Poll Rate it: Salt (2010)

Trivia : The character of Salt is named for the Strategic Arms Limitiation Talks (S.A.L.T.) in 1969 and 1979 between USA and Soviet Union during the Cold War. -- derralf

Poll Rate it: Patriot Games (1992)

Trivia : Although this film was a sequel to The Hunt for Red October, the action of the original novels was in the opposite order: the novel "Patriot Games" was a prequel. Presumably the change was made because Harrison Ford is older than Alec Baldwin. -- derralf

Poll Rate it: Clear and Present Danger (1994)

Trivia : The scene in which the convoy of Suburbans is attacked by the drug cartel is now actually used as a training video in US government agencies. The footage was also used in an episode of "JAG" (1995). -- derralf

Poll Rate it: The Quiet American (2002)

Trivia : The US release of this movie was delayed for more than a year by the terrorist attacks on the USA of 11 September 2001. The producers were concerned that it would be seen as anti-American. -- derralf

Edit : has been polled as a weekend comparison (1958 vs. 2002) one and a half years ago.

Poll Rate it: Dead Calm (1989)

Trivia: The movie is based on the novel "Dead Calm" by Charles Williams. Orson Welles had filmed it under the name of "The Deep" (previous title: "Dead Reckoning"), based on his own script. The film starred Jeanne Moreau, Laurence Harvey, Michael Bryant, Welles' then-wife Oja Kodar, and Welles himself. The original story had more characters in it ( Read more... )

Poll The Quiet American (1958 vs. 2002)

err : remake, not sequel -- derralf