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Directed by | F. Javier Gutiérrez |
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Ring by Kôji Suzuki |
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Music by | Matthew Margeson |
Cinematography | Sharone Meir |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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102 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $25 million |
Box office | $28.5 million |
Rings is a 2017 American supernatural psychological horror film directed by F. Javier Gutiérrez, written by David Loucka, Jacob Aaron Estes, and Akiva Goldsman, and starring Matilda Lutz, Alex Roe, Johnny Galecki, Vincent D'Onofrio, Aimee Teegarden and Bonnie Morgan. It is the third feature-length film in the American Ring franchise, following The Ring (2002) and The Ring Two (2005).
Principal photography began on March 23, 2015, in Atlanta. The film was released in the United States on February 3, 2017, was panned by critics and has grossed $28 million worldwide.
On an airplane bound for Seattle, two passengers discover the other has watched Samara Morgan’s cursed videotape and they realise that their seven day deadline is over. The airplane malfunctions as they attempt to flee from Samara, who eventually causes the plane to crash. Two years later, college professor Gabriel buys an old VCR once owned by one of the passengers, discovering the videotape inside. Elsewhere, Julia sees her boyfriend Holt off to college, but becomes concerned when he falls out of contact. She inspired to find him when a panicked girl, Skye, contacts her asking for Holt’s whereabouts. Julia meets Gabriel, following him to a private area of the college where a number of students are involved in an experiment involving the cursed video, watching and filming themselves, before passing the task to another person, called a “tail”.
Julia recognizes Skye, who takes her to her apartment to have her watch the video, but Holt contacts Julia, warning her not to. Julia locks herself in a side room as Skye is murdered by Samara. Holt arrives shortly after. Unwilling to let Holt die, Julia watches the video, experiencing a vision of a door, and a mark is burnt on her hand. Turning to Gabriel for help, he notices Julia’s copy of the video is larger than usual. She watches it, discovering new footage, hinting at the fate of Samara’s body. Gabriel sends them to the town where she was cremated. He later realises the mark on Julia’s hand is Braille, translates it, and goes to warn them.