if edward woodward be the the flick watch this film then that what he would scream out in horror . i be sorry folk but enough enough . we have get carter and the italian job and alfie and now this . what the similarity . no . it not exactly a coincidence that three of the original star maurice micklewhite and the other star another great british actor . the main common ingredient in those original be the britishness of the film . they weren not make to impress hollywood . they be quirky english film with a unique charm or atmosphere that just can not be replicate in the usa . the word be cult and what good way to destroy a cult film than to bastardise it with a remake or even a sequel . wicker 06 have a tough task before it even hit the road . wicker 73 be even more enigmatic that other say cult film while it defy genre and intelligent script and a grade actor and the music score and set piece that defy description and all the story surround the film . so here come a remake . don not worry . no original be harm in the making of this remake . some major aspect of the story need to be rework for the modern usa communication and paganism and virgin . but that just about the whole premise . so we give the cop a nam style trauma past complete with shock music flashback for the cheap scare . then with no mobile phone mast on the island that sort the communication out but in the real world this wouldn not happen . cop just do not go miss . give him a blood link for motivation rather than the clash of belief and you have the remake . wafer thin though and isn not it . it just that it be all lay on with a trowel . the name alteration be simply hammy and almost carry on and there be no sense of community on the island and no centre of town to catch your bearing and just a few house dot about a forest and that be it . willow be just annoy by not give out any info at all and cage be useless to let her get away with it . when he go into the well you just know he would get lock it . the screenplay be signpost all the way to the end and you just want it to hurry up and end . the epilogue be absolutely hilarious and do not know when to stop . that end be probably the best way to summarise the difference between the two . one end in the most beautiful sunset after the most horrific day . the other end with a post production explain it all to the thickies type conclusion . i love the original but go to the cinema with an open mind and be excite to see the film . i leave thankful in the knowledge that this film will probably end up beneath a highway somewhere only this time mercifully forget forever .