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It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

If you've been following the Ring series, you'd notice that there are four versions of The Ring: Ringu-Kanzenban, Ringu, The Ring, and here we have "The Ring Virus". Released just a year after Ringu, The Ring Virus is more of an adaptation of the book as opposed to the movie yet it does have some elements of Ringu in it (The protagonist being a female being one) but more with elements of the book "Ring" by Koji Suzuki (the videotape having the "Watch till the end" and "Whoever watches this will die in a week" messages at the beginning and the end).Funny thing is, I had heard of this movie back in 2005 when I had sort of an obsession with the Ring cycle in general. I had so badly wanted to see the Ringu sequels and the prequel. I've seen all the Ring movies now (except for the TV versions) and out of all of them, I'd say this would be the weakest. I have to admit I was sort of tempted to see this after looking at the image of the front cover on Wikipedia and noticing the "The scariest Ring of all!" along the top. Finally in 2007 I had managed to find a copy of the film while I was down in Calgary, Alberta visiting cousins. We had watched it, and I will admit I sort of felt disappointed after expecting what the tagline had boasted.But it's not all bad. I have to admit while kind of boring, it was also kind of intriguing in some parts. I had read the book "Ring" back in 2005 and I had really liked it, I found it interesting that it was very similar to the book. I'll point out where: WARNING: MASSIVE SPOILERAGE!!!!!! - The opening scene, instead of two girls together having fun at a sleepover we had the book's opening where one girl was all alone, and got bored so she got some pepsi and was interrupted by a phone call, which happened right before her death - The protagonist's child is a girl this time - The tape was very similar to the book- it had the "warnings" at the beginning and the end, as well as the eye and the grandmother, the only thing I didn't like was how they had Eun-Suh's mother throwing herself into the volcano.-Sun-joo vomits after seeing the video -Eun-Suh is a hermaphrodite in this, similar to Sadako in the book.-The whole story of Sadako's death- including the rape and the murder in the fields- was included.With those similarities, I was rather impressed that the director had decided to give it the mystery feel of the book. Problem is, without the horror feel, the movie bores me. Sun-Joo's acting is frighteningly awful here, she looks incredibly bored throughout most of the movie and in the scenes where she was running in fear, she was over-acting it. Choi overacts most of his scenes, at times he looks a bit... erm, too optimistic. But that may just be the worst thing about the film period despite it being incredibly SLOW. The director stated in an interview that he wanted to take away the horror element and make it more mysterious, but sadly, it didn't work.There's not really much to see here if you've read the book or seen the Ring movies PERIOD. But with that said, if you're a fan of the Ring movies and have not seen this yet, this is actually worth a look. You'd find it pretty interesting, but be aware, this movie is SLOOOOOOOOOW.

After the mysterious death of her niece and three other teenagers on the same hour and with the symptoms of heart attack, the journalist Sun-ju (Eun-Kyung Shin) decides to investigate their last moments. She discloses that the four friends had just watched a videotape exactly one week before their death in a resort. She travels to the place and finds the deadly video and after watching the weird footage, her telephone rings. When she takes a picture of herself, she sees her image blurred the same way that happened with the teenagers. She makes a copy of the cursed tape to her acquaintance, the skeptical coroner Choi Yeol (Jin-Yeong Jeong). Together they seek for a hint, and find that it was taped thorough telekinesis by Eun-suh (Du-na Bae), a psychic girl that had disappeared years ago. When Sun-ju's little daughter watches the movie, Sun-ju has a stronger reason to unravel the mystery to save her daughter and her own lives."The Ring Virus" is the South-Korean remake of the excellent 1998 "Ringu". This version is not bad, but why the remake? The story is exactly the same of the original Japanese film and in spite of the good acting, there is nothing new in this remake. I was curious to see this version and in the end I found it in the same level of the American "Ring". But in the end, better off watch again the original masterpiece, which is darker and scarier. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): Not Available

Every review I see for this film is for the original horror movie classic based on the best-selling novel by Koji Suzuki 'Ringu'. This is not 'Ringu', it is the Korean adaption of the movie. Very few people have watched this film has it had received its share of insults and bashing.However, I recommend to any one who loved either or both 'The Ring' (American adaption) or 'Ringu' (Original Japanese version) to watch this version. You owe it to yourself.I won't lie to you, the acting is poor and the actress who plays Sun-joo is so wooden it's frightening. Most of the scenes are dull and strange... But the scenes with Eun-Suh are handled beautifully. I watched this movie several times... And it really grew on me.Its nothing compared to 'Ringu', but like I said, it's worth a look.2/5 *** Stars

The problem with modern horror is that instead of genuinely scaring the viewer, Hollywood seems to have decided that fog and gore is enough. Well this effort from Japan (Which was made in 1998 btw) shows how utterly magnificent and scary a movie can be with the most minimalist budget. It's based on the idea of a disturbing video, which seems to be having strange effects on those who view it. Indeed, 4 of those who watch it die a week later. Coincidence?To be honest, I really don't want to give any more plot away as this is the sort of story, like Sixth Sense, that frankly one should see knowing as little about as possible.It is genuinely chilling throughout, and uses suggestion and psychological manipulation to achieve the terror. A known trick with moviemakers and games makers (To a lesser extent) is that it is not what the viewer sees that terrifies them, it's what they can't see. It's what they imagine and believe is happening which can so effectively scare them.And this movie does that outstandingly well. A word of warning; just when you think it's over and the chills have stopped, think again. The ending is the epitome of fear, and if you're not tempted to cover your eyes you're a braver man than I.