13 Sins

The director's improvement is noticeable, but unfortunately he chose the wrong film. A completely unnecessary remake that even dares to leave out the best scenes from the original and replace them with weaker ones. On the one hand, at least it's entertaining, the film doesn't get boring, there's always something going on, but that's it. 50% (22/03/2014)

If it was an original film, I would give it a weak three stars, but it’s a remake of Thai film from eight years ago and I’m not giving it more than two. When the film is true to the original, it’s terribly weak (the intensity of some of the tasks), and the occasional differences go mostly in the wrong direction (for instance, unforgivably leaving out the task with the unpleasant food). The creators try to explain a bit more the background of the “Game”, but unfortunately, they squeeze it into the story in a clumsy way. And then… when it comes to the nonsense, it’s better not to even try to explain it. 13 Sins basically weakens what was good about the original movie and strengthens what was bad. So, a pointless film. (21/03/2014)

Even though I'm not a fan of remakes - and despite not having seen the original film - I'm confident that the quality of this remake is high enough to deserve a rating of 75%. 13 Sins is a film that stands out quite well among American remakes, after all. It has its weaker moments, and towards the end, it may become a bit too fast-paced, but it's still a great example that remakes don't always have to end up as complete garbage. (28/04/2014)