Spielberg, Smith and ‘Oldboy’ ?!?!

So a blockbuster teaming of the ages, Spielberg and Will Smith, on a remake of one of the best films of this decade, ‘Oldboy’, and it leaves some wondering, is this the right fit?   Well, I think it can be, but this thing needs to be a hard R, pull no punches, and be just as twisted as the original Korean film was.  

Variety breaks the story, Harry Knowles chimes in at aintitcool, and I agree with his sentiments, though I am a bit more hopeful then he is.   Spielberg can do grim and unsettling if he wants too, i.e. ‘Munich’ and ‘Schindler’s List’, Smith hasn’t really gone all the way to the dark side ever, though; though he has surely dabbled in dark material.   Either way, it’s a great star, a great director, and a great potential budget to take this amazing story and try to top it in any way it can, i.e. lets see an even more amazing hallway fight scene!

‘Oldboy’ follows a man who has been imprisoned for 15 years, only to be released and set with the mission to find his persecutor in 3 days; to seek out and claim revenge.

Go rent the original while you wait for The Bearded One’s version.