Then there is the matter of THE KILLER remake. That's right, you heard me correctly. There is a script by Robert Mark Kamen based on the outstanding film by John Woo,.
It is a complete "americanization" of the original. The setting is moved to New York. The Killer is a white guy, and the cop is written to be black. It is almost an exact scene for scene retelling of the original. We are dealing with the Russian mafia.
The script is fine, reads well. In fact the entire time I was reading it, I was seeing in my mind the original film. And after I was finished, I found myself wondering what exactly the point to this is. I mean John Woo isn't doing this, I believe Walter Hill is attached to direct. I like Walter Hill, but maaaaaaaaaan, let well enough alone.
There is only one scene in my opinion that is new and a good addition to the previous film, and it involves a scene between Damien and the girl in Central Park. It is quite lovely. But there is a very big problem that 99% or us won't be able to swallow. And that is the Hollywoodization of a great film's ending. I won't say, cause I don't spoil things, but it is like the .... anti-Killer ending.
