Man, John Frakenheimer's original was a classic. Sure, the Cold War has gone the way of Super Nintendo, but its still great. Better yet, Frank Sinatra going totally acting-wise to which he never before or after acheived.

My problem with the remake was that:

*Edited and written way too much like an action story.

*Lack of technical sophistication. You see Frakenheimer pulling off a nightmarish sequence where you see the Commie Russians and Chinese brainwashing the Americans, but as well see them as their brain-washing image: A southern "flower society".

*As for the remake, its one of those premises that depends to work as a film on way too many coincidences for my liking. You know?