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even if Denzel is giving "hello fellow kids" a little here, he's remains immaculate * this is a spoiler free review (though granted I allude to the nature of the ending once or twice)*      Ever an exercise in at best redundancy and at worst, capitalistic cannibalism, the remake, allowing for the occasional exception, and with even further rarity the odd improvement, stands ever tall as a Hollywood staple. The film industry, and with certain parallels culture at large, have long been engaged in these microwave-like processes of cheap re-heatings, though in recent years the plastic shot for shot recreations, reanimations or dare I say desecrations, have set their plague upon a typically eager populace with increasing severity. While its obvious nostalgic cheapness is typically cause for corporate salivation, it ought to go without saying that this business strategy, if initially a viagra for the marketing department, comes with a pre-built expiration date. There are only s...