Outland (1981)
The Accusation: Sean Connery's space sheriff waits in real-time for the arrival of a shuttle full of assassins. Any critics who didn't note the parallels to High Noon were fired. Probably.
The Spark Of Originality: To be f𓄧air, Connery only turns into Gary Cooper during the film's final💝 act. Until then, the plot is a cop thriller about a drugs ring.
Body Heat (1981)
The Accusation: Already wised up to a noir revival by 1981's earlier remake of The Postman Always Rings Twice , critics were quick to chorus that the details of Lawrence Kasdan's thriller - in which a lawyer helps his lover to kill the latter's husband - were modelled on Double Indemnity .
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
The Accusation: The giveaway is the pseudonym John Carpenter used for his credit as editor, John T. Chance - the name of John Wayne's character in Rio Bravo , the Western🀅 which provided Carpenter with his inspiration.
The Spark Of Originality: Updating Western tropes to the urban he💮llholes of 1970s action cinema, to create something that was as topical as it was timelesღs and mythic.
Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl (2003)
The Accusation: The characters were allegedly derived from 1990 computer game The Secret of Monkey Island , although what goes around comes around: the game's creators were themselves influenced by the Disney theme park that Pirates is officially adapted from.
The Spark Of Originality: Johnn🥀y Depp's portrayal of Captain Jack Sparrow as a washed-up rock-star of a pir💮ate, more staggering than swaggering.
