It’s the first of Chan’s movies to match the quality of his early work in Hong Kong. And now, there’s “The Foreigner” offering the same kind of absurd satisfaction, with Jackie Chan as a sweet little guy, an older fellow that no one takes seriously, who becomes a killing machine.
In the “Taken” movies, it’s just wonderfully ridiculous watching nice, easygoing Liam Neeson turn into a homicidal maniac. This structure has the built-in appeal of being emotionally satisfying - and yet funny. In the case of “Taken,” this translated into the story of a gentle, humble father, who is redeemed in the eyes of his daughter by springing into action and killing about 100 people. But a few years ago, the makers of “Taken” got the idea to combine that form with a rags-to-riches structure. Pureflix’s faith-based film A Question of Faith opened in 661 theaters and grossed $1 million for the weekend.Facebook Twitter Email This image released by STX Entertainment shows Jackie Chan in a scene from "The Foreigner." (Christopher Raphael/STX Entertainment via AP) Christopher Raphael/Associated PressĪction movies usually present powerful good people going up against even more powerful bad people, in an unequal struggle in which good ultimately wins. It earned $1.533 million for the weekend, again with an oddly strong 3.3x weekend multiplier. Still, there is a case to be made that, relatively speaking, the remake was no more successful than the loose rip-off, with the difference being that folks might actually discover Til Death Do Us Part in the years to come while most folks will opt for the original Flatliners. Had it done better this weekend, I could have opined about the value of the rip-off versus the remake. The Chris Stokes (You Got Served) thriller, starring Jessica Vanessa DeLeon, Taye Diggs and Stephen Bishop, is a loose variation on Julia Roberts' Sleeping with the Enemy. There were two blink-and-you-miss-them newbies this weekend as well. Newbie distributor Novus opened Til Death Do Us Part in 550 theaters this weekend. Once again, one cannot survive on Spider-Man alone, so fingers crossed for Only the Brave, Denzel Washington's Roman J. Sony is only on the hook for around 75% of the film's $19m budget, but this is still not a good look for the studio. So, anyway, sans good reviews or any real buzz, the film grossed $6.7 million over the weekend, an admittedly strong weekend 3x multiplier. The new film didn't look any bigger or more outlandish than the original, and the original is available to rent on Amazon Prime for $3 right now.
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This remake actually has both, with the same "med students kill themselves to bring themselves back to life and tell of the afterlife" premise and a pretty decent cast in Ellen Page, Diego Luna, Nina Dobrev, James Norton and Kiersey Clemons.īut star power isn't what it used to be and the whole "remake an old movie because it's now IP" thing isn't nearly as sure of a bet as Hollywood thinks.
The Niels Arden Oplev-directed picture is a remake of a 1990 Joel Schumacher movie that is famous for both a pretty great premise and a white-hot cast (Keifer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon, Oliver Platt, William Baldwin). As of this morning, the ill-advised and allegedly quite flat Flatliners remake had a 0/35 score with an average critic ranking of 3.5/10. Yeah, I'm wondering if the whole "no Thursday previews" thing is a new way to hold off a terrible Rotten Tomatoes score too, but we'll see how that goes. The only "big" domestic opener this weekend aside from American Made was Flatliners, which snuck into theaters sans pre-release reviews or even Thursday night advance screenings. We'll see if a post- Karate Kid absence has made the heart grow fonder. But, again, those films had limited domestic theatrical releases and made pennies in theaters while testing their fates in the VOD markets.
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