My short list of best remakes or reboots:
True Grit
John Carpenter’s version of The Thing
Body Heat - basically a remake of Double Indemnity. Not as good as DI, but pretty good on its own.
Scarface - more of a update than a true remake, but this is one of my favorite DePalma films, Pacino’s bad accent and all (The original Paul Muni film is an outstanding old school gangster film, btw).
WORST:
All the King’s Men - Sean Penn ain’t Broderick Crawford, no way, no how. (BTW, back in the 80’s, Penn supposedly wanted to remake Casablance, with himself as Rick - argh!)
The Taking of Pellham 1-2-3
SOON TO BE WORST:
The Wild Bunch - Will Smith as Pike? And now he’s a DEA agent? No thanks.
Ugh, I had forgotten about that stinker... Why would they even think of remaking Pellham 123? I accidentally ordered the remake version, then dropped it off for the friends of the library to sell off.
The Wild Bunch - Will Smith as Pike? And now he’s a DEA agent? No thanks.I don't see how they can call it a remake if it's not an homage to the original?
It may very well be an entertaining movie and I like most of Will Smith's movies. But it sure doesn't sound like it will be "The Wild Bunch", regardless of the title.