Oldboy (US) blir småsågad

Spike Lee var en gång i tiden min absoluta favoritregissör. Do the Right Thing, He Got Game och 25th Hour är tre makalöst bra filmer. Men på slutet har det bara gått utför, tyvärr. Miraklet vid St. Anna var horribel och hans re-make på Oldboy ogillar av amerikansk media. Såhär låter det;

• Slant Magazine (4/10)
"Spike Lee's version loses the one thing that really worked in the original, the sense of moral complication emerging out of the intertwined action of two men hell-bent on retribution."

• Variety (3/10)
"Lee and Protosevich have made a picture that, although several shades edgier than the average Hollywood thriller, feels content to shadow its predecessor's every move while falling short of its unhinged, balls-out delirium."

• Chicago Tribune (4/10)
"The revenge in Oldboy is neither sweet nor sour; it's just drab."

• The Hollywood Reporter (6/10)
"While Lee leaves some of Park's more memorable outrages behind, he and screenwriter Mark Protosevich find one or two ways to up the taboo-testing ante, small surprises that retain the tale's edge without pushing into the realm of exploitation."

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