Spike Lee swings for the fences in this trailer for his remake of Park Chan-wook's knockout 2003 film. It looks as if Lee has got the insanity and tension down pat and yup, this also looks to be as violent as the original with a few twists. As noted on the other (and NEWER)
DAF, Spike may also be going for that elusive Oscar nomination with this one and it looks like Josh Brolin is certainly swinging that hammer with "nominate me!" passion. Will this one end up a proper remake that nails it (much like Martin Scorcese's
The Departed did when it blew up at the box office and Academy Awards), or will it be one of those "why the hell did they even bother?" reworkings that ends up dumped onto video before slowly dying in cable rotation? I can't tell at all, but I'm hoping for the best. My man Spike needs a nice hit every now and then...
