We tried watching the newer version but it was so bad we turned it off about half way through. That one had an “every man for himself “ theme where as in the original the characters were working together to survive. Signs of the times I suppose.
So many remakes are terrible because they don’t make you not care about the characters. The remake of Bad News Bears, besides being a pc diversity laden film, was so terrible it didn’t matter if they won or lost. Billy Bob Thornton was just a mean old drunk, whereas Walter Matthau was a grouchy drunk who learned to care about his team. I watched the original in the last month.