Rings AKA “The Ring 3” is directed by F. Javier Gutiérrez, it takes back the horror of a cursed videotape in chains where elements of the franchiseamplifying fear and mystery are included. Julia, depicted by Matilda Lutz, enters the evil story after Holt – Alex Roe – her boyfriend – watches the VHS which promises death within one week. Contrary to many films in which a character breaks the curse and subsequently solves the movie’s conflict with the help of a male character, Julia performs the final confrontation alone, and that’s where the audience can observe the existence of a goofy “A Movie Inside of a Movie”.
On this dimension alone, the film is able to create suspense as well as tension with good cinematography coupled by adequate pacing of tension. Lutz does as well not dissuade as a character and Julia is well-portrayed by Lutz; on the same note Marquard gives unique transformation in some of the character transformations in the movie which is strictly on the horror side of the movie instead on character development.
This builds the ‘uncomfortableness’ and where visuals provide beauty then there is disturbance in the same way. “Rings” tries to redo the cliches of the post-‘Ringu’ horror on a topic of love, sacrifice, and the media consumption vices but unfortunately, it enshrouds the film into a rushed climax. Therefore, it positions the modernity against the tradition and thus will lay down a grim note for being able to face the dark side even as the end credits start to roll in .
