Review of Brick Mansions (2014) by Emeraldcity — 04 Sep 2014
An American remake of the French film 2004's District B13-ten years after the original came out. I wonder what legal issues that represents...as the original is still out there for sale in the big stores like HMV.
The remake was a good film-but it wasn't anything different than the original. I would have thought that filmmakers would rather come up with new ideas so they don't have to pay royalties to other producers for using their work as a basis for a "new" film.
There has been a lot of that lately-Robocop was redone-and the original was also American-and then recently there was a US version of The Girl With The Dragon tattoo in 2011, a scant two years after the Swedish movie by the same name was made.
I don't think there is much you can really say about Brick Mansion's other than it contains Paul Walker who is now no longer with us. The film is OK if you are stuck for something to see or are just curious about the remake.
Whats next I wonder-remakes of remakes? They should try to bring new idea to the screen and stop relying on things other contemporary filmmakers have done, in order to sell tickets.
This review of Brick Mansions (2014) was written by Emeraldcity on 04 Sep 2014.
Brick Mansions has generally received mixed reviews.
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