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Originally Posted by Bo Ttef

I think if they re-made it they would really have to push more into "the future" that it was supposed to be. Not lasers and spaceships future- but more of a dystopian police state future of Judge Dredd sort of timeline- I really don't think just rebooting as a modern gang movie would work.

Yeah, I agree and when I heard that it was actually supposed to be set in the near future that kind of blew my mind.

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Originally Posted by Tomax

Actually the movie was based on the real life gang filled streets of NYC back in the 1980's. of course the costumes were extra but you get the picture, usually people who were raised in NYC in the 80's understand this movie. A remake of this movie wont work cause the gang stuff has dwindled down nowadays. back in those gang days, there was always territory wars with gangs, just like how this movie plays out on the big screen...

NYC gang culture is the setting but, it's more about a group of soldiers having to fight their way home and that premise can work in a number of different scenarios.