And The Inevitable Hollywood Remake of SHINOBI Will Be Made By ….

Posted by Todd Brown at 10:20pm.

Posted in Film News , Martial Arts, Action, Asia, USA & Canada.

Max Makowski, the man at the controls of recent Singaporean gangster flick One Last Dance. It’s an interesting choice, really. Makowski’s certainly got the visual chops to pull it off provided he tames his genre mashing tendencies enough to keep things feeling like a single coherent film rather than a couple of competing ones mashed together. The remake will set the action in Hong Kong with a romance springing up between members of rival multinational security forces who have been feuding for 160 years. Those wacky multinational security forces, always holding a grudge ...

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Papigiulio 07/31/2007 @ 2:40am

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Remake schmemake. Shinobi is a great movie on its own, with stunning visuals and a great cast. I never understand the idea about remakes....except about cash
blauereiter 07/31/2007 @ 2:42am

I enjoyed the original fairly much, largely because of the great character design by Yamada Akihiro ( of Record of Lodoss War fame ). Let’s hope its a decent remake at least.
Timo 07/31/2007 @ 3:58am

Makowski is an incredibly talented director, but I fear he’ll not be the one to be in creative control here. Rather would see him work on an original film. Still, if it gives him the opportunity to make himself more known, I’m all for it.
Chris 07/31/2007 @ 10:54am

Hmm. Oh well. The Departed was pretty good. The Magnificent 7 was pretty good. Maybe this one will be one of the better remakes. Still, I have much love for Shinobi.