Ring around the collar

Rating: Null/10 (25 October 2002)

There are many things that bother me about Hollywood, but nothing is as bad as remaking a film & not getting it right even the second time around. I mean, the story is already there, the plot is set, the budget is better than the original, & you still blow it?!?! Okay, so you watch this well directed (Bjork type) vhs that have all these "hidden secrets", you a get a phone call (from who, because it never says) & then you die in seven days. I anticipated so much fear in this film & was given about a 10% scare. No, this was not the worst movie in history nor the next "classic." The film is full of suspence that builds up to nothing but a dry yet witty, plain yet intense, boring yet mysterious 99cents video rental. Sorry, but the RING is exactly what it is in the film, a "well"-deep hole or shaft drilled into the ground to store water or oil. Exciting? I think not. 1-10 (3) Z.