Review of Body Snatchers (1993) by Michael V — 17 Nov 2011

"Where you gonna go, where you gonna run, where you gonna hide? Nowhere... 'cause there's no one like you left.".

I'm not a fan of remakes, many try to just copy the success of other films while some lift the original scene for scene to poor effect. However this at least tries to do something slightly different with it by setting it in a military base and bringing the drama into the family setting. In fact this setting creates some of the best scenes. The greater effects are good but really I preferred the paranoid tension of the 50's original or the even better 70's attempt rather than the horror of effects. However I still think this is a very solid effort from a good director. Of course it suffers with comparison with the original â?? that's because the original is a sci-fi classic. But as it's own film it is pretty good. Naturally it has it's weaknesses â?? the effects overpower the story at times. The cast isn't very inspiring. Tilly has all the good lines and she is actually quite good. Anwar is also very watchable. But Ermey is type cast in his usual military role and Whitaker is far too calm and reasoned to do the job; he needed to be more like McCarthy in the original. To really enjoy this it requires you to not compare to the two previous outings.

Most Awesome Moment: Gabrielle Anwar's beautiful A cups. She's so hot.

Also a kid getting thrown out of a helicopter was pretty cool and ballsy.