Pretty Good

Rating: Null/10 (25 August 2003)

I'm not a big fan of remakes. I'll insist everyone sees the original, there's something elitist about remaking a film which can't really be improved upon to a great extent. However The Ring makes pretty good viewing. Much of the film is scene for scene the same but there are alterations to the plot. The acting pretty good, on par with the original although of course the dialogue is easier to understand. Visually it's more ambitious than it's counterpart but a little too glossy in places. Your always aware that your watching a film which dilutes the overall effect. As usual i'm going to mark he original above this release although it's suitably unnerving and a damn sight better than most recent horrors.