better than expected

Rating: Null/10 (23 October 2002)

I have committed the ultimate sin by first watching the American remake over the original Japanese film. I'm actually not a fan of American remakes of great european and asian films. I feel that over 90% of the North American audience think that there watching some cool new themes and are completely oblivious to the far superior originals from abroad. This has happened with Open Your Eyes ( Vanilla sky ) and Erik SkjoldbjÃ¦rg Insomnia. So last night I felt a little guilty viewing this American release of an original Japanese film even though I had no problem watching the lovely Naomi Watts ( Mullholland Drive ) for a couple of hours. This film was better than I expected with acting that was quite good. There were scenes that were very dark, in fact the film carried this ominous ambience throughout. Overall, a very entertaining creepfest.