What the hell are they thinking? Warner Bros. is planning a remake of Enter The Dragon.
Not Bruce Lee's best movie, Enter The Dragon was, nevertheless, the movie that made him a worldwide superstar, that cast him into legend. It's iconic--in geek terms, this is like remaking Citizen Kane.
Not, the studio insists, that this will be a direct remake. This will be an updating, a reimagining, if you will, of the 1973 classic, in contemporary terms. Director Kurt Sutter imagines this as a noirish exploration of a secret world, as a federal agent investigates the world of secret martial arts fight clubs. Sounds more like a remake of Jean-Claude Van Damme's Bloodsport, but hey, fine, let Sutter make his crappy movie...but why call it a remake of Enter The Dragon?
I don't know what's more offensive, the notion of remaking Dragon in the first place, or the fact that, in doing so, they intend to toss out everything that made it what it was? Is Hollywood really this at a loss for original ideas? Are studios this craven? Do they think audiences are that stupid?
Do these questions even need to be answered?
