WasAnnon Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

BroadcastChic Excellent, a Must See

Brenda The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Lela The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

bbmtwist Hitchcock's THE RING is merely a competently directed silent drama. The only distinguishing marks are in the abundant editing techniques, which is odd since the film's scene editing itself is often severely lacking in competence. Many of the scenes drag and run far too long, resulting in a lack of tension or interest. It could have been shortened easily by fifteen minutes to tighten the plot.It is basically a boxing story with a love triangle at its center. Sparring partners, one a champion, one a want to be, vie for the love of the aspirant's wife. The set-up at an amusement park and the first fight scene last for 18 minutes, far too long with very repetitious sequences. It is odd that both men have names, Jack and Bob, but the woman is known only as The Girl and is never given or referred to by a proper first name.The triangular situation goes on for two thirds of the film, before the husband finally confronts his wife at 1:05:00. The final fight itself is finally superbly shot and edited, lasting from an hour and 16 minutes to the conclusion at an hour and 29 minutes. It is said Scorcese found this sequence helpful in designing his Raging Bull. Finally, real suspense enters the film and lasts all to shortly.There are a number of close-ups, lapse dissolves, montages and superimpositions. A number of these are as follows: the opening amusement park, using close-up reactions and a hand- held camera to indicate giddiness; Jack with super-imposed heads of former rivals; an excellent lapse dissolve of Jack taking Bob's agent's hand in a handshake to Bob slipping a bracelet on the arm of Jack's wife; the wedding when Jack slips the ring on her finger and the bracelet gift slips down her arm into the frame; blurring of the hand-held camera to indicate drunkenness at the party; Bob's face on Jack's punching bag; dissolves of the fighting schedule with Jack moving farther up the competition; a montage of jazz age images with Bob kissing Jack's wife superimposed on a close-up of Jack.Gordon Harker is excellent as the promoter. He appeared in three of Hitchcock's silents. (In fact Hitch used to like to re-use people: Hall-Davis is in two; Brisson in two; Ivor Novello in two; and Hunter in two). Hall-Davis is as sweet here as she was in The Farmer's Wife, too sweet to be convincing as the two-timing wife. Hunter is merely adequate.Brisson is excellent, as he was in The Manxman. His career was a short one – only 13 films. A handsome and expressive leading man.So, in total, cinematography and editing techniques are the stars here, rather than the story line, narrative or dramatic scene construction. A good film, but in no way special as silent drama.

Rainey Dawn The story of "The Ring" I personally found boring for most of the film. A love triangle: one woman and two boxers that end up duking it out over her. She was rather bored in her marriage as I was bored with this film. It surprises me that the story was rather a snore because Alfred Hitchcock not only directed it but wrote it.There are a couple of scenes I got a giggle out of and a really dramatic scene about an hour into it - good scenes when the husband has found out about his wife cheating and he confronts her, ripping off the shoulder of her dress revealing her slip top and then he grabs and rips off the upper arm bracelet that she is concealing that her lover gave her. Then the husband goes out to find the man.What is good about the film is the cinematography and editing - it's a great early Hitchcock directing piece.3/10

bkoganbing Carl Brisson who was a musical comedy performer from Denmark stars in this silent boxing drama, The Ring which was an early directorial effort by Alfred Hitchcock. For that reason it is still around and restored, otherwise it would have been long forgotten.The film has Brisson starring as an amateur boxer who is a carnival attraction 'One Round Sander' having people challenge him to see if they can go more than one round with him. He's persuaded by promoter Forrester Harvey who hasn't got Brisson's best interests in mind to turn professional. That Brisson does, but the price of his learning the professional boxing trade is his marriage to Lillian Hall-Davis. A much better fighter in the person of Ian Hunter starts taking an interest in her.The Ring will never enter the annals of great fight films like Champion or Requiem For A Heavyweight, but it does have its moments. Still I can't think except for Hitchcock completists that there would be much interest in this silent film.

GManfred "The Ring" is a surprisingly torpid little film which I thought was not one of The Master's better efforts. Yes, yes, I know, there were some of his signature cinematic compositions and visual touches, but the play's the thing, right? This was pretty ordinary subject matter for someone with Hitch's reputation - love triangle, jealousy, revenge, etc. There were no surprises, no maguffins, no suspense, just plodding drama.Maybe the best part of this film is the casting. I enjoyed watching Carl Brisson very much as the cuckolded husband, "One-Round Jack" and the always affable Ian Hunter - even when playing a cad, although he is slightly paunchy for a heavyweight champ. Hitch also got a lot of mileage from the entertaining Gordon Harker as Jack's second.But I disagree with some reviewers that this was one of Hitchcock's better silents. "The Manxman" is a far superior film, and also stars Brisson as a cuckolded husband. That was a story you could get your teeth into; not so with "The Ring", which was pure pablum.