A Poor Remake of the 1981 Classic

Rating: 4/10 (4 April 2010)

I was initially excited to see that a remake of the 1981 classic was due out in Spring 2010. Sadly, this film is really just a video game shadow of the classic with Laurence Olivier and Harry Hamlin. The plot is nearly nonexistent. Almost all of the actors have annoying English accents (normally I like the accents, but these actors had a snobbish version of the English accent). The only thing interesting in the movie is the Medusa scenes which were well done. The djinni looked like they were wearing $50 Halloween masks. The dialogue was a joke. Sadly Fiennes's and Neeson's performances were also poor capstones to this half hearted attempt at a remake of a classic. I'd like to give it a 10/10, but really, this was a 4/10. Save your money and don't go see it or buy the DVD. Do yourself a favor and buy the 1981 classic.