An average movie

The lack of of originality in the  American cinema nowadays is just really sad and, instead of coming up with something new,  they keep giving us some endless sequels and they are ready to remake pretty much anything at this point. From all these remakes, this must be the weirdest one and definitely one of the most misguided. I mean, can you believe that, at some point, it was supposed to be directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Wil Smith? At least, with Spike Lee and Josh Brolin involved,  it did sound slightly more promising but, the end-result was still disappointing, I'm afraid. Apparently, Lee's version was actually supposed to be more than 30 mins longer but, even with a longer duration, I'm not sure if it would been really much better. Basically, the main issue is that it is actually a really absurd story but the original version was so well done, so spellbinding to behold, it never bothered me,  in the contrary. Here, every 5 minutes, I was rolling my eyes in complete disbelief. I have to admit it, if this story would have been completely new to me, it might have worked better because, from the very first moment that Josh Brolin and Elizabeth Olsen meet each other, I already knew the real nature of their relationship and, in the same way,  the twist ending barely worked this time. To conclude, in spite of its flaws, I still think it was well made, with some decent performances but the whole thing was just simply seriously misguided. 

6/10