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2017
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101
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2.0
Its not a terrible setup. But Rings doesnt end up doing much with its fresh ideas.
Av Club
1.0
First you watch Rings, then you die...of boredom. And it might feel like seven days before the end credits too.
Den Of Geek
2.0
Rings embodies a common problem of attempted franchise revivals: indecision about its intentions.
EW
1.3
Since it is pretty much all stuff that we have seen before, despite the superficial attempts to move the material into the age of smartphones and soci ..
Rogerebert
1.0
This lethargic, sadly unnecessary horror sequel attempts more of the same mythology but quickly proves to be utterly boring, with dull characters, no ..
Common Sense Media
1.0
But it does make you wish that you could rewind those two hours, or maybe just erase them.
Variety
1.5
Horror movies shouldnt be this boring, nor should white knight romantics overtake a franchises bread and butter doom.
We Got This Covered
1.0
A truly rotten, unscary sequel far removed from the brilliant Japanese original This belated, unwanted horror sequel is as much fun as watching blood ..
Time Out
3.0
Essentially a well produced, easily accessed B movie. Still, it wouldnt kill you to watch it, and it does more than expected to reinvent its particula ..
The Guardian
1.0
Director F. Javier Gutierrez adequately but unremarkably apes the aesthetic of the series, which is visually defined by a palette of deep blues and gr ..
4.5
Frodos journey means venturing deep into territory manned by Sauron, where hes amassing his frightening army of Orcs.
Screen Daily
2.0
Its eerie silence and unhurried proceedings allowed fear to creep in.The 2005 sequel was tolerable too if not as effective but the latest film is a to ..
ETimes (TOI)
1.5
As a franchise, The Ring is built on technology.As a film, Rings is pretty ridiculous but its impossible to have any fun with because it avoids techno ..
Collider
1.5
Surely.With Hideo Nakatas 1998 Ringu as a starting point, any sequel would have to work hard to be completely lacking in creepy imagery.
The Hollywood Reporter
1.5
Rings is an unfortunate and often incomprehensible mess that kicks off with a neat premise and then never fully explores it.
1.5
So this film doesnt find any fresh ways to make you jump out of your seat.
The New York Times
1.5
Theres one mildly promising idea underpinning Rings, the latest much belated Hollywood sequel no one asked for.
Paste Magazine
2.3
Rings instead opts for lazy jump scares and a convoluted origins story no one asked for or needed.
IGN
1.0
The jump scares were forgettable, but the denouement did offer a richly suggestive metaphor for the digital age: Go viral or die.
1.0
It both fails at providing effective scares and doesnt possess enough confidence to stand on its own.
The Young Folks
2.0
Despite imaginative direction from F. Javier Gutierrez, whose Spanish end of the world movie Tres Dias/Before the Fall is excellent, this mess isnt li ..
1.0
In theory, students can copy the video, show it to someone else and be free of the curse.
Ny Daily News
2.0
advertising Rings is a mediocre horror sequel handicapped by poor writing that will only appeal to die hard fans of the genre and source material.
Screen Rant
1.9
Pretty much everything about Rings is incoherent.And the most incoherent thing of all is the films arrival a decade and a half after Verbinskis origin ..
The Globe And Mail
2.0
Its eerie silence and unhurried proceedings allowed fear to creep in.The 2005 sequel was tolerable too if not as effective but the latest film is a to ..
2.0
Its customary to say of a horror movie that had it been done up with more imagination, it might have worked.
One Guys Opinion
1.9
None of the cast brings anything like genuine terror or urgency to the proceedings.
Rogers Movie Nation
2.0
Julia becomes worried about her boyfriend, Holt, when he explores the dark urban legend of a mysterious video said to kill the watcher seven days afte ..
Blu Ray
1.9
The movie forgets that the actual tension of this setup is its inevitability.
