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Original: Overly complicated, awful villain, mostly unwatchable.
Reboot tone: Gritty as fuck: Two showboat narcotics officers (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Tom Hardy) get framed by evil drug lord (Takeshi Kitano) and end up in super max prison surrounded by all the baddies they put away.
Dir. Cary Fukunaga.
Original: Beloved by many (right?). Total bomb.
Reboot tone: Dystopian Drive. Mnemonic courier, Johnny (Ryan Gosling) has 48 hours to deliver sensitive information to some dudes in Beijing while being chased by Yakuza thugs. Luckily he's got a cyborg bodyguard Jane (Ronda Roussey) to TCB. Dir. Nicolas Refn. So there you have it, I just potentially made Hollywood bunch of money. Give me some? Follow Alex Hughes on Twitter.