) is starting to have difficulties in her marriage. Her husband, Ben (Bradley Cooper), begins cheating on her with Anna (Scarlett Johansson), a yoga instructor and aspiring singer. During his affair he reveals that he was never ready to marry Janine, and was forced between marrying her, or breaking up with her. Janine is unaware of this, and is focused on renovating their new home. On a particular day, she discovers a pack of cigarettes under some construction equipment. Concluding that it belongs to her husband since the renovators don't smoke, she gets upset because she had asked Ben to quit as her father had died of lung cancer. Janine confronts Ben, but he adamantly denies that they're his. Ben eventually tells Janine that he's been having an affair. Although initially upset, Janine attempts to salvage their marriage by surprising Ben at work; she proposes sex with him in his office to "bring back the fire". Ben agrees and they proceed to have sex, but Anna is hiding in the closet of Ben's office as they were also about to have sex until Janine knocked on the door. Janine eventually leaves, and Anna runs out of Ben's office soon after, disgusted by his actions. When Janine arrives home she begins to clean the house but discovers a pack of cigarettes in Ben's clothing, prompting an angry outburst. When Ben arrives home he finds all his clothes neatly folded with a carton of cigarettes and a note from Janine telling him she wants a divorce. Janine moves into a new apartment by herself to start a new life.

Conor, Anna, and Mary

While in her secret affair with Ben, Anna is also casually dating Conor, but she isn't as interested in him as he is in her; Anna treats Conor more as a very close friend, while Conor wants to pursue a relationship with her. Soon after the incident at Ben's office, Anna goes into Conor's apartment when he asks her to be his girlfriend. Anna agrees, but is still troubled by the end of her relationship with Ben. Anna and Conor continue their relationship but when Conor proposes buying a house and moving in together, Anna tells him honestly that she doesn't want to. Anna and Conor break up, but both are happy just to remain friends. Meanwhile, Anna's friend Mary (
Drew Barrymore) is in ad sales for a local newspaper who also helps Conor promote his real-estate business. Like Gigi, she meets many men (mostly online) but all end unsuccessfully. After Anna and Conor end their relationship, Mary runs into Conor having coffee and introduces herself to him as he had only ever spoken to her over the phone and never seen her in person. They hit it off, and begin dating.

Beth and Neil

Gigi's other co-worker, Beth (Jennifer Aniston), is living with her boyfriend Neil (Ben Affleck), who is also friends with Ben, and who she has been with for seven years. Although Beth wants to get married, Neil does not believe in signing a piece of paper to say you love someone. After listening to a rant about relationships from Gigi, Beth becomes upset and starts thinking about her relationship with Neil. When she arrives home after work she asks Neil if he'll ever marry her; when he doesn't respond, Beth breaks up with him. Neil moves out to live in his boat while Beth goes home to see her family and to be a bridesmaid at her younger sister's wedding. During the reception, Beth's father has a heart attack. Beth constantly looks after her father: she brings him food, keeps him company, and cleans the house. Meanwhile, all her sisters' husbands do is watch football, play videogames, make a mess, and do not act concerned at all about their father in-law. Beth is constantly frustrated and worried, she finds Neil in the kitchen washing the dishes after buying groceries, they hug and kiss. Beth goes to see Neil on his boat and they get back together, telling him that he is more of a husband than her sisters' husbands will ever be to them. Back at their apartment, Beth jokingly scolds Neil for bringing back a pair of pants she told him to leave on the boat. Neil insists that if she's going to throw them out, then to check the pockets for any valuables. Beth complies and discovers a box with a diamond ring, and turns around to find Neil kneeling down behind her. Neil proposes to her, telling her that he needs to make her happy for him to "have a shot" at being happy. Beth accepts his proposal. They are later shown getting married on Neil's boat in an intimate ceremony.
The film ends with the end credits, switching back and forth with each character (Beth and Neil, Janine, Ben, Conor and Mary, Anna, Gigi and Alex) each saying something about what they'll do or how they feel it ended.