Mark Reviews Movies
1.3
The short, unfortunately, squanders its good will by ending on an almost comically underwhelming note that leaves far too many questions unanswered.
Reel Film Reviews
1.5
This movie fails to accomplish any of its goals, and it doesnt care about surprising you.
You Tube
3.0
Rings, as it is pointlessly called, seems to be the result of two different sequel concepts being smashed together.
Eric Ds Nider
1.0
I didnt want to see it but I had to for professional reasons, so I saw it and then I was sad and mopey. Thats about the gist of it.
News Review
1.0
That way since the cursed footage results in death 168 hours after seeing it I could have avoided having to sit through 100 or so minutes of dreck, an ..
Screen It
0.0
If crap movies carried penalties for inflicting torture on audiences, then Rings would merit a death sentence.
Rolling Stone
1.0
Horror films that backstory the audience to death lose all hope of mining whats eerie and unsettling about the unknown, and Rings is a perfect example ..
The Wrap
2.0
In other words, Rings proves quite definitively that sometimes a horror movie isnt meant for the franchise treatment and is better off as one and done ..
Film Journal
0.5
The aim of Rings may have been to revive a long dormant horror franchise, but the outcome is likely to be forgotten even before all the end credits ha ..
Hindustan Times
1.0
But to expect a very basic level of competency shouldnt be too outlandish a notion, should it
Hindustan Times
1.5
Its just another thoughtless cash grab sequel in a horror movie franchise better off dead.
Az Central
1.0
Nearly 12 years after the sequel, Rings has arrived to answer all the questions audiences cant possibly remember having asked.
Npr
1.3
The advice would have aided Rings, the long delayed third chapter of the killer video spook story.
Toronto Star
2.0
Horror sequels dont have to be bland cash ins, as recent entries in the Conjuring and Ouija cycles have proved, but Rings unwisely sells out the premi ..
Flim List
1.0
Its a whirlwind of unsynchronized approaches and scare tactics, none of which land, and with a story that is relentlessly dull to watch unfold.It took ..
Film Inquiry
2.0
In the end, Rings did not make me want to drink Drano.It had enough distractions to pass the time but thats a pretty low bar for a horror movie that i ..
Observer
1.5
Liu also has an amiable sense of humor, though Shang Chi doesnt know how to use it.
The New York Times
2.0
Mostly Rings offers the warmed up leftovers of a style that hasnt felt fresh since the first George W. Bush administration. Its an unkind rewind.
Uproxx
1.0
What will these talented young film makers do with this exciting premise
The Irish Times
1.5
But these are tiny pleasures in a movie that doesnt get to the point until its final 90 seconds or so.
Hollywood Reporter
2.0
The real life version of this curse is far scarier than Ringsand far less funny.
The Atlantic
1.0
The unspoken and obvious rule of thriller horror films is that eventually they have to deliver on the thrills.Theres a slew of issues with Rings, the ..
Lyles Movie Files
2.0
What scares us is no more inside us and to seek that thrill we are looking outward.
Deccan Chronicle
1.0
Simply put, Rings is one of the most boring movies Ive ever seen in my life.
Pajiba
1.3
Sharone Meirs (Whiplash) camerawork is pretty good, the veteran director of photography emulating the steely blue grey aesthetic that the original uti ..
Movie Freak
2.0
Film series without that luxury instead have to take whatever they started with and try and give audiences similar thrills with each succeeding chapte ..
1.3
The Ring is an inordinately effective horror film because it creates a sense of existential dread.
Aisle Seat
1.5
Before your franchise dies, youll see the Rings.Its probably time to admit that a really good sequel to The Ring (and its Japanese counterpart, Ringu) ..
Forbes
2.0
The bulk of Rings is content to repeat former gory glories (often not so coherently) for minimal impact.
Herald Sun
2.0
When will modern makers of mainstream horror realize that horror can be something other than an origin story
Consequence Of Sound
3.0
Its all done in homage to The Ring, but despite Gutierrezs attention to the originals aesthetic, the story hes telling feels lackluster as an update.T ..
