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This story has a few tear-jerking elements in common with another more modern love story: that of Edward Cullen and Bella Swan.

Edward and Bella battle with the age issue as well - she's aging and he is not. While the supporting characters in the two stories are quite different from each other, each tale has a philosophical tug of war underlying the plot.

You can tell this is an early episode of The Twilight Zone, as the story is not as tightly woven, and the dialogue is a bit under par. But its commentary on aging and death is quite provocative.

Good early role for Kevin McCarthy. And Estelle Winwood maintains a spooky aura. But the others are not yet ready for primetime.

This movie was an okay way to pass the time on a day when you're not feeling well. But I wouldn't go out of of my way for it.

Linda Purl did all right, and convinced me that she was a little off-kilter. Linden Ashby is very handsome, but he didn't exhibit much emotion. He seemed mostly stony-faced.

I can truly say that the only person I really loved in the movie was the character Kevin, played by Bruce Dinsmore. I always enjoyed seeing him on the screen. Now he is someone I would make a point of following!

And even though her scene was quite short, Sophie Gedron looked pretty awkward. I've never seen her in any movie where she looked natural. I hope she comes to realize that acting is just not her thing. (Unfortunately, she the Octomom decided to get lip jobs, and their lips now overwhelm their faces. Too bad she decided to go that route.)

I elected to devote three hours to watching this remake because I am a big fan of the original movie. But this remake was painfully violent and gory. The writers left no stone unturned in thinking up new ways to show people dying in brutally vicious ways.

The original movie did not have this same level of violence and insanity. Yet it still kept an edge-of-your-seat level of suspense. It's too bad the producers of the remake felt that they needed a significant level of blood and guts to attract an audience.

Also, the commercials, which seemed to come every 10 minutes, kept breaking up the flow. It felt as if a full hour of the three was ads! It was hard to get into the story when it was only delivered in small chunks amidst frequent commercials.

There was indeed some good acting, however. Benjamin Bratt and Eric McCormack gave stand-out performances. They were fantastic. I also very much liked Daniel Dae Kim who was perfect in this role. Andre Braugher, however, was a little too over the top in his militarism, and became less than believable.

Summary: go rent the original and enjoy a fantastic adventure that can truly stand the test of time.