Terrible, poorly acted (actually with this many bad performances it is likely the director/s are primarily to blame), often nonsensical version of the original. Written FOR Americans too stupid and lazy to read subtitles, written BY Americans lazy enough to make it a virtual copy (which at least I could accept), but then too stupid to not "improve" (read "destroy") random scenes and dialog, such that the plot no longer makes sense and character motivation is lessened or rendered inexplicable. Truly a pointless (other than garnering money for the studio/network) remake; though I guess that accusation could be leveled at virtually any remake, some of them do manage to improve on the original, or provide a different perspective, or at least attempt not to sully what made the original good enough for a remake to be considered - this is not one of them.
Review of The Killing
