The Ring is another hot load force-served straight from Hollywood's you-know-where. Don't be fooled: the original was a crappy B-grade movie that the producers hope we'll have forgotten so they can deem it a masterpiece. The remake is even crappier, and appears written on toilet paper by a chimpanzee with diarrhea - well, I wish it had been, at least that wouldn't be so clichéd.
The director doesn't waste much time in getting to the 'goods'. The Ring starts out with a shot of two hicks on their couch, hypnotized by the images on their magic picture box and yapping about a videotape tha....