Man of Honour
As bad as the original? And I say that as someone who enjoys rubbish action films including Cliffhanger.
I don't really see the need for a remake of Cliffhanger but then I don't see the need for most remakes unless they're going to do it better (and unless I'm feeling deeply cynical I'd accept that few people would set out to make a worse version of the same film) - in reality though most remakes are simply using existing intellectual property to give them a headstart to profitability since the creative industries often struggle to make money, the big winners can be hugely profitable but for many films (or games for that matter) there are more losers which the successful ones support and that's why the industry keeps on going. There are plenty of remakes that are ok but don't really add anything because while they're competently enough done the original was too good to be improved on in a meaningful way and that's whether they are male or female lead characters (hi to Get Carter, The Day The Earth Stood Still, The Italian Job, The Longest Yard, Planet of the Apes, Red Dawn, The Taking of Pelham 123 etc etc) probably more so than any where it has been flipped to a female lead. That's my vaguely rational take on it, irrationally I find it deeply unnecessary for the majority of remakes to exist and although it shouldn't tarnish the original in any way there's that weird niggly feeling that someone has messed with something you cared about so my usual solution is to try to avoid the remakes as far as possible although it does lead to extra clarification needed at times "yes, Taxi, the cool French original, not the remake".
