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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Ehren Kruger (screenplay)
Kôji Suzuki (novel)
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Release Date:
18 October 2002 (USA) See more »
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Tagline:
Before you die, you see the ring See more »
Plot:
A young journalist must investigate a mysterious videotape which seems to cause the death of anyone in a week of viewing it. Full summary » | Full synopsis »
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Awards:
7 wins & 5 nominations See more »
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Visually intense creepfest--different purpose than the original See more (1593 total) »

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Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, disturbing images, language and some drug references.
Runtime:
115 min
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Color | Color (Technicolor)
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Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (New Brunswick/Nova Scotia/Prince Edward Island) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Portugal:M/16 | Malaysia:U | Iceland:16 | South Korea:15 | Brazil:14 | India:A (cinema release) | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Chile:14 | Finland:K-15 | France:-12 | Germany:16 (bw) | Ireland:15PG (original rating) | Ireland:15 (video rating) | Israel:16 | Japan:PG-12 | Mexico:B | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Bern) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Zurich) | Switzerland:16 (canton of the Grisons) | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #39347) | Greece:K-17

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Trivia:
The videotape with the word "copy" is the video tape from the original movie.See more »
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Continuity: When Noah chops a hole in the floor with the axe, he removes a circle of wood approximately 4 feet in diameter. In the next shot, shot from below the floor looking up, the whole is easily over 15 feet wide.See more »
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Rachel Keller:She wanted that child more than anything in the world. How could she have done that...? She just wanted to be heard. Sometimes children yell, or cry... or draw pictures...See more »
Movie Connections:
Features CTR (1999) (VG)See more »
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Why were the victims given seven days to live?
Does the movie show what Rachel did with Aidan's tape?
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12 out of 15 people found the following review useful.
Visually intense creepfest--different purpose than the original, 4 February 2008
Author: refresh daemon from United States

This film is the American take on the Japanese original and while it absorbs its source material intact, it twists around its formula a bit in order to make it fit its new surroundings. The story is the same: a journalist, after losing her niece to a mysterious circumstance, investigates and discovers a cursed videotape, which gives a viewer only seven days to live.

Like its predecessors, the film doesn't spend that much time on the supernatural elements, but focuses more on the mystery. However, The Ring features a lot more supernatural elements immediately and throughout the film than either previous version, perhaps to make more obvious and visceral the impending doom that faces our protagonist. Visually, The Ring has been injected with a shot of adrenaline, being less the brooding mystery of the original and more immediate and menacing. The color palette is colder than Ringu and the story is also more detached and focused on the ghostly mechanics than the human story, which leads the film to be more recognizably intimidating.

The story itself is a little more mysterious in that the backstory of our villain is rather thin and unexplained. Furthermore, the villain is clearly portrayed as senselessly malevolent; this weakens at least two significant scenes. The ending, I think, is more clever than the previous versions. I like that there is something to the relationship between the protagonist, Rachel, and her ally, Noah, but it still seems a little weak when compared to Ringu--where one line can effortlessly show the development in the relationship.

As far as a horror movie goes, The Ring is a blunt, but nonetheless creepy example. Losing some of the trappings of its predecessors helps simplify the story for faster flow and to create room for more visual creepiness, but also loses some of the complexity that helped the story have more depth. It's more of impressive frightfest than Ringu, but is a little weaker in story resonance. In the end, that makes The Ring just as effective overall: if you want more chills, catch this version. If you want more meat, catch Ringu. Decent entertainment. 7/10.

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