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Title: Why remake a bad film in the first place?
Review: The Getaway is based on the 1972 action thriller from director Sam Peckinpah. This remake is fairly better because of James Woods, who is a major improvement over whoever played the Jack Benyon character in the original.The Getaway is really just a teched-up version of the original, with added sex/nudity, a lot more bloodletting and shootings, and more profanity. In the long run, it's a pretty bad movie but it rarely moves at a slow clip as the original did for just about its entire running time. Alec Baldwin is really not bad as Doc Mccoy. As for Kim Basinger, I know she won an Oscar but is she really a great actress? Compare her one Oscar award and nomination to 4 Razzie nominations (she's almost sure to get another with her performance in Bless the Child). She's not particularly good in the role, at least she doesn't act like the typical damsel in distress.
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