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Oldboy Remake?

posted 12 years ago by jaydru
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I remember when I heard they were trying to remake Oldboy the only way American cinema can...breathtakingly bad.

And it seems like somewhere along the line a screenplay was written and a producers meeting was called to discuss the plot so far.

Suddenly a executive producer leaps to his feet and says excitedly, "You know what would be REALLY cool? Just take the whole incest thing and throw it in a heist/revenge film! That would be awesome! People love a good switch-a-roo!"

The movie was cool but only because we all want to watch Samuel L Jackson act like Samuel L Jackson.

Honestly he didn't raise his voice enough for me.

How about a nice slogan like - Don't Knock It Until You Tried It - Incest!

[–] garnet-8 12 years ago

This came off like some kind of frankenstien with limbs sewed on from here and there. To see Oldboy head sewed on was really sad.

[–] zalaH 12 years ago

I was also wondering while watching this if it was an actual remake of Oldboy or if they had just borrowed most of their ideas from that movie.

But if I remember correctly, Spike Lee was supposed to make the Oldboy remake.

Anyway, the movie was really lame. I didnt feel involved at all. The whole time I was waiting for some twist to turn the movie around, but it never came.

[–] arabian_goth 12 years ago

i was high when i saw this and before the twist came i was like "maaaaaannnn this is from OLDBOY" and my roomates looked at me like wtf... basically Oldbuy is such a better movie

[–] skullgame 12 years ago

Ouch. Reading about the actual Oldboy remake listed for next year...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1321511/

Looks like Sam Jackson is starring in it as well. If The Samaritan is as much like the original Oldboy as you say, looks like Jackson will be remaking it twice.

[–] MrBelette 12 years ago

Oh, so that was his way to rehearse for the part, right ?

[–] coroner83 12 years ago

This is just a watered down, BAD version of Oldboy

[–] fluffset 11 years ago

wow... I feel like...''This is oldboy stuff...but its so early!''

[–] spookyrat1 11 years ago

It's definitely not a remake but one would have to admit they've ripped off some core ideas. It's beyond an homage!

[–] MRJasonLOL 10 years ago

Probably better then the US remake of Oldboy... I noticed some scenes are similar from original Oldboy

- When Samuel saves the girl in the toilet from being raped, the bar owner opens the door and has hammer in his hand
- Ruth Negga kinda looks like Mi-do (girl in original Oldboy)

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