Beautiful, moving film.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

I don't often read reviews before watching movies so I had no idea this would be such a forgettable movie. I expected a Ring series movie to be better, but this is a pure b-movie.I don't know what the story behind making this movie is, but converting a story based on VHS era to an era where tapes are long gone and videos play a totally different role, you just shoot a video and share it, you don't even have to think of files anymore. That must have been a bit of a challenge - and an opportunity - but that part is very briefly handled, maybe deliberately. We also know the Samara story already, What's left is a very mediocre story which has some ideas, but never goes very deep into anything.Everything is quite small scale, very few actors - who do an ok job, but feels like a tv series episode. And it's not really scary at all. Not downright bad, just forgettable.

There's this videotape, see, and you watch it, and then some girl phones you up from a well and says "7 days" and then 7 days later you die. But even though you think she's Japanese, she isn't. But she does crawl out of TV, computer and phone screens. Which is a bit creepy.If you buy a used VHS video recorder in the market - just for fun, we've all done it - do exercise care, the electrics can be dodgy.And if it contains a videotape with "Watch This" written on the label, well, best not to, obviously. Surely you know the dangers! For one thing, the strange, surrealistic film has a sequence featuring a snake in it. And even if you're not herpetophobic, this is probably the scariest bit of this not-very-scary horror film.The original Japanese Ringu was a deeply scary movie, and the original US adaptation had its moments. This reboot? There are a couple of made-you-jump noises, but you have to be pretty unprepared for a horror movie for this one to have any serious impact.But the backstory of this new Ding Dong Bell girl, and the detective work which uncovers it, are quite good fun and hold the attention. We also have Jonny Galecki as a professor investigating the afterlife, and Vincent D'Onofrio as a blind and slighty creepy caretaker of an ex-church, and everyone else is no-one very much.It looks as if the budget might be small enough for this to make enough money to revitalise the franchise, but it doesn't deserve to: it is no better than adequate, and possibly not even that good.

I didn't even know this was a sequel, as it is I'm not a fan of the horror genre. watch only if you like horror films................ else avoid.

Remember Samara Morgan ? Well she's back, back, back again ! Adapted from a 2005 short from Jonathan Liebesman (which was serving as a prequel to "The Ring 2", released that same year), this nearly 2 hours long movie drags you all along and was 10 times more efficient as a 16min clip. Most good shorts just don't do it as full features (i.e. : "Lights Out") and this one is no exception.The movie opens with the most ridiculous scene and instantly turns you off - this is the nicest way I can put it. The rest is by no means brilliant either, however. In "Rings", people watch the cursed tape despite all fair warnings and hints, they know what they're getting themselves into - when this film unfolds, Samara Morgan and her story are pretty widely known and the urban legend is now part of a whole subculture/cult. You would thought this would work as a natural selection of sort, but sadly, we have to follow the adventures of those who didn't pass the test. Additionally, there's a mysterious new tape. It's not that mysterious at all though, and quite poorly conceived. "Put some mildly scary and vague imagery in there. Yeah, crosses, churches, dead birds... Hey, what about an Ouroboros ?" Anyhow, this tape is getting watched and someone (Julia, played by Matilda Lutz) will try to understand and solve it all again, to save themselves (her and her boyfriend, played by Alex Roe), and ultimately save Samara, too. Let the 7 days countdown begin.(+) Samara stepped up her game! Now coming through flat screens, smartphones, and onto planes. She's not going to let herself be stopped by technical difficulties, no mam'.Contains usable advises such as "how to get yourself out of a hostage situation by using a cup of tea".It's a high budget film, and it shows. Jokes apart, it's visually pleasing.(-) Jump scares, flashing images with loud, disruptive noises. Are you scared yet ? Have another jump scare anyway.The plot is bland, did anyone really ask for this ?Matilda Lutz's character is a classic "I want to save the world because everyone has some good in them" case.Johnny Galecki and Vincent D'Onofrio were wasted over just as hollow parts.The sad truth is, no one shines in this movie except for, maybe, contortionist Bonnie Morgan who brings a tad bit of life to Samara. The ending is predictable, too (and the trailer literally gives it away). It probably tries to pass on a feeling of dread and fatalism but will only leave you with a terrible sense of annoyance. The ending is not an end, and I can only cross my fingers that this wasn't a sign a sequel was ever considered.I gave only one star to "Rings" because of how exasperated it got me. As much as I tried to be objective with this review, I couldn't find anything positive to say. I've seen this exact same movie too many times these past 10 years and the horror genre isn't going anywhere with this.