This is WAY better than the cheesy sequal. The ideas are use well in this short movie and this what could be the real sequal like it depends like it's not a movie if it's 16 minutes long. At least the story is good and the acting is convincing too. Also this is not boring like that cheesy sequal and have something to keep you watching this movie. This is my review on Rings (2005), better than the cheesy sequal but not as good as the first one.

Before THE RING TWO came out, this little short film was released. At my local video store, I rented this. The result.... I thought it was terrible! IT bent and broke all the rules that THE RING was so careful to establish without setting them up in any particular way.Young Jake is a teenager in High school, and has accepted the dare to watch the tape. He Becomes more and more alone over the days. All the people he thought he could trust suddenly turned against him. At this time, he's vomiting CGI fake looking millepedes, and on the 7th day, he gets into trouble, and Emily offers to come over. In THE RING TWO, It is because he wants her to watch the tape.I liked the concept, but this could have been better in so many ways. If it were a prequel to THE RING, with Katie's journal, it would be better.However, this tries too much- The only scary part is the "water" scene. Other than that, this is rubbish.

I think that the Idea behind this cult that is forming right in front of our very eyes, that cult being Samara basically and what happened to her, very interesting and since buying the collectors edition DVD's I must have watched RINGS at least ten times and I enjoyed it the tenth time just as much as the first time.Rings makes the perfect join between THE RING and RING TWO. Lots of people complain about the unexplained bits of the story, personally I think that makes this brilliant cult film ten time better then it already is. As far as I'm concerned these films are some of if not the best pieces of film making to date, not forgetting the original RINGU of course which was also great considering the low budget.POSSIBLE SPOILERS PAST THIS POINT.I think Hideao Nakatta (Apologies for the spelling) has created one of the best Horror characters in Samara and her life, short as it was, would make a great film by itself. (Mabey I should have kept that Idea to myself) The classic art of symbolism which the Japanese do so well has been done to perfection with this story. The way they have shown Samara's connection with water has almost made it a character in its self. I think that these films have a lot more in them then most people care to reallies and if you really think about everything thats happened up to now has had a reason. Finally, at the centre of all this is of course the tape, which in its self is pretty creepy, but everything you saw on that tape the first time it's shown to us has now been explained in some way or another.These films are truly amazing.

Rings is the bridge between The Ring and The Ring 2. In the six months between the 2 films the copy of the infamous videotape made by Rachel has multiplied many times (still no explanation as to how people know they're going to die) and it's become such an urban legend that there is a website devoted to it.Jake, the unfortunate high school kid at the start of The Ring 2, has watched the videotape in order to save the life of one of his so-called friends, thus taking on board the responsibility of making someone else watch it in 7 days or die by Samara's fright.Initially Jake is intrigued and is offered a glimpse into the bizarre world of post-videotape viewing that we only saw thru Rachel's eyes in the first. Nothing is explained in any greater detail but the paranormal universe Jake falls into is fleshed-out more and is highly spooky. The short even manages to outdo The Ring 2 by giving us a couple of frights. I don't care how ridiculous the movies are, the image of Samara climbing out the well will ALWAYS be spooky.Anyone who has seen The Ring 2 will already know what becomes of Jake and his would-be girlfriend Emily (the one he forces to watch the tape) but if you're a fan of the films then this is essential viewing. If you've yet to see The Ring 2 then it's the perfect introduction.