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Where the original explored the clash between Pagan and Christian beliefs, this feels more like an attack on America and it's perceived religious fundamentalism. This time the protagonists are a born-again Texan couple, sent to Scotland to spread the word of God. Hardy has only made one film in the intervening years, the 1986 Irish set thriller 'The Fantasist', and on the evidence of this that's probably a wise choice. Not a remake, not a sequel, this can best be described as a cash-in, a film-maker desperately living off a forty year old career highpoint. Hardy's follow up has a lot more in common with the remake than his own original, not least in terms of quality. The Nic Cage starring 2006 remake is frequently cited as possibly the worst remake ever. Show Less Show MoreĪsk most horror fans for their ten favorite movies of the genre and chances are Hardy's 1972 masterpiece 'The Wicker Man' will be on the list somewhere. It's a travesty of film and should not be uttered in the same breath as that other great film. Please, please, please don't be tempted to seek this out for curiosity factor.

Only McTavish and Weeks seem to be giving it their full efforts but they are fighting alosing battle with this material. The young American actors are just plain annoying and the pacing for the whole film is distinctly lacking.

The whole film is a mess with some actors giving obviously comic performances and some just giving plain bad ones.

Instead we are set on the mainland in Scotland with a completely new set of nutters and instead of a chaste policeman we have two stupid American evangelists who have been lured there under false pretences. For obvious reasons there are no returning members from 'The Wicker Man' (apart from a brief cameo from an obviously frail Lee that seems to be there to show that he obviously approved of this disaster) and we are no longer set on the original island.

In fact if you're a fan of good film-making avoid this film outright! It's hard to comprehend that this came from the same director of the classic original but this film bears scant similarities to that great film. If you're a fan of the original 'The Wicker Man' then avoid this film like the plague.

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