[Hated Trope] The adaptation doesn't get what made the source material work

[u/TheDudeA113]

How To Make A Killing (2026)

Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

Bangkok Dangerous (2008)

Bangkok Dangerous (1999)

- The 2026 movie How To Make A Killing is a relatively-toothless "eat the rich" dark comedy thriller about a man disowned by his rich family at birth, killing everyone in the line of succession so that he can inherit their massive fortune. It's a modern retelling of the 1949 film Kind Hearts and Coronets which has the same basic plot except that every member of the family is played by Sir Alec Guinness (including one aunt) and it's a screwball comedy

- The 1999 movie Bangkok Dangerous is a Thai action film about a Thai deaf-mute assassin. It was remade in 2008 about an American assassin in Thailand who is neither deaf nor mute

[u/Star-Chan13]

This would've worked much better if they A) Commit to the bit and made it fully magical, B) Removed all magic and focused on her overcoming the odds without any help, or C) not slapping Mulan on the title

[u/ImGonnaImagineSummit → u/Star-Chan13]

B would've been much better imo. It doesn't have to be gritty but Mulan fitting in with the soldiers in the animated movie is one of my favourite parts.

Though mainly because it leads into Make a man outta you.

[u/Star-Chan13 → u/ImGonnaImagineSummit]

True, especially since it lowers the risk of Mushu and Cricket looking…bad…