Does anyone know if this film is a remake of the classic action flic The Defiant Ones (1958)? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051525/
shareofficially its not. but its sure as hell identical to the 1958 movie... clear influence/inspiration...
shareIt's an unauthorized remake, a pretty bad one at that full of disjointed sub-plots and far fetched situations. Had the makers of the original wanted to take legal action for infringement, they would likely have won their case.
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the basic premise is "the defiant ones"(which i had a chance to see for the first time in awhile recently...but missed); what happens during the movie, though, is a totally different pot of soup. it's tasty; but you don't wanna eat it all the time.
although, salma hayek's presence in it leaves a pleasant aftertaste.
and, excuse the mixed-metaphor, but this is a "popcorn" movie. a formula action film, full of smart-ass wisecracks, gunfire and pyrotechnics. and the obligatory chase scenes...
not a waste of approximately an hour and a half of your life.
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...was just wondering if there was any subtle references to The Defiant Ones in this movie???
It is. When the movie came out, they had Fisburne hosting during a showing of the original, to tie them in together either on TBS or TNT.
According to Imdb it is.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051525/trivia?tab=mc&;
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