This isn't nearly as bad as reviewers say. I see far worse movies get far better reviews and ratings here. I've seen the original film a few times since it was released. This one was inferior, fwiw, but not egregiously so. Sure, creative decisions led to some of the acting being needlessly vague and frustrating more than disturbing or suspenseful. The bees motif could have been chosen or used better. The writing was looser than it should have been. Cage, who CAN act, seemed to be taking no risks here, but he didn't have much script to work with, and who knows what kind of direction he was getting.As for the accusations that this is unintentionally hilarious -- I know what they're referring to, but I don't see it, other than the bear scene. I chalk it up to mob mentality of "we hate Cage."

After seeing the original with Christopher Lee, never in my wildest nightmares did I think such a remake could even make it out of the editing room. This is not just bad, it is murder of the first degree of a wonderful earlier version. Sure the story is fanciful, but the original at least MOVED, the actors had PRESENCE, the ending was shocking not hysterical. How the mighty Cage has fallen. I really do love Cage as an actor - I think he is talented. But what in the name of all that is holy is responsible for his bumbling, shrieking, over acting, drooling performance here? Did he owe Lucifer something? This is BAD. REALLY, REALLY, REALLY BAD. So bad I almost died laughing at the absurdity of the the trainwreck on the screen. Good God Nicolas, come on!!! Take some time off and remember the days where your talent actually won you a well deserved Oscar. Please do not EVER utter these phrases on screen: "How did it get burned? How did it get burneddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd?" and the immortal "Not he beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!!!!" Finally, what the hell is Ellen Burstyn doing in this, one of the finest actresses of all time? Did she kill scads of bees and had to atone for it by appearing in this mess?

I have to admit this movie so bad that it's good. I wish I gave it a 10 but I have to keep it real though. I think this movie is a shot for shot remake but the difference is that it's a women colt I think. The script is lazy, the writing is weak, the story is poorly told, and the acting is SOOOOOOOOO funny! Is it the worse remake of all time? No. Did they tried their best? Yes they did. This is my review on The Wicker Man (2006), one more thing. OH NO! NOT THE BEES! NOT THE BEES!!! AGHHHHHH!!! ALL OVER MY EYES!!! MY EYES!!! AGHHHH!!! AGHHHH!!!

Haunted by a tragic accident, a policeman is called out to an isolated island community to search for a missing child only for the habitants' strange rituals and ceremonies to infuriate him which causes him to discover what the real reason was for the ceremony.This has a few considerable flaws going for it. One of the main issues is that there's a problem with the way the investigation is handled which is a huge factor due to the majority of the time this spends on the investigation. Since the film relies on the fact that everything around him is lying and he's being deceived quite obviously, this one goes for the society seemingly playing games with him from the start even if they appear to be trying to help him for the first half here. At the very end, he starts going around and throwing his weight around to make up for all the lies that were told to him which really seems like an act which should've been done sooner, especially after the reception received. It might've worked better and had better results if he had done something sooner rather than let the investigation get that way. This one carries on a joke far too long and really drags this out. Another pretty big flaw is that there are no real surprises to be had from this since it plays out exactly as it originally did, and all the surprises and fun to be had from that one are gone because it is so familiar. Even the plot twist doesn't surprise, which is the greatest flaw in here as the film is built up to a twist out of nowhere that has none of the fear and dread featured in the original, effectively ruining all the momentum it would've had going into it the same. Even the tagged-on epilogue is a failure, as the movie should've ended with the twist rather than the lame gag given here which manages to end this on an even more sour note. There's even way too much insistence on jump- cuts, and while there's some visual impact or shock effect they're a really irritating distraction. There's so many that it can become blasé which is deadening because there's too many of them. Alongside some truly cheesy and silly set-pieces, there are some really big holes as this gets very little right. One of them is that the opening really works for the film as the everyday normality it opens to is expertly shattered with a brutal and shocking crash, and the eventual race before the fire burns everything is handled with some nice suspense. The search at times can be quite fun, as there are some really good scenes in here that are derived from that, especially the sequence where he gets stuck in the underground cavern or the room covered with bees. It gets considerably more active and intense towards the end after the changeover to their celebrations as the revelry and costumes makes for quite a fun, cheesy time. These, though, constitute the film's only good points.Rated PG-13: Language and Violence.