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Written by Matt Chapman
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Sunday, 08 August 2004 |
 [This review was originally in Japanese and cost less to produce] It's difficult not to be disappointed by a Hollywood remake of a classic movie. Usually, a remake happens because a film has performed amazingly well at the box office, despite being in French, Japanese or so low budget you can see the sticky-back plastic. Or it drew huge crowds 50 years ago and an updated colour version seems like a safe money-spinner. In order to release it to a wider audience (for wider audience read Americans) you naturally have to create a version they can handle. So out goes the foreign language, as does any complicated plotting and character development, and in come extremely good-looking people who look wholesome and sexy at the same time.
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