Old vs remakes

The Two films i am going to focus on is: LA Take-down and Heat. They are made by the same director: Micheal Mann

LA Take-down is a prequel, it was made before Heat. it was made in 1989, and it is argued that LA take-down was a used a basis for the successful crime film in 1995 called heat, the film consists of a bank heist being made by a group of criminals who hijack the bank vans and take the drivers hostage to get in the bank and steal all the money, however in both films one of the group shoots and kills the hostages, and so the police move in to take out the criminals and it leads to a shootout. 

At the end of the film the main character dies, in which in the films they are called: McLaren and McCauley. They even have similar names, people have given Heat better reviews and it was a more successful film, but delving deep you can see that most of the dialogue, the narrative structure and action and theme are taken from the first film.

The Film Heat was made afterwards, as if LA Take-down was a test to see if a film in that genre and structure would be successful and appeal to a larger audience, because all producers want to make a profit out of the film that they make, and the director wants to receive positive results so they can be offered more director roles in the future.

These films are 'old' as they did not have the technology that the current Hollywood has, with CGI and special effects, so the remake was treated as a copy as some people favor LA-take-down as it is original and Heat to be a 'copy' just to grab more money from the viewers, and this is what exactly Hollywood is doing at the moment, they remake films that do not create their own original idea, because that requires effort and a lot of money. Where as remaking a set idea with different actors and 'cool' effects can be a big hit and make more money than an original idea, to make it simple Producers/studios do not want to take risks funding a 'not tested' idea. 

I personally enjoyed Heat more, as it has my Favorite actor:  Al Pacino, also he is a favorite of many people as well, The film Heat was made 6 years later so there is an improvement in technology as well, The film Heat is known and more famous than its prequel, and it is more successful by its box office of $187,436,818. It was a success as it had more known and famous actors and it had a longer running time as well.