nowhere near the original . it quite accurate copy bring nothing new to the story . but the directing be very poor . basinger be weak without good directing . baldwin be simply just a second league compare to mcqueen . i watch it just out of curiosity and be a huge fan of peckinpah masterpiece and and i get what i think . almost a b movie with second rate acting and directing . i wasn not even disappointed and i just do not know what they be try to do . this remake doesn not try to play with the original material and it not a tribute and indeed it lack some really good actor of it era . it remind me of a bad xerox copy of wonderful photograph . this be a complete waste of your time . save yourself 2 hour or watch the original ( againpositive . ) ) .