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Product Name: The Ring [Blu-ray] [2002]
UPC: 097361470245
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
The Ring on Blu-ray is outstanding
Before the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, and the ill-fated Lone Ranger (2013), director Gore Verbinski made one of the greatest horror films of the past 20 years. Verbinski's version of The Ring (2002) follows a very good original Japanese film from 1998 (dir. Hideo Nakata), and an outstanding novel by Koji Suzuki. But this English-language adaptation is, for me, the best of all (I've also seen the instant remake from Korea, 1999's The Ring Virus). Verbinski has created maybe the most beautifully terrifying horror film in years. And it is beautiful: dark, moody, and sensual, with outstanding lead performances from Naomi Watts and Martin Henderson. The horror creeps up on you slowly - gets under your skin - yet the film never loses its momentum. Almost as much as this film, I am a huge admirer of the short Rings (2005): unlike the old DVD release of The Ring, this Blu-ray includes Rings. The short film, basically a mini sequel (and vastly better than the dull official retread, 2005's The Ring Two) is almost as good as Verbinski's picture, yet with a very different visual style, more documentary-like, and with first-rate acting by its teenage cast. (Rings is an early film from director Jonathan Liebesman, who also made the acclaimed sci-fi actioner, Battle Los Angeles.) If you like The Ring, and/or Rings, you may never see or hear a better presentation than on this Blu-ray. Highly recommended.
As a fan of Japanese horror movies I scoffed at the thought of an American version of "Ringu". Gore Verbinski did not seem like the guy to tackle such a story. At the time, he was known as the director of a cute kids movie named "Mouse hunt" and the god awful Brad Pitt/Julia Roberts train wreck named "The Mexican". Lo and behold, he pulled it off incredibly. The casting of Naomi Watts, hot of her performance in David Lynch's Mulholland Drive doesn't hurt either. The Cinematography is fantastic, the score, the story itself worked well. This one is a classic remake that worked.
