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Remake is better!

posted 9 years ago by raceface
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I hate to say it, but the original is painfully boring! I mean nothing remotely interesting happens until 1:14 on to the movie. Even then, it's marginal.

Even the fight scene was anticlimactic. 3 years of tormented hell of not knowing what happened to his girlfriend, the guy approaches him, admits he the guy who took her, and the idiot fights like a complete girl!! Didn't even land a punch. At least Kiefer bear the beat outta Jeff Bridges!

Pathetic movie.

[–] Hannibal_Manhunter89 8 years ago

The original is much better done (a perfect cautionary tale which plays on the old saying "be careful what you wish for." )

The remake is pretty decent, but it lacks the chilling impact of the original, and the lame joke at the end is painful.