what if this movie was remade?

I don't think it can be said that the remake of Scarface ruined it. Sure some people still prefer the origional (myself included) but you'd have to respect that the remake was hugely sucsessful and is more famous then the origional. I'd also say it became a classic in it's own right but that part is only my opinion.

There are a few remakes I think are very good. The Thing is another, although special effects make remaking easier. I liked the remake of The Ladykillers too. I would agree that the majority of remakes are terrible however and that the studios only do them for a quick buck. But that doesn't mean a remake can't be a good thing.

The problem with remaking The Public Enemy is finding someone that can perform Cagneys role. With the Ladykillers I thought Hanks was the right man to step into Sir Alec Guinesses shoes, but I just don't know who could do this one. Sure there are a lot of 70's gangster film veterans around but they are all too old now to play Powers, as are a lot of the trendy action stars (such as Tom Cruise) who would probably ruin it in any case. Di Caprio is about the right age and has the look, but can he act cheeky and psychotic at the same time? Christian Bale is also about the right age and is a solid actor but perhaps doesn't look quite boyish enough. Then again maybe they would want to go for someone in there early 20's instead to push the "punk kid stumbles into a life of crime" angle.

Then there is the big dilema, do you do it like in King Kong where you still set it in about the same period as the origional or do you modernise it like in Scarface and find a similar Gangster set up that is more relevent and recognisable to the younger audience. I would say with a Gangster film the update approach is probably better and I prefer that myself because there is more of a case for the two films complimenting each rather then just stepping on each others toes. Updatings not hard. Booze is replaced with drug, WW2 with Iraq and of course a load of blood and swearing thrown in.

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Remember when they were going to remake Casablanca with J HO and Ben Affleck, I mean yikes that was a close one!!

If they remade it, they would do the same they did with Scarface.......every other word would be the F-bomb & gratuitous violence & blood galore through the whole movie.

Vin Diesel?

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