When Remakes Look Awesome: Zhang Yimou's "blood Simple" Redo Has A Trailer, Rap Song

Christopher Campbell, Cinematical
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 12:45pm

The term remake has predominantly negative connotations, but once in awhile we see proof that a redo can be a good thing. Just look at Werner Herzog's new film, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, which isn't quite a remake of Abel Ferrara's Bad Lieutenant so much as it's a stand-alone sequel or simply another filmmaker's take on the same sort of character explored in the original.

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