Not very good...

Rating: 3/10 (12 March 2003)

I didn't care too much for "The Ring". I didn't find it scary in the least and fairly comedic at times when it wasn't intended to be (its pure slapstick when the horse jumps off the boat). The plotline seems solid enough but it lacks any real depth. The videotape in question origin is never explained, nor where it came from, only a horror story involving a child (which has become fairly cliche in psychological horror movies as of late).
The supposed 'twist' at the end (which was supposedly more surprising than the one in "The Sixth Sense") was bland and didn't warrant me going through and watching the movie again to appreciate the full magnitude of it, since there was no real magnitude to it whatsoever.
I always liked movies that had an open-ended finale, but this was just idiotic. The question "How can we stop this tape from killing more people?" is essentially asked. My response: JUST DESTROY THE DAMN TAPE!!! The special effects were admittedly very well done, especially in the final scene, but that's hardly reason to recommend so much as a rental of this. Don't waste your time.