Like anything, some remakes are worth making, many are not.
The 1992 film Last Of The Mohicans was the 5th or 6th telling of that story, we have had 3 decent films about the Bounty mutiny.
Remakes don't always fall short, and Sorceror was (IMHO) good but flawed, the original was better but being in French and B&W only film buffs would watch it now (outside French-speaking countries)
Hence it is ripe for a decent remake.

A remake of a remake. How post-modern.
Because that's just what the world needs.
Never defend crap with 'It's just a movie'
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The Sorcerer is a remake of the French classic Wages of Fear.
It's that man again!!

You may not be aware that 'Socerer' is a remake of sorts, much like John Carpenter's 'The Thing'.
http://www.imdb.com/board/10046268/
If you haven't seen it, do yourself a favor & give it a watch.
While I enjoy both of the 1950s B/W originals, I prefer the newer versions.
I've read Campbell's "Who goes There?" & the Carpenter film follows it much more closely than the Hawks film. I haven't read Arnaud's novel yet, but I'll get to it one of these days.
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