October 02, 2009

TODAY'S PIC

DIENG

Libur Lebaran kemarin, aku dan keluarga kakakku sempet jalan2 ke Dieng & Jogja ...

Aku gak banyak fotonya ... adalah satu dua buat kenang2an ...

Di Dieng, jam 12 siang itu masih berkabut (seperti photo di kiri atas ....) dan jalanannya lebih berliku2, banyak tikungan tajam dan gak lebar2 amat (seperti photo di kanan atas).

Begitu sampe Wonosobo (tempat kita nginep) ... di-mana2 tuh tukang jualan mie ongklok ... Jadi setelah kita check-in ... kita langsung cegat tukang jualan mie ongklok itu ... penasaran pingin nyobain ... secara Wonosobo dingin, jadi pas banget kalo sore2 makan mie ongklok itu ... Ternyata yang namanya mie ongklok itu (seperti photo di kiri bawah) ... sejenis mie ayam tapi kuahnya agak2 kentel kayak pake sagu gitu terus ditambah sate ayam ... Aku selama di Wonosobo 2 malem ... sempet makan mie ongklok 2 kali.

Terus satu lagi yang ada di-mana2 ... tukang jualan tempe kemul ... penasaran juga donk ... setelah kita cobain ... ternyata tempe goreng biasa gitu ... tempenya kecil ditengah, dikelilingi oleh tepung yang digoreng garing gitu ... jadi bener tempenya dikemulin sama tepung ... makanya namanya tempe kemul ... (seperti photo di kanan bawah) Bisa aja yang ngasih nama yah ... pasti orang Jawa yang ngasih nama ... kalo bukan orang Jawa pasti namanya tempe selimut ... bukan tempe kemul ... he he he ... Ini sebagian foto keponakan2ku yang lagi in action ...

October 01, 2009

DON'T WANNA LOSE YOU - GLORIA ESTEFAN

To someone who shows me his much care recently ...

Sometimes it's hard to make things clear
Or know when to face the truth
And I know that the moment is here
I'll open my heart and show you inside
My love has no pride
I feel with you I've got nothing to hide
So open your eyes and see who I am
And not who you want for me to be
I'm only myself, myself

I don't wanna loose you now
We're gonna get through somehow
I don't wanna loose you now or ever

'Cause baby I've finally found
The courage to stand my ground
But if you want me
I'll be around, forever

We all make mistakes, we all loose our way
But we stood the test of time and I hope
That's the way it will stay
It's all up to you, to tell me to go
'Cause it won't be me to walk away
When your all that I know
And I know that

I don't wanna loose you now
We're gonna get through somehow
I don't wanna loose you now or ever
'Cause baby I've finally found
The courage to stand my ground

But if you want me
I'll be around, forever

GET MARRIED 2

Selain THE GRUDGE 3, satu lagi film yang aku tonton pas libur Lebaran kemarin ... GET MARRIED 2 .... filmnya lumayan lucu (menurutku loh yah) sampe2 temenku yang gak biasanya ketawa ... kali ini bisa ketawa gara2 nonton film itu ...

Berawal dari kisah pernikahan Maemunah alias Mae (Nirina Zubir) dengan Rendy (Nino Fernandez) yang telah berlangsung selama 4 tahun, namun masih saja belum dikaruniai anak. Padahal pernikahan ketiga sahabat Mae, Guntoro (Desta Club Eighties), Beni (Ringgo Agus Rahman) dan Eman (Aming) telah dikaruniai anak. Hal ini diperparah dengan sibuknya Rendy dengan pekerjaannya, yang membuat Mae merasa tak diperhatikan.

Mae yang ingin merayakan ultah pernikahannya, membuat pesta. Sayangnya Rendy malah tak bisa hadir. Ditambah lagi, Mae melihat Rendy mencium pipi Vivi (Marissa Nasution). Melihat ini, Mae yang marah memutuskan pulang ke rumah orang tuanya, Babe Mardi (Jaja Miharja) dan Bu Mardi (Meriam Belina). Rendy pun menyusul. Namun tak semudah itu. Kedua orang tua Mae pun sepakat jika mereka berpisah saja, kecuali Rendy mampu memberikan keturunan. Itulah syarat dari Babe Mardi. Rendy pun akhirnya tinggal di rumah orang tua Mae.

