Why would anyone in their right mind want to re-make "Night of the Hunter"(1955), "From Here to Eternity"(1953), or "Vanishing Point"(1971)?
And if they felt compelled to remake one of these timeless classics, why would they go out of their way to make it some damn hokey?
There is none of the high energy music, devil-may-care attitude of the original in this tepid film about a guy trying to be at his wife's bedside during a difficult child-birth.
The original was about SPEED. Kowalski was running because of a bet over a handful of Speed. Speed was the essence and the ultimate high in the original. No big motives. No pre-chewed, silly little plot. And no Christian first name-"Jimmy" fer cryin' out loud!
This one is enough to make Paul Koslo (the ORIGINAL young cop) wanna break heads again.
And if they felt compelled to remake one of these timeless classics, why would they go out of their way to make it some damn hokey?
There is none of the high energy music, devil-may-care attitude of the original in this tepid film about a guy trying to be at his wife's bedside during a difficult child-birth.
The original was about SPEED. Kowalski was running because of a bet over a handful of Speed. Speed was the essence and the ultimate high in the original. No big motives. No pre-chewed, silly little plot. And no Christian first name-"Jimmy" fer cryin' out loud!
This one is enough to make Paul Koslo (the ORIGINAL young cop) wanna break heads again.