The remake of "The Italian Job" was a big improvement over the original Michael Caine crap, entertaining and fast moving.
Except that it was stereotypical Hollywood pre-packaged dross, and a mere shadow of how good the first movie was.
John Carpenters "The Thing" I think was better than the original.
On-topic, can't wait to see the new version of the Dambusters. With the modern CGI gear it'll let them recreate more accurately what went on than the original movie.