Vox
1.0
Horror franchises are probably the most guilty of doing this, with every decade spawning new icons for studios to saturate throughout cinemas.
Hey U Guys
2.0
But the longer Rings plays, the more potential it abandons, introducing an elaborate new backstory for a character that simply doesnt need it and down ..
Now Toronto
1.0
Contemporary American horrors obsession with morality and psychotherapy can really be a downer.
La Weekly
0.5
It features a blood spattered swirl effect which wouldnt get you marks on RT Ones Home of the Year.
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
2.0
As a horror Rings is disappointingly tame, as a mystery its as ponderous as it is simplistic, and as a revival of a once popular franchise its a waste ..
Star Burst Magazine
1.5
The killer VHS horror franchise, originating in Japan with Ringu in 1998, returns this year with the follow up nobody asked for in Rings.
Nz Herald
2.0
This late arriving sequel/reboot is a lot more enjoyable than the 2005 sequel, but never comes close to scaling the heights of Verbinskis film.
Flicks
2.0
The law of diminishing returns is knocking so hard that were starting to wonder how we ever got sucked in by this hokum about a VHS tape that kills yo ..
Independent Ie
2.5
Western horror films almost always see the good triumph in the end, whereas Japanese ghosts tend to be unstoppable forces of evil.
Scmp
3.5
You dont have to be an art buff to be engaged by this thoroughly captivating documentary.
Nyc Movie Guru
1.5
Most horror sequels have speedy ways of catching up new viewers, but not Rings.
We Live Entertainment
2.0
And the movies violent climax depends on an unexplained act of random magic.
The Verge
2.0
Regrettably, this glitchy sequel is more underwhelming than upgrade.
Cbr
3.0
Is it a true sequel Is it a reboot Even after watching the film, its really hard to say which is one of the reasons why this is hard to watch.
Bowling Green Daily News
1.0
Of course you recognise yourself; its so recent that you can easily remember that outfit.
Alternate Ending
2.0
However, its far too long at 102 minutes, it doesnt follow through on any of its interesting ideas, its never scary and, most unforgivably, its boring ..
Scifi Now
1.5
In other words, Rings proves quite definitively that sometimes a horror movie isnt meant for the franchise treatment and is better off as one and done ..
Film Journal International ..
2.0
By taking a few risks and giving the concept a true update, Gutierrez and co. might have rebooted the franchise.
Seven Day Svt
0.5
The characters are grossly incompetent, in addition to being vapid, and devoid of common sense. They each deserved what they get because each death me ..
Black Girl Nerds
1.0
Keeping audiences hanging for future fare rather than bothering to really entertain them this time around might be common in an era of endless, interc ..
Concrete Play Ground
0.6
It is an audacious writer who sizes up this material and decides more backstory is the way to go. It is a pained audience who must endure the result.
National Post
4.5
Shang Chi is one of the most visually stunning Marvel movies ever made.
News18
1.5
It doesnt make the original films any scarier when we didnt know those things, nor is telling a horror movie original story retroactively in any way c ..
Third Coast Review
1.5
The other two films were Resident Evil: The Final Chapter and Underworld: Blood Wars.
Winnipeg Free Press
1.3
In case youre actually bored enough to go see this, I dont want to give away too much about what happens next.
Qc Times
2.5
This film may be a light hearted option for a billboard full of Oscar nominees, however, hardcore fans of the genre will find that it may be better to ..
2.0
But instead, RINGS revisits what those of us whove seen both films already know to be true about Samaras story, and decides to tweak it just a bit to ..
Reel Talk Online
4.5
Its a Marvel movie that doesnt feel like a Marvel movie, with a fresh, snappy tone that has a lot in common with 2015s Ant Man, which also felt like a ..
Mash Able
1.5
Lius shortfalls as a lead actor aside, Shang Chi isnt a hopeless addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe fold.