Usaha demi usaha dilakukan Rendy agar bisa menghamili istrinya. Mulai minum jamu, sering-sering memegang bayi sudah dilakukan. Namun hasilnya masih belum tampak. Di sisi lain, ia kembali didesak untuk memiliki anak, jika tidak Rendy harus bercerai. Tak ingin kehilangan Mae, Rendy meminta bantuan ibunya (Ira Wibowo). Alih-alih berhasil, usaha ini malah bikin suasana semakin memanas, karena sang bunda membawa serta pengacara (Ruhut Sitompul).

Tak disangka, Mae akhirnya hamil. Mengetahui hal ini, Rendy meminta ketiga sahabat Mae, Guntoro dkk yang semenjak Mae menikah bekerja di perusahaan Rendy, untuk menjaga sang istri 24 jam, karena Babe Mardi melarang Rendy bertemu Mae. Kekonyolan demi kekonyolan tiga sahabat ini terjadi. Mulai harus memenuhi permintaan Mae yang tengah ngidam, menggantikan Mae untuk senam hamil karena Mae malas, sampai tengah malam harus datang ke rumah Mae sekedar membetulkan letak bantal Mae.

THE GRUDGE 3

Libur Lebaran kali ini selain keluar kota ... aku juga masih menyempatkan diri nonton ... ada 2 film yang aku tonton ... salah satunya, THE GRUDGE 3 ... film horor gitu deh ...

The events of The Grudge 3 occur several days after the Chicago vignette of The Grudge 2. Jake Kimble, (Matthew Knight) the sole survivor, is now institutionalized after the gruesome murder of his family. His caretaker is Dr. Sullivan, who is skeptical of Jake's stories describing a woman with long black hair covered in blood as the murderer. Dr. Sullivan has to leave Jake in his room as she has to take care of the other patients. She reassures Jake by telling him that there is a security camera that will always be watching him. When she leaves, the lights start flickering, and Jake realizes that Kayako has come. He screams for help, but the security guard is too late as he sees Jake being flung around the room by an invisible force. When they arrive in the room, Jake is lying in a pool of blood. He has broken almost every bone in his body.

Kayako's sister, Naoko Kawamata, is a young Japanese woman who hears of Jake's death through the newspaper and becomes worried. Naoko knows how to stop the grudge and travels to America, more specifically to Chicago
where the last incident linked with Kayako occurred. She is introduced to the Chicago apartment by Max, (Gil McKinney) the landlord, and immediately begins to feel her sister's presence. She meets Max's little sister, Rose, and she somehow knows that Rose is in touch with the dead and can communicate with Toshio, Naoko's nephew. She also meets Lisa (Johanna Braddy) and they quickly become friends, and they meet other residents of the apartment, including Gretchen, (Marina Sirtis) who is an artist. Lisa begins to grow frightened when she realizes her younger sister Rose is seeing a dead boy all around the apartment. Later that day, Lisa encounters Toshio, who makes her jump. When asking him what he is doing in the apartment, Toshio vanishes leaving Lisa bewildered. A girl, who just moved away from the apartment complex due to the murders is pulled into her bathtub by Toshio and is drowned by the evil spirit of Takeo Saeki. At night, Gretchen is painting a beautiful picture of Rose but when she turns away she finds it almost shredded and in a pool of red paint. Whilst examining the painting of Rose, it briefly changes to a portrait of Kayako and handprints begin to appear in the red paint and move towards Gretchen. Then another of Gretchen's paintings begins to change and morph into Kayako who crawls towards Gretchen and kills her by gouging her eyes out and ripping off her jaw. Max discovers Gretchen's body and is horrified to see black blood flowing from her eyes.

