13 Tzameti (2005)
This was a positive surprise when I saw it. It's a story about a young man who decides to take a dead man's identity in hopes of scoring some money. He ends up in a deadly game played by powerful wealthy men where they gamble on the lives of the contestants. It's done with a low budget, shot in black and white, but it only adds to the gritty realism of it. Sure the acting could have been better at parts and a bit bigger budget for the settings wouldn't have hurt but it works well enough as it is.
75%
13 (2010)
So the Americanized version is luckily directed by the same man who did the original. And the cast surely looks better with Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke and the likes in it. But sadly the cast didn't really help, this movie has horrible acting. And I really think the director is to be blamed from this as I know many of the actors can do a whole lot better than this. The settings are a bit better and there is clearly a bigger budget behind it, so there is some improvement. But really the acting put me off so badly that this really is worse than the original.
40%
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