Director, Phil Joanou, is set to direct a remake of Sharky's Machine, a 1981 movie that starred Burt Reynolds as a vice cop who puts together a team to bring down a powerful mobster who controls politicians, the city's drug trade, and a psychotic assassin. Sharky's Machine is my favorite Burt Reynolds movie, so you might think that I'd be upset that it's being remade. You'd be wrong.
The cool thing about re-makes is that they bring new attention to the original movies. It's usually a win-win situation.
If the new movie kicks butt, then fans may decide to check out the original. If the new movie tanks, it doesn't change the fact that people are still going to be talking about the original film and better still, there's a good chance that a new dvd release of the original film with extras will come heading our way in time to celebrate the theatrical release of the re-make.
Now if they'd only remake Nighthawks
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