FearDotCom


Like ''The Ring'' (released two weeks ago), this movie is also based on a Japanese horror movie (also named ''The Ring''). Instead of a video tape, the source of evil in this case is a web site. Anyone visiting the web site dies mysteriously 48 hours later, usually in the way they most feared dying. A young detective, frustrated by his inability to catch a serial killer, teams up with a researcher to solve four recent accidental deaths, which they learn are connected by the web site. The detective decides to log onto the site, leaving them with only 48 hours to solve the problem.


95 minutes.
No persons under 18 .
Mystery, Horror, Thriller

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

The internet is such a dangerous place these days...
The internet is such a dangerous place these days...

Credits

Cast
Stephen Dorff, Natascha McElhone, Stephen Rea, Udo Kier, Amelia Curtis
Director
William Malone
ScreenplayJosephine Coyle, Moshe Diamant
MusicNicholas Pike
CinematographyChristian Sebaldt
Sound formatsDolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Made in2002
Produced byA consortium of USA, Canadian, German and Luxembourg companies

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Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

The Moviesite
Ian Douglas
1
Cape Argus
Derek Wilson
1
The Star
4
Die Burger
Gottfried Maas
5
Tygerburger
Mariana Malan
5
Sunday Times
Barry Ronge
5
Rapport
Barrie Hough
14
Total Movie
Sue Mitchell
15
eye Weekly
Adam Nayman
1
Box Office
Tim Cogshell
5

What the People say

Internet
1122 Netizens
7

Average .. 29%

6

Visitor Comments

Ian Douglas: Geez, what a confused mish mash. Towards the end, all logic (even by Hollywood standards) flies out the window and is replaced by a bizarre collage of images. Hollywood is starting to get a clue about how computers work, but is all at sea regarding the Net (ever heard of DNS and traceroute?), and especially, bandwidth issues. This miseducation is not helping. The real problem with this movie is the script, which seems to have left out bits, apart from having serious logic flaws and no idea of how to resolve the story.






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