I expected a lot, probably too much, from Ring 0. I was eager to follow Sadako as she was still alive, and I wanted to recover from the semi-deception of Ring 2.
There are good moments in Ring 0 (the finale is pretty spooky), but on the whole it lacks the weirdness and atmosphere of Ring. The story is also quite deceiving, introducing a "second" Sadako was not necessary a good idea...
The overall concept of the movie is also a step beyond Ring. After watching Ring, I gave suspicious looks at my videodeck from time to time, whereas Ring 0 is "just" an entertaining horror movie that you forget as soon as you leave the theater.
It is far from being a bad movie, it simply does not reach the intensity of the original.
Ring has become a major horror blockbuster series (with TV dramas), so there is no doubt there will be a Ring 3 or a Ring -1....
There are good moments in Ring 0 (the finale is pretty spooky), but on the whole it lacks the weirdness and atmosphere of Ring. The story is also quite deceiving, introducing a "second" Sadako was not necessary a good idea...
The overall concept of the movie is also a step beyond Ring. After watching Ring, I gave suspicious looks at my videodeck from time to time, whereas Ring 0 is "just" an entertaining horror movie that you forget as soon as you leave the theater.
It is far from being a bad movie, it simply does not reach the intensity of the original.
Ring has become a major horror blockbuster series (with TV dramas), so there is no doubt there will be a Ring 3 or a Ring -1....