Oldboy Remake May Be Dead

January 26th, 2007 in Directors, Movies, Uncategorized

Oldboy hammerThe Hollywood remake of awesome Korean revenge flick Oldboy looks like it could be off, with proposed director Justin Lin letting slip that he doesn’t think it will happen.

Seems things aren’t quite coming together as he wanted and he doesn’t want to disrespect the original film with a shoddy remake. Fair enough. Hollywood remakes aren’t necessarily a bad thing, especially when they produce films like The Departed, but it’s best they’re not just bashed out half-heartedly.

Oldboy is about a man inexplicably imprisoned in a hotel room for 15 years, who is suddenly released and goes on a big haired vengeance spree (though there’s a little more to it than that) so maybe it will be appropriate if the remake takes 15 years to come out.

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(2 Comments)
  1. Eoin Says:
    January 26th, 2007 at 3:46 pm

    It would be impossible to translate to the US. The ending is just a little too morally extreme. I’m glad it’s sunk

  2. Mark Says:
    January 26th, 2007 at 6:44 pm

    Oh, this is glorious news.

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