YMMV / Brick Mansions

• Broken Base: While audiences and critics are unanimous in that Brick Mansions is a very inferior film to the original, some consider it to be not too bad thanks to its longer fighting sequences and wider story. Naturally, the points in which the two films differ are breaking on their own right:
  • Paul Walker's character is mostly considered dull, unoriginal and less badass than Cyril Raffaelli from the original. That said, some have noted that he has actually a better chemistry with David Belle due to the fact that Belle and Walker are not real life best friends like the two Frenchmen and this helps to realistically develop the tense relationship between Damien and Lino.
  • Lola being changed from sister to girlfriend to Lino is seen as a formulaic choice, even more considering than in the original she hit on Damien at the end. However, the original film's first draft had Lola as Leito's girlfriend and not sister, which some said that it could be uncomfortably noted through the finished script, so the change might be seen as an improvement.
  • Robert Maillet and Jeff Rudom are inevitably compared for their rather different portrayals of Yeti.
• They Changed It, Now It Sucks!: People's opinion of the remake is everything but nice. They usually cite the horrid dialogue, the fact that Walker is nowhere near Cyril Raffaelli in terms of skill or charisma for a film like this, and also that David Belle's scenes are often awkwardly filmed to hide the fact that he doesn't speak English.
• Unintentionally Unsympathetic: After the movie spends most of its time building Tremain as a ruthless gangster, it suddenly decides to treat him sympathetically by the end and even lets him get to run for mayor.