Lisa, Max's sister, hears about the grudge from Naoko and realizes that the deaths in the Chicago apartment - including the death of Jake Kimble - are connected, and to this end she meets Dr. Ann Sullivan, (
Shawnee Smith) who informs her of what she learns from Jake concerning a girl named Allison Fleming and a woman named Kayako Saeki, from Japan. Dr. Sullivan also informs Lisa that Toshio, the boy Rose has been seeing, is dead, and plays a video of one of her interviews with Jake, who tells Dr. Sullivan that Kayako is sitting right in between them constantly. Lisa eventually returns to the apartment. Dr. Sullivan examines further evidence and then goes down the corridor out of her office because she sees Toshio on the monitor. Everything seems normal for a few brief seconds until Kayako appears in the hallway. Dr. Sullivan exits via the other door in the corridor, only to have Kayako appear before her in the corridor she is now in. Dr. Sullivan screams for help and knocks repeatedly on the door, but meanwhile Kayako is catching up. Kayako literally walks through the door opposite and Dr. Sullivan feels Kayako's fingers go through her hair and touch the side of her face as she screams for the cleaner to open the door, and then suddenly Kayako seizes Dr. Ann Sullivan's head and snaps her neck, splattering blood against the window.

Later that evening, Lisa invites her boyfriend Andy (
Beau Mirchoff) out to supper, and there she discusses the Saeki murders and her theory that the vengeful ghosts are in her apartment. Andy dismisses her ideas initially, saying "you only make connections you want to see," and persuades Lisa to come to New York with him, but Lisa refuses. Andy returns Lisa to the apartment, and later when he leaves he sees the lights flickering and Toshio's legs run upstairs. He follows Toshio to a black hallway and sees Toshio run before him in the gloom. When Andy flicks on the light switch, Kayako appears behind him as the door slams shut to the sound of her death rattle.

Later, Max shows signs of a
mental change and becomes violent and aggressive. He viciously attacks his superior when he is fired, and later his superior is killed by Toshio Saeki in his car. Max kicks out Lisa after taking out his rage on her, and then he also pushes Rose aside and tells her to go to her room. Lisa, frightened, goes to Naoko for help and Naoko realizes what has happened to Max. She dresses in a classic Japanese ritual garb and begins to perform an exorcism on the building using Rose as a witness, but halfway through Naoko tells Lisa that Rose has to drink Kayako's blood, which she somehow has obtained. Naoko begs Rose to drink it, claiming that "the bad will go away". Lisa stupidly refuses to have anything to do with this ritual, and begins to leave, only to find her path blocked by Max. Max has been possessed by the evil spirit of Takeo Saeki, and he is now out to repeat the same murder he performed on Kayako. He pursues Naoko into the hallway, and when Naoko attempts to reason with him, he breaks her leg. Naoko attempts to crawl away but Max seizes a utility knife, grabs Naoko by her long black hair, and thrusts the blade into her throat. Kayako pursues Lisa and Rose through the upper story of the apartment. Lisa and Rose run into the bathroom and find the corpse of her boyfriend Andy, but when she grasps it, Andy becomes Kayako and attempts to strangle her. Rose is thrown out of the bathroom and the door locks Lisa in. Lisa backs away as Kayako crawls towards her. Rose drinks Kayako's blood and Kayako's evil spirit vanishes. Takeo is exorcised from Max, who is horrified at what he has done. When he is sitting, immersed in remorse and guilt, in the apartment's corridor, noises come from the other end of the corridor. The source of the noises is revealed to be Naoko's spirit, stumbling on her broken leg while her throat gushes blood. Naoko has appeared as the new onryo born from the new Grudge caused by Max. She crawls up to Max and kills him.

The final scene is of police and doctors removing the corpses and Lisa telling Rose that everything will be alright. However, as she hugs her, the final image is that of Kayako hugging Lisa instead of Rose, revealing that Rose now carries the exorcised spirits that Kayako used to carry as well as Kayako herself.