[RickFLM4]

The Mariel boatlift was a pretty significant event in South Florida and, at least in my opinion, pretty integral to the storyline. Aside from that, the original did a phenomenal job portraying what was going on in a particular place at a particular time. I'm sure you can make a movie about someone coming from somewhere else to another city, but it seems like it would be a different movie, not a remake of the original. Sort of like someone remaking The Godfather with the Russian mob living in Chicago. Might be a good movie in its own right but wouldn't be a remake of The Godfather.