What's happened to Martin Scorsese? As if the remaking of "Cape Fear" wasn't bad enough now he's remaking his own movies! "Bringing Out the Dead" is basically a rehash of "Taxi Driver"--a man pushed to the brink by the urban hell of New York. It's well-directed (of course) and well-lit but Nicholas Cage and Rosanna Arquette are AWFUL. Cage being lousy is no surprise--Arquette I expected more from. Despite the fact that they're married in real life there scenes together are completely blank--no fireworks, no attraction, no nothing! Unfortunately, they're together most of the film. The supporting actors are terrific--Ving Rhames, Marc Antony, and especially Tom Sizemore. But the movie has been done before, the lead actors are lousy, script predictable...what's the point?
Review of Bringing Out the Dead
