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Ringu -- The granddaddy of Asian horror, or J-horror, was based on a bestselling novel by Koji Suzuki (as are all the movies in this set) and directed by Hideo Nakata, both of whom have become icons of the genre. Unlike the Americanized version, Ringu is perhaps more nerve wracking for the psychological tension it develops in the mystery of a cursed videotape, Sadako, the tormented girl dead for 30 years at the bottom of a well, and a little boy and his mother who must unravel the secret before the curse catches up with them. The details of life in modern Japan become all the more sinister as routine is upended by unfathomable madness.
Rasen -- This weakest entry in the set is a direct sequel to "Ringu," and tries to weave a plot thread about a virus that infects any person who watches the cursed video. Though it adheres to some of the genre standards, the thrills are few and far between. Even for a story where a high level of suspension of disbelief is required, the plot line of a doctor trying to solve a mystery that clearly has no scientific basis just feels wrong. There are also precious few innovations of style in what comes off as little more than a perfunctory exercise.
Ringu 2 -- Back in style, form, and disturbing content, this more apt sequel again finds director Hideo Nakata at the reigns (as he was for the much different take of Hollywood's The Ring Two). The story follows the young research assistant of Ryuji, one of Sadako's victims from the first film, as she becomes involved in the mystery of the tape. Ringu 2 intriguingly expands on the themes of the original film while resurrecting some of its characters and introducing new terrors. It also expands the stylistic limits of how horror movies can be all the more effective for stressing subtlety, intelligence, and uniqueness of vision.
Ringu Ø -- Perhaps the most absorbing of the four, this prequel to the Ringu saga takes place 30 years in the past. It reveals the origin of Sadako's miserable journey to becoming a hateful spirit seething with wrath, rotting at the bottom of an old well waiting to reap vengeance on those who cast their gaze in the wrong direction. Full of inventive visual flair, there are some seriously creepy moments and ingenious sequences in the story of an acting troupe whose members mysteriously vanish or go insane. Sadako may or may not be behind it all, but the bloody finale makes clear that she'll have her revenge, whether she is to blame or not. --Ted Fry
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Jôji Iida, Norio Tsuruta, Hideo Nakata |
| MANUFACTURER: | DreamWorks / Universal Studios |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | AC-3, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Foreign Film - Japanese, Foreign Film [Dub Or Subtitle], Gift Set, Horror, Movie |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 4 |
| UPC: | 678149443424 |
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doesn't connect the dots Three films, Ring 0, Ringu & Ringu 2 and Rasan (the original Ringu 2 was not given official sequal status because it was such a departure from the first film). All four are watchable, Ringu & Ring 2 may be the better but Rasan is the direct sequal and tells the fate of the surviving characters of Ringu. The real let down is Ring 0 wich really leaves us more confused about events, not enlightened. Each is entertaining, but they don't fit together they way they should.
I would have to say this is a fascinating series
For years I've watched American horror movies. From a teen to an adult, I've probably seen it all...from stalker to slasher, from aliens in outer space to boogeymen in closets. So. With that in mind. I've become tiresome with American horror films. It seems the new wave in horror films are nothing more than fake snuff films, i.e., Hostel, Saw 1 and 2, Wolf Creek. As someone who has a undergrad degree in world history, I've read enough about torture from Romans to the Nazis. I really dont want to sit in a theater or watch at home for 90 some minutes film that has no real plot, just victims to torture (basically American films today are upping the anti on the age old Jasonish vs. teens films). I realize the films are not real, but, torture like that does happen in the world, and I dont want to watch torture just for torture sake. I want a bit of mystery, a bit of horror, a bit of dreamlike phantasmagoria. That is why I have fallen in love with Asian horror movies like the Ringu series. The Ringu series, along with other Asian horror films like Audition (which yes has torture in it, but it is woven into the greater plot, not the full focus of the plot like Hostel), are captivating in how well the stories are constructed. You aren't sure what is going on, but slowly, surely, you find yourself drowning in the murky uncertainty of the lines between reality and dreams, as with the haunting and stalking of Sadako. These films are intelligent, they are scary, and they have a great deal of imagination involved in full focus. I highly suggest these films if you are tired of the remakes, the torture, the painfully dullminded American horror movies that are being pumped out in theaters today.
The Video Curse gone sour
This DVD Trilogy, as we all know, is what inspired the movie "The Ring." However, you may just want to stick with the American version. Yes, I know the original series is, well, the original. But before you go and waste money on this LOL be prepared to watch a series of films with terrible acting, awkward directing and fright scenes that are not quite up to par by American standards. The AMERICAN version is ten times scarier thanks to masterful makeup work on the cursed individuals and the digital touch up on Sada at the end.
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>I would only recommend this collection to people who have a thing for Jap cinema. Rosen, the VIRUS CURSE (you got to be kidding me, right?) is all about people dying from a virus after reading a diary, which resurrects Sada (I am not even going to explain how this happens lol) and this guy uses the DNA in her hair to bring back the Professor from the first movie and the same guy also brings back, by using the same method, his dead kid. I mean, it is totally outrageous. Only the Japs would create a movie like this. Personally, I think the director or writer was on something when he made this crazy chit. Now, after having seen many Jap films, I have come to like their whacky ideas for a plotline, but when you mix whack with what is supposed to be a serious and disturbing movie, then the result is just laughable. It totally ruined the horror that the first film was capable of producing, which makes me regret buying this series.
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>And that is not the only one that sucked. Ringu 2, which I had high hopes for, also sucked the big ones. It's all about doing experiments on the cursed victims. That may sound enticing, but believe me, they did it all wrong. This film is so horrendously SLOW that it feels like it's dragging itself along with a bolt and chain. SERIOUSLY. Nothing but TALK. And when something finally starts to happen, it still lacks in genuine fear. They sit the kid from the first movie, who inherited the killing power of Sada next to a pool and try to drain him from the power. Everyone dies as a result. The mother is visited by the professor from the first movie (his ghost) when the pool opens up to the next world and he saves them both from dying. The end. All that boredom just to see that.
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>The only other disc in this set, other than the first one, that had ANY merit was Ringu 0. This explains how the girl became the evil that she is today. I had REAL high hopes for this one, but it screwed up my original perception of the curse, which was more evil and dark in nature. The directors attempted to answer peoples' questions about the curse, but the myth is much scarier when you leave it up to your imagination to answer those questions. Plus, this movie is reminiscent of so many American films (Nightmare on Elm st., CARRIE, and the Omen to name a few) that I honestly could not take it seriously.
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>So, I recommend to those of you who enjoyed The American version to just get Ringu, and forget the other three films in the series were made. This movie, I thought, was pretty good. Almost the same as the American version, except all the actors here are Jap and you have to read subtitles. People who like Japanese cinema would prefer this one because of the visit to the island where Sada was born and you get to see the inside of little paper-houses (which is a pretty smart step in modern architecture; not so expensive to re-build when they get blown over by Typhoons lol). You get to see people in kimonos, eating and sleeping on floors. I know, I'm bad. The story Sada's father tells on the rocks overlooking the sea may explain more about the girl, which dose add to the spook factor, but overall, the experience will not be that different from the American version. The American version was a pretty accurate adaptation.
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>If you really want to be scared out of your pants, just Get Fatal Frame for the PS2. That game is probably the scariest thing that ever came out of Japan. LOL Well, Silent Hill probably has it beat, but Fatal Frame actually takes place in Japan and you play Japanese characters. Same is true for the game Siren, although not as scary.