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| The Ring (Widescreen Edition)
Year: 2002
Classification: Mystery / Suspense
Directed:
- Gore Verbinski
Actors/Actresses:
- Naomi Watts
- Martin Henderson
- Brian Cox
Seven Days....
Engulfed in dark, dreary images, filled with wet and foggy visuals, and a chilling tone, director Gore Verbinski<BR>creates one of the moodiest, and most effective thrillers to invade our heads in a long time. He creates such an intriguing and cold-like world, that you can't help but feel the chill of the thrilling events unfolding before your very eyes. The story is chillingly and well conceived by screenwriter Ehren Krueger("Scream 3"), and really takes you for a ride. The film begins with a solid intro that at first seems like it could be the beginning of any recent teen horror films, but it quickly turns and you realize that this isn't anything like it. We learn the story in these first few minutes of a bizarre tape. A tape that is so horrible and mind blowing that it eventually causes your death. After you watch it, you get a strange call with a voice on the other end whispering "seven days", and in that week's time, your gone. We then meet Seattle reporter Rachel(played by the strong and breathtakingly gorgeous Naomi Watts), and her little son Aidan, wonderfully and engaginly portrayed by young David Dorfman. Asked by her sister to look into the cause of a family tragedy, Rachel discovers the shocking tape and quickly descends into a mission to find out what the tape is all about, who are the people in it, and why the people who watch it die seven days afterwards. Aiding her in her mission is her friend Noah, played by Martin Henderson. Veteran actor Brian Cox, who was the first Hannibal Lecter in 1986's "Manhunter", also appears in the film as a man who may or may not know some of the tape's secrets. As I have already mentioned, Verbinksi fills his film with striking visuals and images that stay with you long after the film ends. He knows how to make everything in a scene work, and play it for all it's worth. The guy knows his way around a scare and how to set the right mood and atmosphere. If this is how he does thrillers, then we can only be so lucky that he does more, as it would definitley make him a fantastic force of nature in the genre. Seattle, and the surrounding areas, is where the film takes place. I live a little ways away from the city, but the place is like a second home to me because I go there so much and have family who live there. Everyone knows about the rain Seattle gets, so seeing it as wet and depressing as it was in this movie was no real surprise. I do wonder if this really was just typical Seattle weather, or if some of the rain and wetness was created by Hollywood instead of mother nature. The actors here are all game and really give it their all. I was the most impressed with young Dorfman. I am not sure how old he is, but he was very appealing and had good screen presence. This kid was good. Watts, a vision of total beauty, tackles her role with strength and intelligence and makes it real. Cox has a rather short role, but he makes them memorable. Sometimes the small roles are like that. While it is obvious t
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