9 Awesome Remakes Of Terrible Movies

9. Heat

Heat was a project that was floating in the mind of director Michael Mann for years; a sprawling crime epic set in L.A. He didn’t have much luck finding a studio willing to make it, though, and he eventually decided to chop the script down and turn it into a TV pilot.

The Original: This resulted in TV movie L.A. Takedown, which was a brutally compressed version of the story. The movie is weirdly sloppy and lacks Mann’s usual precision and mood (a result of the tiny shooting schedule) and the actors are a wooden bunch. It was basically a dry run for the eventual movie version, but it’s not a very impressive one.

The Remake: A movie that needs no introduction at this stage, Heat is a modern classic. It’s got a disgustingly great cast, arguably the best gunfight in cinema, rich visuals and – of course – there’s the coffee table scene between De Niro and Pacino.

There's no debate over which version is superior.