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The counselor remake

The Counselor

Synopsis: A lawyer finds himself in over his head when he gets involved in drug trafficking.

Director: Ridley Scott

Writer: Cormac McCarthy

  • Michael Fassbender as Counselor

  • Penélope Cruz as Laura

  • Cameron Diaz as Malkina

  • Javier Bardem as Reiner

  • Brad Pitt as Westray

  • Rosie Perez as Ruth

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 33%

Metacritic Score: 49

IMDB Score: 6.2

If there was a remake; what would you suggest to change the plot and other parts of the movie?

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Almost everything. First off re-casting certain roles and not having Cameron Diaz in the movie and Javier Bardem although Bardem could be used in another role.

A different, younger director

Get an actual screenwriter to work with Cormac and write a standard industry script rather than what CM wrote.

Deeper back-stories with Rosie Perez and Michael Fassbender.

Keep the Brad Pitt character.

Recast the role of Toby Kebbell who is a fine actor but not right for the role here.

This film does have some of my favourite dialogue from the last 20 years. “206. That's not a speed, that's a time of day. Or somebody's weight”.