Well, I had to watch it.  I knew it would be a disappointment, and it was.  I hoped for better, but there we are.

Most remakes suck.  A few don't.  A very few.

Michael Caine was good, as usual, but he didn't have anything to work with.  Jude Law seemed lost.  Harold Pinter took a fabulous story, tried to "update" and tinker with it, and only managed to make a mess. 

The original film was terrific.  If anyone has not yet seen either, forget this forced remake and rent the original.  Caine and Olivier were both brilliant in the original, as was the story and the setting.