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An unexpected marriage of big-budget production values and low-budget instincts, The Ring offers chills to be savoured. Usually when Hollywood indulges its cash-hungry game of remaking foreign films the result sacrifices much of what made the original so special. Clearly, the supremely eerie supernatural vibe that permeated the legendary 1998 Japanese horror film must have done something to those Hollywood suits, because Gore Verbinski's remake is actually rather good. Certainly, it's not superior to the original, but it's undoubtedly a cut above most modern horror efforts, expertly wringing every drop of suspense. The impressive Naomi Watts (Mullholland Drive) plays a journalist investigating an urban myth of a videotape that kills the viewer a week after watching it. Succumbing to curiosity, she watches it herself--big mistake--and has a week to solve the mystery or fall victim to its sinister power.
While transferring the action from Japan to modern-day Seattle may weaken the impact of the plot's mythological elements, and the film may be guilty of pointless padding (belying the original's lean format), Verbinski's effort is no less squirm-inducing, bolstered with a tremendous shocker of an ending. Exquisitely utilising the strong visual sense displayed in The Mexican, Verbinski creates a thick atmosphere of dread and suspense that never lets up, thankfully favouring old-fashioned scares, rather than retreating to blunt CG spectacle. In Watts, the film has a horror heroine who far exceeds the average wide-eyed scream queen, perfectly conveying the endless stream of bone-chilling moments. --Danny Graydon
Special Features
- 'Rings' - a short film that tracks the history of the video tape from 'The Ring' to 'The Ring 2'
- 'Making Of' featurette
- 'Don't Watch This' featurette
- 'Ring 2 - The Tape' trailer
- Theatrical trailers
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
This film scared me to death, a thing not many movies can do! It focusses on a reporter who after her niece and her friends watch a mysterious video tape and die seven days later decides to investigate it and save herself, after her, her ex husband and their son watch the tape as well. The way the mystery unfolds is bound to scare you senseless! The film physicly is not gory or scary-except for the creepy video tape it self-but after the movie it plays with your mind for hours on end. The only thing I disliked about this movie was it's ending. It was a sort of cliff hanger and I would have rather it had ended more happily, but by this time the movie has earned it self enouth credit to make this ending a good round off point to a creepy but enjoyable movie!!!
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I saw this movie twice at the cinema, and i recently bought the dvd. This remake is absolutely fantastic, well acted and the effects are brilliant. Unpredictable, terrifying, and enthralling! Lets hope that they remake the other ring films in the series. By the way, on the dvd, the special features listed are "Dont Watch This Video", "The Video" (long) and Trailer*. If you can't find the video of Samara's message dont panic cuz it is there, i found it yesterday, i was about to return it because this special feature was missing, but then i thought, "well the gimmic of this film was that you aren't supposed to see the video, so it must be hidden" and i was right. The video is hidden, what you need to do is: when you see the red arrow that tells you what you are selecting, keep pressing down until you can't see the arrow, press enter and voila, there it is, it goes straight into it. Enjoy the dvd, its an amazing, one-of-a-kind horror movie.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
My lady and i went to see this at the cinema. Im the sort of hopeless romantic who therefore sits through 'Horrors' with my thumbs in my ears, fingers over my eyes, humming to myself. On the other hand the girlfriend loves to be scared, and generally sits quietly, laughing to herself. But we went to see The Ring and have never quite been the same since.
This movie has both enough gore to satisfy the slasher movie lovers and the 'i cant breathe' suspense of any good psychological thriller. But it also has an excellent, twisty plot which continously changes direction to keep you guessing, and takes so many turns for the worse that you just want it to end. When it does, its such a relief, it all makes sense, and you can relax - your smiling. At this point a 'Carrie-esque' final sting in the tail finishes you off. And dont worry about my having ruined it for you, believe me, you wont anticipate this!
For myself, there was no point trying to block out whats was on-screen, as to close ones eyes only made it worse! Cheryl, as usual, laughed her way through it. Only im now not the one with recurring nightmares months down the line now am i? ;-) So. A good movie for testing your nerve and getting that viceral thrill if your like me, and a delight for the Horror terrorists who think nothing can effect them. Needless to say with the DVD about to be released, we are inevitably drawn to a second sitting - better or worse second time around i wonder? See it!
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"..TOP JAPANESE REMAKE.."
This is one of the best remakes in horror from a Japanese movie, the story is great and extremely frightening, anyone who scares easy will have nightmares for a while, the cast is... Read more
Published 29 days ago by S. Drury
Not as good as the Japanese version
I still give this 4 stars because it is a good film and I could keep watching it, it doesn't bother me. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Carlyflower
Brilliant Buy!!
It was meaty, tense, unexpected in a really good way they don't make them like this anymore, A must buy.
Published 4 months ago by Thelma L. Workman
TERRIFYING!
THE RING is a 2002 horror film starring Naomi Watts. It was surprisingly great! It sounded a bit stupid at first, but i liked it a lot! Read more
Published 5 months ago by G. Stephenson
Not very good
I didn't like this film. I agree with some of the other reviews who say that it isn't as good as the Japanese original. It wasn't very frightening.
Published 8 months ago by M. Taylor
Brilliant piece of paranormal drama
First off let me get this out in the open, I didn't find this scary but I did find the story absolutely enthralling. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Mr. George Johnson
Is she still in the dark place?
After the mysterious death of her niece Katie, journalist Rachel Keller starts to investigate an urban legend about a videotape which kills you seven days after watching it. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Spike Owen
not bad! not one for horror lovers tho!
did not rate this film ver much at all. heard a lot of hype about it but just did not find it had anything to shout about it!. Read more
Published 11 months ago by zombie1
Amazing!
The Ring is an absolutly amazing film, the actors are just fantastic and the story is very tence and jumpy.. Samara is brill. This is my one and only favourite horror film ever!! Read more
Published 13 months ago by Fairy
Not as scary as the original, but Naomi Watts convinces in her role
OK, so this Hollywood remake of the original Ring (1998) [DVD] [2000] is not as scary, but Naomi Watts does a pretty impressive performance of being scared of out of her bejesus. Read more
Published 13 months ago by R. G. White
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