It's the year for Korean remakes. THE CHASER was sold for a Hollywood remake, as was legal/kidnap drama SEVEN DAYS starring LOST actress Kim Yun-Jin. The much-delayed MY SASSY GIRL remake starring Elisa Cuthbert just went straight-to-video (and it's about as interesting as watching paint dry), THE HOST is getting a Chinese remake from Ning Hao (CRAZY STONE), ADDICTED became POSSESSION (and sunk without a trace, despite starring Sarah Michelle Gellar) and now the remake of K-horror film, INTO THE MIRROR has become MIRRORS, starring Kiefer Sutherland and directed by Alexandre Aja (HILLS HAVE EYES, HAUTE TENSION).

The film opened at number four over the weekend, with around $11 million in box office gross. Even worse, critics don't love it or hate it - they could care less about it:

"Ponderously paranormal film, which Fox withheld from critics for good reason, suggests a violent variant of the studio's megahit NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM." - Variety

"...MIRRORS, a slab of shoddy, hollow rubbish that can't be bothered to concoct imaginative frights or even tenuous bonds between its supernatural terror and its characters' human drama." - Slant Magazine

So THE LAKE HOUSE (remake of Korea's IL MARE) did okay box office, but POSSESSION, MY SASSY GIRL and MIRRORS have all splatted at the box office like an under-cooked flapjack. Is this because people are staying away from remakes? Or are these just bad movies? I tend to think it's the latter.