Convoluted and Messy, much like The Ring

Rating: Null/10 (17 June 2003)

Having not seen the original, here is my two cents: an interesting premise, and a solid build-up, plus a few genuine slight scares here and there (but no where near as many as some will have you believe) are all let down by a convoluted, messy and just plain lame explanation at the end, which will make you go "phtt, yeah right" (or make you LOL) rather then "Ahhhh, so that's it" M Night Shyamalans suspense-thriller Signs similarly has a lot of flaws, but it excels in the suspense department, and the last 10 minutes in that movie (before the final, similarly disappointing resolution) are a hell of a lot more nail-biting (and satisfying) then anything in The Ring. And about that so called 'terrifying' scene toward the end of film, I say that birthday party scene in Signs is not only more chilling, but a lot more riveting and interesting. Not without it's merits, but it's sheer over-ratedness prevents me from delving in to either of them. 2/5. BTW- I saw both movies at the cinemas.