I recently watched the 1964 version of the Killers, after
having watched the 1948 version with Lancaster and Gardener.
The original was one of the best films I've ever seen, and
Gardener's character is, in my mind, the most evil femme
fatale to ever saunter across a screen. It was hardly
surprising then that the remake with Lee Marvin and John
Cassavetes didn't measure up. I think, though, that Ronald
Reagan really ruined what could have been an all right film.
Was it just me, or was he horribly miscast as a gangster? He
had no menace, no charm, no anything at all. I just could not
believe him in that part. It didn't help that the man looked
exactly the same in 1964 as he did in 1984 when he was
president. Watching the one time leader of the free world
bitch slap Angie Dickinson was a surreal experience.
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