Rings

"First you watch it. Then you die."

2017 1h 42m EN

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5.0

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ROTTEN

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METACRITIC

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4.5

IMDB

★5.0TMDB · 2,662🥫7%Rotten Tomatoes●25Metacritic★4.5IMDB · 45,579

Horror

Synopsis

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Julia becomes worried about her boyfriend Holt when he explores the dark urban legend of a mysterious videotape said to kill the watcher seven days after viewing. She sacrifices herself to save her boyfriend and in doing so makes a horrifying discovery: there is a "movie within the movie" that no one has ever seen before.

“First you watch it. Then you die.”

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Cast

Matilda Lutz
Julia
Alex Roe
Holt Anthony
Johnny Galecki
Gabriel Brown
Vincent D'Onofrio
Galen Burke
Zach Roerig
Carter
Aimee Teegarden
Skye Johnston
Bonnie Morgan
Samara Morgan
Chuck David Willis
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Credits

Behind the camera

Director: F. Javier Gutiérrez
Writers: Akiva Goldsman, David Loucka, Jacob Aaron Estes
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.3× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 9 years ago.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "The Ring Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by F. Javier Gutiérrez, shot by Sharone Meir. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Matthew Margeson. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Steve Mirkovich shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Matilda Lutz and Alex Roe and Johnny Galecki carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "First you watch it. Then you die.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

F. Javier Gutiérrez directs. Sharone Meir behind the camera. Matthew Margeson scores. Steve Mirkovich cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Made its money back 3.3× over at the box office.
2Released 9 years ago.
3Part of the "The Ring Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by F. Javier Gutiérrez, shot by Sharone Meir. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Matthew Margeson. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Steve Mirkovich shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Matilda Lutz and Alex Roe and Johnny Galecki carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "First you watch it. Then you die.".
9IMDB entry: tt0498381 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10The top-rated still from this film on TMDB has multiple community votes — a signal the frame composition stuck with viewers.
11Classified under 17 themes, including "investigation", "supernatural", "hallucination", "sequel".
12Released under 19 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Sharone Meir
Original score: Matthew Margeson
Editing: Steve Mirkovich
Production design: Kevin Kavanaugh
Costume design: Christopher Peterson
Makeup / hair: Heather Morris
VFX supervisor: Aidan Fraser
Sound: Marc Fishman
Stunt coordinator: Keith Campbell
Runtime: 102 min · 1h 42m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $25,000,000
Box office: $83,080,890
Return: 332% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Rings (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes: 7% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 25/100
IMDB rating: 4.5/10 · 45,579 votes
MPAA: PG-13

Awards

2 wins total

Part of

The Ring Collection

An American psychological horror film series based on the 1998 Japanese horror film Ringu.

Also by

F. Javier Gutiérrez

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What people are saying

Gimly2017-05-31
★ 4/10
An interesting play up of the Ring mythology, but not a great horror on its own merits. Also! The trailer for Rings makes it appear as if the movie is about one thing. As it turns out, that one thing takes place entirely in the last 90 seconds of the film. Final rating:★★ - Definitely not for me, but I sort of get the appeal.
furious_iz2018-03-19
★ 5/10
Samara takes a back seat to, um, I can't really remember what exactly. 2017 version of the franchise adds digital files but conveniently forgets about the internet in an unnecessary continuation. Seriously, not one of the students would have tried to go viral by uploading the video to youtube or vimeo. The story takes a huge detour in what seems like it is supposed to be a fresh take on the franchise, but it just ends up treading water until the inevitable outcome. Samara the creeping kubuki dancer dead girl is barely in it, and that is a real shame. 4/10 seems mean so I gave it a 5/10, simply because even though it is a bit boring and not really scary, it is not a terribly made film. Just not very interesting.