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Ringu 0
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Summary: Split Personality... 2010-02-17
Comment: The mystery of Sadako deepens as we are taken back 30 years to witness the events that led to her present state. We are introduced to a beautiful, sweet young girl, whose socially awkward demeanor hides a dark, deadly secret. RINGU 0 is an excellent prequel to RINGU, giving us a unique blend of love, paranormal suspense, and disastrous terror. If your tastes run to the bizarre, the different, or the horrific, then you can't go wrong w/ this masterpiece...
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Summary: Spooky Tragic Horror Love Story 2009-08-20
Comment: "Ringu 0", the prequel to "Ringu",
stands alone as a great horror film
and so much more.
It needn't be viewed with "Ringu"
at all, although if you have only
viewed "Ringu" and liked it or not,
you ought to check out this film.
"Ringu 0" is superior to "Ringu".
An extremely well done follow-up
that maintains the atmosphere of
the first film but surpasses it
with a great plot and excellent
acting.
Sadako has a split personality,
in the extreme.
She has an evil-acting alter-ego
that has separate existance
and defies the attempts of her
"father" (who is her real father?)
to suppress it.
Like "Carrie", she wields a
preternatural power that is
subject to her unstable
emotional state.
It is used for the good as healing
power.
At other times it is a murderously
ambitious and vindictive power.
The power of true love which might
have reigned in the dark side of
the power cannot overcome the
danger that is intrinsic to its
nature.
There is no explanation of how
the evil spirit of Sadako comes
to inhabit a virtual world of
electronic media and crosses over
into the real world in "Ringu"
after her horrible death.
I guess it is just some spooky
ghost stuff.
Perhaps it is explained in one
of the sequels "Rasen" and
"Ringu 2" which I intend to
check out ASAP.
This is a must-see film for the
horror film fan, in particular,
the Japanese horror fan.
The spoken language is Japanese
with pretty good English subtitles.
stands alone as a great horror film
and so much more.
It needn't be viewed with "Ringu"
at all, although if you have only
viewed "Ringu" and liked it or not,
you ought to check out this film.
"Ringu 0" is superior to "Ringu".
An extremely well done follow-up
that maintains the atmosphere of
the first film but surpasses it
with a great plot and excellent
acting.
Sadako has a split personality,
in the extreme.
She has an evil-acting alter-ego
that has separate existance
and defies the attempts of her
"father" (who is her real father?)
to suppress it.
Like "Carrie", she wields a
preternatural power that is
subject to her unstable
emotional state.
It is used for the good as healing
power.
At other times it is a murderously
ambitious and vindictive power.
The power of true love which might
have reigned in the dark side of
the power cannot overcome the
danger that is intrinsic to its
nature.
There is no explanation of how
the evil spirit of Sadako comes
to inhabit a virtual world of
electronic media and crosses over
into the real world in "Ringu"
after her horrible death.
I guess it is just some spooky
ghost stuff.
Perhaps it is explained in one
of the sequels "Rasen" and
"Ringu 2" which I intend to
check out ASAP.
This is a must-see film for the
horror film fan, in particular,
the Japanese horror fan.
The spoken language is Japanese
with pretty good English subtitles.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Creepy and astounding... 2007-05-23
Comment: This has to be tops on my list of Japanese horror films. Very well acted and presented in a way that you are drawn in until it's shocking climax in the woods. The direction and camera angles at the end, in my opion, were excellent. In broad daylight, you see the demon floating in the trees, in the back ground, just glimpses, until....well...watch and see. I was creeped out. The story is very well thought out, with sadness, compassion, and violence. By the end of the film, you are both saddened and chilled by what you have seen. Alot of the vilence happens off camera, and that, I feel, adds more to the impact.
Too bad Ringu 2 and Ring 2 couldn't have learned lessons from this truly amazing film in the Japanese horror genre.
Too bad Ringu 2 and Ring 2 couldn't have learned lessons from this truly amazing film in the Japanese horror genre.
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Not enough 2007-04-14
Comment: The other two reviews here were complimentary, and I was greatly looking forward to learning more about Sadako. Instead, this movie drove me NUTS. Yes, I learned more about Sadako. But what I learned bored me and didn't make much sense.
This is a prequel to Ringu, set approximately thirty years in the past. A reporter, whose fiancé died at Shizuko's ESP presentation, is investigating Sadako with a vengeance. We learn that every reporter that was there that day died.
The Sadako we meet is as meek as a mouse, and it's very confusing. We are expecting a monster, of course. Admittedly, they explained her behavior toward the end (I won't give it away), but even then I felt cheated because I didn't buy the explanation. I didn't buy it, frankly, until I looked up differences between the books and the movies, and saw how the movie twisted this explanation. It made perfect sense in the book. Ah, the wisdom of film directors.
We spend an agonizing amount of time with Sadako looking meek while she performs with a theater troupe. I found my eyes wandering to the clock on the DVD player more often than not. Even the strange things that happen around her - mirrors break, theater lights tremble, people die - couldn't keep my interest. It just wasn't compelling.
At the end of the film, everyone Was Very Stupid, and did things that only Very Stupid People would do.
There is value to this film. It is part of the Ringu tetralogy, and you will learn more about Sadako's childhood. You'll probably find, though, that it wasn't enough.
This is a prequel to Ringu, set approximately thirty years in the past. A reporter, whose fiancé died at Shizuko's ESP presentation, is investigating Sadako with a vengeance. We learn that every reporter that was there that day died.
The Sadako we meet is as meek as a mouse, and it's very confusing. We are expecting a monster, of course. Admittedly, they explained her behavior toward the end (I won't give it away), but even then I felt cheated because I didn't buy the explanation. I didn't buy it, frankly, until I looked up differences between the books and the movies, and saw how the movie twisted this explanation. It made perfect sense in the book. Ah, the wisdom of film directors.
We spend an agonizing amount of time with Sadako looking meek while she performs with a theater troupe. I found my eyes wandering to the clock on the DVD player more often than not. Even the strange things that happen around her - mirrors break, theater lights tremble, people die - couldn't keep my interest. It just wasn't compelling.
At the end of the film, everyone Was Very Stupid, and did things that only Very Stupid People would do.
There is value to this film. It is part of the Ringu tetralogy, and you will learn more about Sadako's childhood. You'll probably find, though, that it wasn't enough.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Easily the best Ringu. 2006-06-07
Comment: When the entire Ringu series came out on DVD, I had had the movies before (but unfourtainately they went missing) so I had to buy the box set. Still an awesome movie!
In this prequel to the first Ringu, Sadako becomes an actress in hopes of escaping her horrible past. Everyday she keeps getting rejected and misunderstood by her classmates. And (almost) everyone in the school hates her except a man named Toyama, who absolutely loves her. But then, Sadako's powers become more visible to the members of the school. When a woman named Aiko dies, she replaces her role. But then, everyone in the staff and a woman who's researching her form a band of pople to try and kill Sadako.
Ringu 0 is easily the best in the series. So if there's one movie that you want for a cry, then make it Ringu 0.
In this prequel to the first Ringu, Sadako becomes an actress in hopes of escaping her horrible past. Everyday she keeps getting rejected and misunderstood by her classmates. And (almost) everyone in the school hates her except a man named Toyama, who absolutely loves her. But then, Sadako's powers become more visible to the members of the school. When a woman named Aiko dies, she replaces her role. But then, everyone in the staff and a woman who's researching her form a band of pople to try and kill Sadako.
Ringu 0 is easily the best in the series. So if there's one movie that you want for a cry, then make it Ringu 0.