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.

Matilda Lutz
as Julia

Alex Roe
as Holt Anthony

Johnny Galecki
as Gabriel Brown

Vincent D'Onofrio
as Galen Burke

Zach Roerig
as Carter

Aimee Teegarden
as Skye Johnston

Bonnie Morgan
as Samara Morgan

Chuck David Willis
as Blue

Patrick Walker
as Jamal

Laura Slade Wiggins
as Faith
Gimly
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...
furious_iz
**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 youtub...