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Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Hollywood loves a remake, but some action movie remakes have completely ignored what makes the original so popular, raising the question of why they even bothered in the first place. With Jake Gyllenhaal's Road House remake receiving mixed reviews, the topic of movie remakes is big news once again. Every time a beloved movie gets a remake, fans of the original usually ask whether the remake is really necessary.
Related 10 Action Movie Remakes That Actually Improved On The Original Most movie remakes end up disappointing by comparison, but there are a few great action thrillers which actually surpass the originals.
The Disney live-action remakes have been controversial from the beginning, with fans of the originals often objecting to the reinterpretations of their favorite childhood movies. Mulan is one such movie that strays so far from the original it becomes almost unrecognizable. 2020's Mulan is much closer to the poem which provided the inspiration for Disney's animation, but fans of the original will feel disappointed.
4 Planet Of The Apes Original version released in 1968 The original version of Planet of the Apes is a film of ideas. It has been read as a racial allegory, but it also pontificates on what it means to be human. Tim Burton's 2001 remake is a relatively hollow thriller that trades in the original's cultural relevance for surface-level entertainment.
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