The Ring

PG-13 7.1
2002 1 hr 55 min Horror , Mystery

Rachel Keller is a journalist investigating a videotape that may have killed four teenagers. There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. Rachel tracks down the video... and watches it. Now she has just seven days to unravel the mystery of the Ring so she can save herself and her son.

  • Cast:
    Naomi Watts , Martin Henderson , David Dorfman , Brian Cox , Jane Alexander , Lindsay Frost , Amber Tamblyn

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Reviews

Micitype
2002/10/18

Pretty Good

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Sameer Callahan
2002/10/19

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

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Verity Robins
2002/10/20

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

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Guillelmina
2002/10/21

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

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afrodome
2002/10/22

The Ring (2002) is a rare example of a remake that supercedes its predecessor. The combined elements of cinematography, character development, and special fx make for a movie that deserves acclaim amongst other classic genre flicks like Alien, The Exorcist and Let the Right One In. The scares are scarce, but that's what makes them so great. They never rely on a loud 'bang' sound to force its audience to react but rather used the ominous sounds of reverberated violin strings and the 'white noise' of a radio channel with no signal. Naomi Watts proves once again that she is one of the toughest actresses in Hollywood and still to this day is a true 'underdog' of the industry.While I didn't find it as scary as most fans did (I can understand why it scared them), the mood is genuine and consistent throughout the film; depressing and bleak, whilst not feeling too 'cold' or nihilistic, there's a heart at the center of all the grim Seattle fog. I saw Ringu as well, and found the 'medium/psychic elements made it feel more folklore/soap-opera and didn't fee grounded enough to engage me one hundred percent. The Ring pulls all the punches and delivers a better story arc, more fleshed out characters, and creepier imagery, and not to mention one of the most gorgeous production designs of any film in recent memory. The Ring is a classic horror movie that still feels fresh 16 years and 3 dozen ripoffs later.

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Ilikehorrormovies
2002/10/23

This is a very good movie like very underrated. It's fun homestly, I had a good time while watching it. This is the film that shock people in 2002, the one that started the japenese horror remake. Always the story is good, the script is well written, good characters, and convincing acting. It's a slow burner because it could feel slow at times but still not a bad movie. The ending is pretty shocking and I'm not spoil it because it doesn't derserve to be spoil. I lile the character Aidan because he's interesting like Tommy Jarvis from Friday The 13th and Jamie Lyoid from HalloweeN. This is my review on The Ring (2002), pretty good movie.

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lorcan-61881
2002/10/24

So,in 1998,One of the most creepiest horror films alive was made called Ring,the film spawned three sequels and one crossover against another highly famous J horror franchise Ju On. Then of course,a American remake was made starring Naomi Watts and Martin Henderson..and the casting couldn't of been more brilliant. I can't tell you which one is scarier,Ring or The Ring,you tell me. So,we all know what it's about the cursed videotape that kills you in seven days. The Ring has absolutely no flaws,what so ever,the story is exactly the same basically except for the names,the acting choices were brilliant and gave more time for the kid and his personality and how the tape effects him due to in the Japanese film,the boy had barely any lines. Two sequels were spawned of course after The Ring,The Ring Two was probably the worst sequel ever,probably worse than like Poltergeist 3 or Omen IV and then Rings came out the third reboot,that basically didn't really have any point to be made,but was OK,nothing special,OK. The Ring is probably one of my favourite horror films ever.

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anthonyrobinette
2002/10/25

Typical of scary movies made in the last 20-years, this movie is no exception. The movie plays great with lots of scary scenes, but for the ending? Either we have to make up our own, or hope it did well enough at the box-office that they'll invest in making a sequel. You got it; is it the end, or was it? I would rather just think it was, so I can be done with it and not be fooled twice in wasting another 2-hours of my life. And so I have to make up my own ending as will you. The End.

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