Vulture
1.0
Unintentionally funny, with zero scares and piss poor performances, its best hope is to serve as a cautionary tale for future horror filmmakers.
Washington City Paper
0.0
Considering the proclivity for franchises that currently reigns in Hollywood, its no surprise that just about every moderately successful film becomes ..
2.0
At its worst, the film alternates between being unfortunately bland and fairly predictable jump scares.
Film Ireland
1.0
Can a horror movie that isnt scary still be called a horror movie
Richard Crouse
2.0
I hope youre not expecting a horror movie here, because this isnt much of one.
Mac Guff
3.8
Not only does it provide a plausible way to extend this series but it proves shocking both viscerally and metaphorically in underscoring how infectiou ..
Illinois Times
1.5
The story is similar, although it is digitized to adapt it to the time it is running, and there is no causal continuity with what happened in the two ..
1.0
Theres just nothing interesting in this movie and it doesnt even deliver the basest thrills that fans of horror would want.
FanboyNation.com
1.0
A 2005 sequel couldnt match it, but that didnt stop the franchise from pluralizing its title and taking another kick at the can.
Ear Of Newt
1.5
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Enfil Me
2.0
A bit of creativity could have crafted a kitschy metaphor about the toxic danger of our ignorant media consumption, some kind of spooky meditation on ..
The Reader (Omaha, NE)
2.0
In times when the contents are viralized, the story of a video recorded in VHS that must be copied to end with the curse that causes death to those wh ..
3.0
A film that the Cordovan director saves thanks to a contained and sober visual formulation, that moves away from the most trite mainstream horror.
2.0
Rings ushers the franchise into the smartphone era, but the flick is decidedly unsure of how to align itself with the modern world. iPhones merely rep ..
All Movie
1.9
Stuff this one in the corner along with all the old VHS tapes youll never watch again.
K Gun 9
4.5
And yes, I appreciate thats a low bar, but hey, thats the sequel/spinoff/reboot culture we live in.
CNET
2.5
All that this quickly forgettable story has to offer is some jumpscares, the disturbing presence of the Samara hairstyle and a rather banal idea about ..
3.0
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The Hollywood News
1.5
Possibly, the worst of its kind seen in years, not counting Blair Witch...
4.5
Finally, theres a commentary track with director Destin Daniel Cretton and co writer Dave Callaham.
Flickering Myth
1.5
The biggest weakness of this film is that neither the horror nor the suspense appear at any time, the result is rather mediocre.
Excelsior
3.5
This isnt one of those run and scream roles, much more than that.
Father Son Holy Gore
2.0
It is a rehash of the story we have seen before, nerve jangling music and some pretty average special effects setting up the few and largely ineffecti ..
Times of Malta
1.0
The characters lack charisma and its impossible to connect with them and for that reason, one doesnt care if they live or die. In conclusion, it fails ..
Chilango.com
1.9
Never once eliciting so much as a goosebump and making the grave mistake of foregoing the urgency of a clearcut seven day countdown, Rings misses the ..
The Fright File
1.5
The film attempts to dodge already well covered territory ... by going back further than the other films have, but then proceeds to suck all the fun o ..
2.5
Rings provides an interesting expansion on the mythology of Samara, but offers little else.
1.5
A film that is conditioned by an erratic script that represses the directors style.
El Pais (Spain)
2.5
Director F. Javier Gutierrez makes a valiant attempt to match the water logged vibe of Gore Verbinskis initial American installment, going thick on th ..
Portland Mercury
4.5
An instant classic that celebrates the city of Los Angeles as well as Hollywood musicals, in the hands of a director and actors who modernize the genr ..
Siete24.mx
1.5
Not the worst horror movie right now, but its certainly the worst film of the trilogy.
1.5
A film of prefabricated and industrial aspect in which everything is predictable.
El Mundo (Spain)
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