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Title: Why on earth did they do this?
Review: What a crazy piece of work this is. I do not mind remakes so much, but really this is too much. Whole scenes have been copied directly from the original Peckinpah movie and nowhere is there any improvement. On the contrary! Basinger is not to bad, but I liked Ali McGraw better in the part. Steve McQueen was a hundred times better than Alec Baldwin, Donaldson is no Peckinpah and through it all I missed Quincy Jones' excellent score. The story is practically the same, but without the taut suspence of the original. Michael Madson and Jennifer Tilly steal the show and while they do a good job, they are not supposed to carry the movie. Now you start thinking them the interesting part and the bit about the McCoys running to Mexico with all gangland USA on their tale becomes an anoying sideline. Don't bother to watch this one. It is nothing better than any other action movie. Stick with the original!
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