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Title: An absurd, unsurprising actioner that rips off the original
Review: Don't see this one if you've seen the original for two reasons. One, it is a near scene-for-scene reworking of the 1972 film and two, it's simply a bad movie. The only difference I noticed was that there was heated sexuality in this which only makes it crude and unpleasant (I don't remember the first one having as many--if any at all--suggestive scenes). Baldwin is acceptable in the lead but has nowhere near as much effortless charm or verve as Steve McQueen. Basinger is awful and makes Ali MacGraw (a rather untalented actress) look like Bette Davis. Skip it.
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