Good little thriller

Rating: 8/10 (22 October 2002)

Before you judge The Ring remake, you should see the original Jap version which is clearly one of the scariest movies ever made. Gore Verbanksi and Ehren Kruger have made a decent remake with beautiful cinematography and a great performance by Namoi Watts. The little boy who played Aidan also gave a great performance. The film isn't extemely scary but it is tense and keeps you on the edge of your seat during some points. Dreamworks cut out a lot of the scares and a subplot involving Chris Cooper that would have resolved the film more. Hopefully the sequel which we know is coming will have the oringial Japanese writer involved. I give it *** out of ****.