If there is one movie that didn’t need a remake, it’s Juan José Campanella‘s Oscar winning "Secret In Their Eyes." And yet, one can’t deny that the combo of Chiwetel Ejiofor, Nicole Kidman and Julia Roberts, along with "Shattered Glass" writer/director Billy Ray is a compelling one. But the question still lingers of why this story needed to be retold, and what could be improved.
“I felt that as great as that movie is, and I literally mean great, I felt that it needed to be made into a slightly more muscular version of itself, and that just meant it needed a little bit more story and a couple of things I thought were sort of uniquely American touches to justify retelling the story,” Ray told EW. “I’m pretty confident we found all that.”
Whether or not it works, you can see for yourself in the first trailer. The story has been tweaked and now on a team of FBI investigators haunted by an unsolved case. Here’s the official synopsis:
"Secret In Their Eyes" opens on October 23rd. Does this look like a potential awards contender to you? Watch below.
It sounds horrible.
What a bunch of Debbie Downers. This trailer totally exceeded my expectations. Can\’t wait!
Man… I\’m so disappointed in this trailer. This was one of my most anticipated movies of the year because of the two female leads, two of my favorite actresses. I saw the Argentine version and fell in love with it and was so excited to see it remade but it looks like they\’ve gone and messed this one up just like they did with Abre Los Ojos and Vanilla Sky.
Utter and total crap, how convinient, they get rid of the political subplot that made the Argentine film what it is, which is a great film, and no, race is not the same thing, and honestly people are getting tired of the race card being played in movies, muscle my ass! No remake can top the original, they just did their little American style thriller that looks and feels flat as a circle.
One of the best films of the last decade remade so that aging oscar winning actresses can have meaty parts….Shameful. The original is perfect. No need for this nonsense. Watch the original. People can read subtitles right??
There\’s enough stuff wrong with America that they could\’ve at least tried to add some subtext. I\’m not sure why Captain Phillips got so much love, but this looks bland and uninventive as well. Chiwetel Ejiofor deserves better!
The political theme that was substituted was race. It\’s been said a few times by Billy Ray and statements made by STX that it\’s now about race in the US
I saw the original Argentinian(?) version years ago and in that story there was a political theme connected it to that country\’s "dirty war." If that element has been removed and no similiar American political theme substituted, what\’s the point of remaking the film. Oh right, money.
Well that was generic
Yeah, getting rid of the political context of the original movie just turns this into another thriller, at least by the looks of the trailer.
Hey fcuk heads, the AD at the top is AUTOPLAYING