Review: Ring Ring! I look on the caller ID which lists 011-9984-6644. “Who is it?” I listen for a couple seconds and without warning, an unbearable screeching noise fills my head. I cup my ears, screaming while I try to maintain my sanity. Next thing I know….I’m dead.

Well not really, but that would have been the case had I been in this terrifying movie. This movie can only be compared to one movie. And that would be The Ring. Phone had me gripping my friend’s arm with my sweaty ass hands. From the first few minutes of this movie, I knew I was in for a special treat. I hadn’t heard of this movie before the day I purchased this, but I’m glad I forked out my hard-earned cash for this though. If you like good horror movies that will knock your socks off and make you wanna go crying to mommy, this is it. If you liked Ring, this is your type of movie.

I can’t really say much about the movie, because in doing so, I risk spoiling it for some of you. But I will do into some detail about the movie though, for the curious ones. Well… the movie starts out with nothing going on…. And all of a sudden, a girl gets a phone call from someone or some mysterious entity. What fate befalls this girl? I’ll leave the outcome to you to figure out. Next we are introduced to the Phone. Yes, the phone. In a way, I like to think of it as a character. Now, it doesn’t walk around and talk or anything, but this little sucker carries the movie in a way. If it weren’t for this little white phone, this movie could’ve been called “static” or something. But anyway, back to the point, when that phone rings… you just want to crawl under the sheets and wet your bed. Not too much into the movie, we are introduced to a little girl by the name of Young Ju. She’s a really cute girl. She’s the epitome of a cute girl I’d say. She’s like the Asian Shirley Temple! Just the way she acts, smiling, fidgeting around like she’s lost or something is just plain cute! But then, in an ill-fated moment, she answers a phone call. She starts to scream at the top of her lungs as her eyes roll up to show the whites. You just know that something’s wrong with her and that something bad is going to happen later in the movie.

When Young Ju gets possessed, it’s not like Exorcist where she starts rotting and changing her voice. Instead we are given an entirely different girl. A truly evil with an even more sinister look on her face. She looks like she’s going to kill someone! I was very surprised that this little girl could pull off such an evil role. And I must say, she handles the role perfectly! I don’t know how she does it, but she is good! If I could give this girl an award for best acting, I would in a heartbeat. You guys have to see this girl’s talent, I will go as far as to say that her acting surpasses most of the other characters’. It’s interesting to see her lose her cool and go berserk while the mysterious entity’s got her in it’s possession.

The plot is very interesting to say the least. It has enough to keep you interested from beginning to end. There are some flat moments though where the story feels a little convoluted and just drags a bit. There are also those moments that I think should have just been left out such as the side plot about a stalker. However, that aspect does have some importance within the story, but the movie could’ve done well without it. The movie follows somewhat of a rhythmic pattern to it. It goes something like this: slow, scary, slow, scary, slow, scary, scary, slow, scary. Phone knows when to let up on the horror and give some explanation to the story and when to let the viewer have a breather from some of the truly terrifying segments. Those of you expecting a pure 100% horror slasher flick movie, you wont find it here. However, those of you wanting a great horror movie with a well thought out story with superb acting, Phone will most likely please you.

Compared to the Ring, this movie does not revolve around the curse, but it circulates more around the characters and their motivations for doing what they do, and why things are. The story doesn’t focus on the phone too much…. Granted, the phone IS a major plot element, but it’s not the main focus of the movie. It’s more about the entity behind the phone and what fate befell them. You get to know that being and the pains and motivations it goes through. You find out all the ties between the main characters, the phone, and this individual. I can’t say anymore, it’ll just ruin the movie for everyone.