Sequels, Prequels and Re-makes; The Good and the Truly Awful
Power, Butch and Sundance; The Early Days. Not one of them has a redeeming feature and are all filled with awkward attempts to cue up the events of the original film and thus prove themselves essential. What’s next; Tom Hanks in Recruiting Private Ryan?
When those hacks referred to as writers have drained the soul out of films with sequels and prequels there’s still no need to write something new. Not when they can simply re-create an old film. While it may not seem like a creditable idea, there are some good examples of re-makes but you must bring something new to the original.
For examples of some worthwhile re-makes let us look to two of the all time greats; Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. Both have stared separately in re-makes (Cape Fear and Scarface both updated the originals and added stellar acting from both performances) and starred
