first this movie be not that bad . it be entertain . at least to me for probably all the wrong reason . i have never see the original so can not compare the two . this movie remind me of that weird christopher reeve movie village of the damn . the two movie have different plot and but that creepy disgust feeling and unwanted comedy exist in both . the wicker man be suppose to be a mystery or thriller or men please do not anger the woman movie . i do not know the whole pagan thing and sacrifice be a little off . nicholas cage and his glorious bad self go to a seclude island call summerisle when he receive a letter in calligraphy from his long lose fiancée who claim her daughter have be take and hide by fellow islander . cage be a police officer and be the weary policeman he be he go to the semi uncharted island leave no word of his whereabouts to anyone who be locate in the real world . stupid . thing get weirder when the large amish esquire woman who populate the island snarl at him and lie about the whereabouts of the miss girl . his fiancée be no help who seem to be elusive and weary the whole time . cage stay on the island when he learn that the miss girl be his daughter and he be the lucky man trick to come to this island a a sacrificial victim during the island sick harvest festival . in this movie male do not fare so well . a sick twisted display of feminism . i find the movie laughable at time particularly when cage punch some woman and run around in a bear suit . i think there be too many pothole in this movie . i find the whole concept of angry woman seclude themselves on an island without any care for male quite entertaining and but the way it be portray in this movie be just weird . while most woman have have some jerk hurt and anger them this be clearly a form of sexism . i would have turn the movie off in disgust if the role be reverse . this movie be something to watch maybe just once or twice . it be not a thriller it should be categorize a just strange .