For those of you who have been reading The Movie Blog for a while, you know I’m one of those guys who has no problem with the idea of a remake for just about anything. I think they can work… and sometimes do work. But even I think some things should be off limits. Like Bruce Lee movies.
I heard this morning that Warner Bros. is planning on doing an “Enter the Dragon” remake. Now, the reason I think a film like this should be out of bounds is that… well… the movie IS Bruce Lee. It’s not just a movie with Bruce Lee as the star… the movie IS Bruce Lee. However, from the sounds of what they have in mind… it sounds more like s “based on Enter the Dragon” rather than a “remake” of Enter the Dragon. The folks over at Movieweb give us this:
Enter the Dragon is being remade by Warner Independent Pictures as a noir thriller. According to Variety, The Shield executive producer Kurt Sutter will be making his feature directing debut with the film, currently entitled Awaken the Dragon. Sutter is also writing the script, which will be a contemporary drama that follows a lonely F.B.I. agent into the bloody world of underground martial arts fighting. There, he must track a renegade Shaolin monk who has been causing a lot of problems for the local police force.
Sutter stated, “I’m a huge noir fan, and this plot lends itself to the film I want to make. I wanted to set it in these underground fight clubs where the action is really raw and expose the brutality of Shaolin Kung fu. This will be more Raging Bull than Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in its viciousness.”
See… I’m ok with something like this. A different movie, with a different title who’s main influence is Enter the Dragon is totally cool to me. Not sure why they’re calling it a remake… but they are… so there you go.
As for the movie itself… hell yeah. Sounds good to me. I’m always up for any kind of tournament/fighting film.
