Deserving of a remake

[Techwright]

On 3/5/2025 at 4:51 AM, ThaOGDreamWeaver said:

When I was in college, I did an entire segment on Hollywood remakes of French films.

(And they're mostly not great, with the exception of True Lies.)

 

But I'd quite like to see a new version of Switch, which is...

...well, I think someone watched the The Holiday, and either loved or really hated it enough to create its evil twin.

 

I'm not sure which philosopher-king of US sportsball could swap out for the mighty Eric Cantona in a US version (Lebron? Richard Sherman, maybe?)

But it's a neat, tautly written little thriller that's worth a watch if you don't mind subtitles.

 

 

 

Elements of that video reminded me of another that could seriously use a remake:  1995's The Net with Sandra Bullock.  That one was both entertaining and unsettling for some of the abuses it projected could happen. At the time, it was quite forward-looking, even the idea that a recluse orders food delivery via the 'net was very novel in 1995.  Now, the movie is very much a product of its time.  The concepts are still quite valid though:  a top-rated software firm that decides to use their ubiquitous software for backdoor operations and an introverted tech nerd who is so isolated from the city around her that no one, not even her neighbors, are certain of her when she angers the wrong people.  Add in modern stuff like A.I. with abilities for visual and audio re-construction, and then take a page from the original and push forward, by a few years, the tech under wraps at the evil company, and a new version could be even more unsettling.