Scared to death

Rating: Null/10 (14 August 2003)

I saw this movie yesterday on my vacation, with a lot of other kids, and most of the girls were screaming. And I can't say they weren't right. This film really kept me on the edge of my seat. Well, not that, it was just very, very frightening. I did see the original "Ringu" from Japan, but that movie was so 'eastern' with al those difficult Japanese names, and weird situations, different way of speaking (and I mean not the language, that's logical, but just some pretty vague and difficult use of words), so I could just understand pieces the story, not the hole story. For example: at "Ringu", I couldn't understand SPOILER!SPOILER!SPOILER! why the (dead)girl was walking out of the tv from Riko(Ringu)/Rachel(the Ring)'s ex-husband. At "the Ring" I did (okey, with some explanation from a adult). But although, it's better to see the original film first. Then you've got an idea, and you can the differences and similarities in the story. The story from "the Ring" was very different, but I do have the feeling that I understand the story better. The acting was great: Naomi Watts takes a revanche from "Down" and Martin Handerson has some funny scenes. Perfect.