10 Movie Remakes That Ripped Off Audiences
2. Planet Of The Apes (2001)
Not only was Tim Burton's Planet Of The Apes the first film to employ the dreaded reimagining label, it gave the term a concrete definition. Judging by the level of wit and creativity on display here, it means a rushed and pointless film that throws out the original in favour of a third-rate Twilight Zone episode. So incredibly slipshod in its storytelling that neither Burton nor his cast could explain the plot, Apes 01 has the distinction of being the only movie in the franchise where nothing is satisfactorily explained, characters and plot points are introduced and discarded at random and the big reveal at the climax still leaves viewers scratching their heads.
At least the cast is good, with Tim Roth, Paul Giamatti and David Warner (among others) unrecognizable beneath Rick Baker's make-up, which turns out to be an unexpected blessing: you can't see the actors cringe at lines like "Never send a monkey to do a man's job".