Another lackluster American remake of a foreign film, something Hollywood should just give up on.

Rating: Null/10 (26 November 2002)

It's been said in earlier reviews and I'll repeat it: this is a pale comparison to the original Japanese version. I wonder how long Hollywood will continue to greenlight second-rate, American ripoffs of first-rate, foreign films. This one was as poorly done as most of the others, which include THE VANISHING, NIGHTWATCH, INSOMNIA, and most recently, SOLARIS. It's strictly for adolescents who find reading subtitles difficult.