With keeping the same basic plot but allowing more action and twists I think this would be a VERY successful movie if remade. A remake would also shed some light on this original version as its very underrated in my opinion.
No comedy and absolutely no bimbos; just GOOD acting, mob influenced, straight faced flick with a killer car chase. Give the bad guys a black 300C, Lincoln or Cadillac and give the lead actor a Dodge Challenger.
Nope. Never.
The film doesn't need to be remade, regardless of when it was made. A classic like this still is a joy to watch, why mess with it? Most films "borrow" from one or another, so I could see a film doing this, but not a remake. There is one one Roy Scheider, only one Richard Lynch & only one Bill Hickman.
I agree, do not remake under any circumstance. It's fine.
shareLeave it alone. It's fine as it is.
Working in the movie business since -92
No, jesse-372-426023, you should be remade. You're definitely defective.
Hidyho!
For any true movie buff, a remake of this would be a huge mistake. The box-office formula these days would pretty much mandate you pick a black actor for the lead or co-star, and you'd also have to add some hot young woman as an ass-kicker ('enabling' women to be powerful) or a damsel I. Distress, which won't make the movie appeal to women but will help it appeal to younger males. Of course the violence would need to be more graphic, & those old .38 S&Ws or Detective Specials are boring -- audiences these days would need to see MP-7s, H-K 416s & maybe some Glocks.
Marketing & political correctness formulas would ruin a remake for those of us that really respect the original, and a re-make using the 21st century formula would turn it into just another cops & robbers flick.
Polohat, you are so right about that.
shareI disagree. The background of the 1970's New York City was a character in itself and the city isn't gritty these days; it's too commercialized. It wouldn't work.
shareIMDB is always the land of no remakes, which mostly I agree with but in this case I think there's enough wrong with this movie (weak dialog, fuzzy narrative exposition, slow and inconsistent pacing) that it would make a good candidate for a remake.
I'd like to see a little more emphasis on the suspense/mystery side (not linking Vito and the kidnappers so soon) which would also help it not turn into just another car chase movie.