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The Ring Virus(1999)

Name: The Ring Virus
Released: 1999
Duration: 110 min

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Movie1h 50mKoreanHorror, Thriller

5.6

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42%

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Director: Kim Dong-bin

Writers: Kōji Suzuki, Kim Dong-bin

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Overview

Sun-ju is a reporter who uncovers a series of inexplicable deaths that occurred simultaneously. Her investigation leads her to a resort, where she finds a videotape filled with mysterious images. After viewing it, a message appears on the screen that she has just been cursed, and that in order to save herself she must - end of tape. Somebody has erased the rest, leaving her horrified and uncertain of her next move.

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Cast

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Shin Eun-kyung

Sun-ju

Jung Jin-young

Choi Yeol

Bae Doona

Eun-suh

Kim Chang-wan

Reporter Kim

Yun Ju-sang

Elder Park

Kwon Nam-hee

Sang-mi's Mother

Lee Hyeong-soo

Elvis Jang

Kim Kkot-ji

Hye-jin

Yoo Yeon-soo

Dr. Oh

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AlfieSGD

Three years before the release of the American film "The Ring" and only one year after "Ringu", the first international remake, "The Ring Virus", was released—in South Korea. And what can I say? It's basically the same movie again, just without any surprises, with a much cheaper look and with worse actors. Except for the rather obvious product placement for McDonald's and Pepsi, the Korean version does almost nothing different from the Japanese original. The story still works reasonably well here, but it's a little tired. Nevertheless, I liked "The Ring Virus" a bit better than the Japanese sequels. However, I would have preferred to see a few more changes.

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