Rings

PG-13

2/3/20171h 42m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ First you watch it. Then you die. ~

Overview:

Julia becomes worried about her boyfriend Holt when he explores the dark urban legend of a mysterious videotape said to kill the watcher seven days after viewing. She sacrifices herself to save her boyfriend and in doing so makes a horrifying discovery: there is a "movie within the movie" that no one has ever seen before.

Director:

F. Javier Gutiérrez

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$25,000,000.00

Revenue:

$83,080,890.00

Key words:

investigation
supernatural
hallucination
sequel
urban legend
curse
female protagonist
vhs
death
maggot
rape and revenge
seven days
video tape
water
suspenseful
depressing
baffled

Cast

Matilda Lutz

~ as ~

Julia

Alex Roe

~ as ~

Holt Anthony

Johnny Galecki

~ as ~

Gabriel Brown

Vincent D'Onofrio

~ as ~

Galen Burke

Aimee Teegarden

~ as ~

Skye Johnston

Bonnie Morgan

~ as ~

Samara Morgan

Chuck David Willis

~ as ~

Blue

Patrick Walker

~ as ~

Jamal

Zach Roerig

~ as ~

Carter

Laura Slade Wiggins

~ as ~

Faith

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Reviews (2)

Gimly
Written 8 year(s) ago
4
An interesting play up of the Ring mythology, but not a great horror on its own merits.

Also! The trailer for Rings makes it appear as if the movie is about one thing. As it turns out, that one thing takes place entirely in the last 90 seconds of the film.

Final rating:★★ - Definitely not for me, but I sort of get the appeal.
furious_iz
Written 7 year(s) ago
5
Samara takes a back seat to, um, I can't really remember what exactly.

2017 version of the franchise adds digital files but conveniently forgets about the internet in an unnecessary continuation. Seriously, not one of the students would have tried to go viral by uploading the video to youtube or vimeo. The story takes a huge detour in what seems like it is supposed to be a fresh take on the franchise, but it just ends up treading water until the inevitable outcome. Samara the creeping kubuki dancer dead girl is barely in it, and that is a real shame. 4/10 seems mean so I gave it a 5/10, simply because even though it is a bit boring and not really scary, it is not a terribly made film. Just not very interesting.