American remakes of foreign films have become so commonplace that even a statute of limitations barely exists anymore; Le Dîner de Cons — the French film that Dinner for Schmucks was based on — came out in 1998. So by those standards, Zhang Yimou’s Chinese conversion of the Coen Brothers’ Blood Simple — A Woman, A Gun and a Noodle Shop — feels positively warranted. After all, it has been 26 years since the original came out.
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Chinese Remake of Blood Simple Won’t Be That Simple