Without a doubt the Best Thriller of the year!

Rating: 9/10 (28 January 2003)

WARNING: SPOILERS BELOW! DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THIS FILM!

This film was just brilliant. Opening night for this film I walked in the theatre knowing it was a thriller, but I did not expect to see the fantastic cinematography done in this film. As for some, I'm sure this was quite a scary experience and I admit I was scared quite a bit, but it was more of a psychological thriller than anything else. This film makes you think. It is up to you to follow through and figure out exactly what it is leading to. It was original and had a great plot indeed. The acting was done well and made you believe that the videotape has a curse and death will come upon you in 7 days. I love how it went day by day as Rachel(Naomi Watts) the newspaper reporter in this film, tried to figure out exactly what has been killing these teenagers.

This film is up there with The Others as one of the best and original screenplays of all time. Just as you think the movie is going to end with a nice hug and chat with Rachel and her husband another 10 minute scene comes along. The little girl Samara actually comes out of the TV screen and kills the husband. That just blew me away and I stayed with awe. How is it possible that she can come out of the tv screen. It will be explained most likely in The Ring 2. It is obviously impossible for a little girl to come out of a tv screen, but it made for great shock. To add to that many things that people did not understand will be revealed in The Ring 2 and thats the beauty. However, there were many things to understand in this film you just had to think hard. When the DVD comes out, I will be at Best Buy ready to buy myself a copy. For the Ring fans that will be buying a copy, make sure you buy 2 or you'll have 7 days. Excellent thriller in my opinion and I am a thriller maniac freak. I give this film a definite 4 stars out of 4. I'm a harsh critic with thrillers because I like originality, well done plot and good acting. So I definitely recommend this film to all Horror/Thriller fans and the DVD will be a must get.

**** OUT OF ****