Edge Of Darkness starring.... Mel Gibson.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/29/edge_of_darkness/

What is Martin Campbell thinking of?

I have no idea what Edge of Darkness is, but if we are going to make a list, I'd like to get in Psycho early.

Isn't the answer to this virtually all of them?

I've nothing against remakes in principle, but surely the best premise for a remake is to redo a rubbish film that had some good ideas in it. Instead they generally redo good stuff and make it worse.

The only worthy exceptions that spring to mind are the two remakes of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, both of which I quite liked. Especially the Donald Sutherland one.

Breathless, featuring Richard Gere. What a load of old cock.

Yeah, the instinctive answer is "all of them", but that would include His Girl Friday and The Maltese Falcon.

All of them since 1960?

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I have no idea what Edge of Darkness is

Seek out the DVD - it is quite brilliant.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090424/

Day of the Jackal. The first was brilliant, the second unutterably awful.

The Thing From Another World and The Thing.

Both great films, just different approaches.

I really like the remakes of Assault on Precinct 13 and Dawn of the Dead, as well.

Ill-advised remake: The Italian Job

Well-advised remake: Ocean's 11.

Ill-advised sequal: Ocean's 12.

King On The Rye wrote:

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Breathless, featuring Richard Gere. What a load of old cock.

I had this film on VHS when I was a teenager, I never watched the whole film but there were two or three scenes that were practically worn out through constant rewinding and freeze framing.

Mmmmm...Valérie Kaprisky...

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Anything European nicked by Hollywood, notably the superb The Vanishing ... director, of both, George Sluizer's fault.


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The Fly is a bloody good remake.

A couple years ago Fox sanctioned another remake of The Fly. I can only assume that the project has been shelved.

Have I mentioned before how much I hate Paul Schrader's remake of Cat People? Well I'm doing it again.

May I mention "City of Angels". Nicholas Cage. I cannot say more.

Worst. Actor. Ever.

Except for Cuba Gooding Jr in 'A Murder of Crows'. A case of 'first mate not ready to be captain' if ever there was one.

The Thing From Another World and The Thing.

Both great films, just different approaches.

I really like the remakes of Assault on Precinct 13 and Dawn of the Dead, as well.

All very good remakes, as is the '78 version of Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (it's on again next week - lovely jubbly!). Actually, the more I watch it, the more I think it's a fucking great film.

If you get a few cans of alcoholic libation, a lazy night with nothing on telly and an 'I'll Watch Anything' mood simmering within you, then Tim Burton's Planet Of The Apes remake is just the ticket.

As sober, essential viewing, it's a mess. A good-looking mess, but a mess, nontheless.