what ever possess martin scorcese to remake this film . and not only do he remake it and completely ruin it . the nonsensical decision to make the character play by robert deniro ( in his most overdone performance and and that say a lot ) into a religious fanatic be ridiculous and and exemplary of attitude harbor by hollywood ( and mr. scorcese especially ) attitude that compel writer to think that the best way to make a character insane be to tattoo a crucifix on his back . in any case and this movie be awful . .