In ten or twenty years, 'Snake Eyes' should be remade

From the IMDb trivia page:

The original ending, which was a massive special effects sequence created by Industrial Light and Magic, involved a huge tidal wave going through the casino. This ending was cut out in post-production. Numerous references to it still remain in the final film: a shot near the end of the film shows an ambulance driving down an ocean-side road with a wave about to crash into it before the film cuts to another shot; Nicolas Cage's character talks about almost drowning at the very end of the film; references to a storm are made throughout the entire film, which were all meant to build up to the action-packed climax that was cut out.

Basically, it sounds like the film was going to have a much more epic and satisfying ending than the one we got. I'm perfectly fine with films that conclude in a low-key, ambiguous or unconventional way that side-steps a traditional action-packed climax, but Snake Eyes just feels odd and wrong the way it lags to the finish line in the last 15-20 minutes. Like, you can kind of tell that it's that way due to post-production difficulties and not because De Palma intended it. There's just so many generic scenes of characters pointing guns at each other, Cage stammering around all bloodied and wandering the stadium for what seems like forever, and tons of characters just managing to get out of the bad guy's range of fire just at the right moment. It's not just anti-climactic, it's poorly staged and not very impressively shot -- a rare thing for De Palma, who made the rest of the film so aesthetically outstanding. Still, the first hour at least is great enough to make the ending not tarnish it all too much. But seeing the original footage, even if only as a bonus feature, would be very interesting.

Which reminds me of a wonderful song by Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, “Cocaine Decisions.” And, for the record, Zappa was completely drug- and alcohol-free.

Yeah, that's pretty near.