Coincidentally I watched it last night, which possibly inspired this thread, and it was utterly dire, even with a cast of Gandolfini, Washington, John Turturro and Travolta (who hammed it up too much). I haven’t seen the original.
One of the problems with the Papillon remake (apparently...
At the risk of offending the sensibilities of most NSC film buffs, and seeing as arguably relatively few decent films have been made in the last few years:
Where Eagles Dare
Logan’s Run
The Great Escape. (Dan Burn cameo as a German guard)
Sacrilegious on The Great Escape I appreciate, and in...