I actually think remaking this movie is not such a bad idea. The key of remaking this movie will be about changing the concept of action. I think US action movies such as diehard is more about gun fighting and tactical decisions in the action story and I feel US action movies always have a smoother storyline than action movies from other country.
What is good about this original movie is that they almost completely abandoned the story of the movie and only use short descriptions just to link the movie, which actually worked fine. Another advantage about this movie is the martial art fighting actions are very good and very brutal. US movies cannot really have that.
So my advice of the remake:
1. Less knife fighting and complex martial art skills but think about using more brutal strength, explosives and guns, which is the US’s advantage.
2. Stronger storyline, a bit more details about gangster, trickery and the brother’s relationship.
3. One very important thing they need to do and learn from the originals; not too much cheesy lines, it will ruin the movie. I liked the line the brother said about the clothes fitting to imply their lives. Please don’t say that in the remake, just clearly describe them in the story.
4. I don’t mind a high budget approach; it is one of the US movie strength as well. Use them.
I feel the police squat died too quickly in the movie to show more heroism of the main actor. I think a more gradual struggle of death of each police officer is a lot better approach for the US remake. Choose the actors very carefully; really cannot focus on the personal heroism too much due to the marital art disadvantage.
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stopbeinweird
13 years ago
I'm not trying to be smart here but what you just described sounds exactly like The Expendables to me, possibly with a few less cheesy lines.
My feeling is this film is a once off. A remake will end up looking and feeling nothing like the original and will be a lesser film because of it.
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