12 Angry Men (1997) (Blu-ray)
Posted in No Huddle by Gino Sassani on March 2nd, 2022
Remakes are nothing new. They’ve been around for as long as there have been films. Today we appear to be dominated by the remake, but they’ve been around forever. There are many reasons to do a remake. Often, like the case of Peter Jackson’s King Kong and the recent Kong/Godzilla movies, it’s because technology has taken us to a place where we can do things on the screen that the original filmmakers couldn’t have dreamed of. Other times it’s merely a classic story that stands the test of time, and every once in a while someone wants to attach themselves to that history. Yet other times there’s more that can be added to the story, or there is a fresh perspective to what came before. While many of these types lead to sequels and reboots, they still lead to the remake. Then there are those remakes that are almost a shot-for-shot imitation of the original with no apparent reason to exist other than to capitalize on the name. I really don’t want to put the 1997 made-for-television remake of 12 Angry Men in that category.
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