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Crisis Negotiators not the first: 5 notable Hong Kong/Chinese remakes of Hollywood movies
- Crisis Negotiators, the new film by Herman Yau, isn’t the first Chinese-language remake of a Hollywood hit. Here are 5 others that stand out
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Hollywood has a habit of remaking successful foreign movies – just look at what it did to Hong Kong hits Infernal Affairs (2002) and The Eye (also 2002), for example, which were both reworked as star-studded English-language films.
Rarely, however, does the phenomenon flow in the opposite direction.
But this is one of those weeks when it does, with the release of Herman Yau Lai-to’s hostage thriller Crisis Negotiators – a reimagining of the 1998 film The Negotiator, starring Samuel L. Jackson and Kevin Spacey.
In light of its arrival, here are five other Chinese-language films that began life in Hollywood.
1. Connected (2008)
Benny Chan Muk-sing’s Connected can be chalked up as that rare thing: a remake that genuinely improves upon the original.
Originally from England, James is a freelance film critic and journalist who has been based in Hong Kong since 2001. In addition to writing for the Post, he is resident film critic on RTHK Radio 3’s Morning Brew, and Asian Editor of ScreenAnarchy.com. He serves as a consultant for Fantastic Fest, and has a problematic addiction to physical media.
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