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What was the worst American remake of a foreign movie you've seen after watching the original version? (piefed.social)

submitted 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) by Shadow79@piefed.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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For me, it has to be "Old Boy" which is originally a Korean movie but the US version sucks so much that it remains incomparable. Another contender is "The Ring" again a Japanese movie (the ending differs between both versions, as the original one refers to the protagonist's father sacrificing himself but the remake states that the cursed tape is being sent to someone else, passing the omen towards another stranger).

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[–] samuraiapocalypse@lemmy.zip 6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Probably an unpopular opinion, but The Departed. They dumbed down Infernal Affairs for western audiences. The shot of the rat at the end wasn't clever and the entire movie was like an unnecessary terrible Disney remake of an original that didn't need remaking.

[–] 666dollarfootlong@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago

I watched Departed twice, not knowing it was a remake and I enjoyed it quite a bit. But after seeing Inferal Affairs I have to agree the Departed is a bit too "extra", and the original is way more rewatchable than the remake