# The Eye 2 (见鬼2)
**The Eye 2** (见鬼2, also released as *Jian gui 2*) is a 2004 Hong Kong and Thai horror film directed by Oxide Pang and Danny Pang, in which a pregnant woman who survives a suicide attempt finds she can see ghosts, one of which seeks to be reborn as her child.[1](https://moriareviews.com/horror/eye-2-2004.htm) It is the second film in the *Eye* series begun by *The Eye* (2002), though its story and characters are unrelated to the first film.[1](https://moriareviews.com/horror/eye-2-2004.htm) • [2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/eye-2)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Original title | 见鬼2 (*Jian gui 2*)[3](https://www.truemovie.com/2004moviedata/Eye2.htm) |
| Directors | Oxide Pang and Danny Pang (the Pang Brothers)[1](https://moriareviews.com/horror/eye-2-2004.htm) |
| Release | 18 March 2004 in Hong Kong; 26 March 2004 in Taiwan[3](https://www.truemovie.com/2004moviedata/Eye2.htm) |
| Lead cast | Shu Qi as Joey Cheng, Jesdaporn Pholdee as Sam, Eugenia Yuan, Philip Kwok as a Buddhist master[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/eye-2) |
| Production | Applause Pictures; screenplay by Jojo Hui; producers include Peter Ho-sun Chan and Lawrence Cheng[1](https://moriareviews.com/horror/eye-2-2004.htm) • [2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/eye-2) |
| Reception | 80% Tomatometer (5 reviews) and 53% Popcornmeter (5,000+ ratings) on Rotten Tomatoes; 5.7/10 on IMDb from about 5,300 users[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/eye-2) • [4](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405061/ratings/) |
| Runtime | Reported as 94 minutes by Rotten Tomatoes, 95 minutes by TV Spielfilm and eiga.com, and 98 minutes by Mediacorp[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/eye-2) • [5](https://www.tvspielfilm.de/kino/filmarchiv/film/the-eye-2%2C1295265%2CApplicationMovie.html) • [6](https://contentdistribution.mediacorp.sg/products/the-eye-2) |
## Spoilers
### Plot
Joey Cheng ([Shu Qi](https://www.edgepedia.org/shu-qi)), feeling ignored by her married lover Sam (Jesdaporn Pholdee), takes an overdose of sleeping pills in a hotel room and is rescued after being found in time.[1](https://moriareviews.com/horror/eye-2-2004.htm) • [6](https://contentdistribution.mediacorp.sg/products/the-eye-2) After coming around she realizes she can see phantom figures that nobody else can see, and she also learns she is pregnant.[1](https://moriareviews.com/horror/eye-2-2004.htm)
The visions multiply. Joey sees a woman jump in front of a train at a station, but no body is found on the tracks and no one else saw her; she shares a taxi with a figure whose face is replaced by a ponytail; and in a maternity clinic she sees ghosts standing behind each expectant mother.[1](https://moriareviews.com/horror/eye-2-2004.htm) • [3](https://www.truemovie.com/2004moviedata/Eye2.htm) She comes to understand that the spirit of a dead woman is trying to reincarnate in the body of her unborn child, and she sets out to discover who the woman was in life.[1](https://moriareviews.com/horror/eye-2-2004.htm) A Buddhist master played by Philip Kwok figures in her search.[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/eye-2)
## Production and the Eye series
The film was a Hong Kong and Thailand co-production made by Applause Pictures with Media Corp Raintree Pictures, from a screenplay by Jojo Hui and a story by Jojo Hui and Lawrence Cheng, with photography by Decha Srimantra and music by Payont Permsith.[1](https://moriareviews.com/horror/eye-2-2004.htm) Peter Ho-sun Chan, who produced the series, is credited among the producers.[1](https://moriareviews.com/horror/eye-2-2004.htm) • [2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/eye-2)
The Pang Brothers had made a substantial international hit with *The Eye* (2002), which propelled them among the prominent names of the 2000s wave of Asian horror.[1](https://moriareviews.com/horror/eye-2-2004.htm) *The Eye 2* shares the first film's premise of a protagonist who sees what others cannot, but it follows a new character and story.[7](https://culturellementvotre.fr/2026/10/13/test-blu-ray-4k-ultra-hd-blu-ray-the-eye-1-2-carlotta/) • [2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/eye-2) The brothers followed it with *The Eye 10* (2005), and the original film was remade in Hollywood as *The Eye* (2008).[1](https://moriareviews.com/horror/eye-2-2004.htm) In 2005, trade reports said a Hollywood remake of *The Eye 2* itself was planned under the title *In-Utero*, with Vertigo producing and New Line distributing.[8](https://ent.sina.com.cn/m/f/2005-10-20/0805870295.html)
## Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an 80% Tomatometer from five critics, with an average of rated reviews of 7.50/10, and a 53% Popcornmeter score from more than 5,000 audience ratings.[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/eye-2) Derek Elley of *Variety* called it "a second, less rewarding trot round the shock block," while reviewers at Dread Central and eFilmCritic rated it 4/5, the latter describing a film that "does its best to be more complex, more fulfilling than the average horror film."[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/eye-2) IMDb users give it 5.7/10 from about 5,300 ratings.[4](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405061/ratings/)
Audience and critical opinion has often divided on the same point: some viewers found it an improvement over the first film with stronger set pieces, while others saw it as a sequel with no connection to the original and a slow first half.[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/eye-2) • [9](https://thehkneo.com/04/TE2.htm) The Moria review rated it four stars and judged it "a much superior film to The Eye," praising the brothers' use of everyday settings, such as the train-station suicide that only Joey can see.[1](https://moriareviews.com/horror/eye-2-2004.htm) Shu Qi's performance drew repeated notice, with reviewers crediting her with elevating the material.[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/eye-2) • [9](https://thehkneo.com/04/TE2.htm)
## References
1. [The Eye 2 (2004), Moria: The Science Fiction Horror and Fantasy Film Review](https://moriareviews.com/horror/eye-2-2004.htm)
2. [The Eye 2, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/eye-2)
3. [見鬼2 The Eye 2 (2004), TrueMovie](https://www.truemovie.com/2004moviedata/Eye2.htm)
4. [The Eye 2 (2004) – Ratings, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405061/ratings/)
5. [The Eye 2, TV Spielfilm film archive](https://www.tvspielfilm.de/kino/filmarchiv/film/the-eye-2%2C1295265%2CApplicationMovie.html)
6. [The Eye 2 见鬼2, Mediacorp Content Distribution](https://contentdistribution.mediacorp.sg/products/the-eye-2)
7. [Test Blu-ray 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray: The Eye 1 & 2 – Carlotta, Culturellement Votre](https://culturellementvotre.fr/2026/10/13/test-blu-ray-4k-ultra-hd-blu-ray-the-eye-1-2-carlotta/)
8. [克鲁斯翻拍香港《见鬼》报道, 新浪娱乐 (Sina Entertainment, 20 October 2005)](https://ent.sina.com.cn/m/f/2005-10-20/0805870295.html)
9. [The Eye 2, HKNEO Reviews](https://thehkneo.com/04/TE2.htm)
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