BROADCASTS.com

New series irregular Scarlett Woodhouse joins us to review three remakes and to answer whether they’re better than the originals. We start with Dee’s choice of Death Race 2000 (1975) / Death Race (2008); social commentaries with explodium™. Next up is Joe’s choice of Le Salaire de la Peur (1953) / Sorcerer (1977); intense drama in foreign lands with explodium™. We finish with Scar’s choice of Infernal Affairs (2002) / The Departed (2006); intimate personal dramas without explodium™. Also: Carmageddon. Guy Smiley. The Meg (2018). Bread and circuses, tits and ass. Gamer (2009). Deadwood (2004). The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ. In the shadow of Star Wars. Colonial existentialism. A-Team montage. The Black Rock. Carter J. Burke. Deception and identity. The Age of Innocence (1993). Freud and the Irish. Panadol. Whitey Bulger. We play a game of “In Your Image”