The '90s Film: As the new decade begat a golden age of African-American directors led by Spike Lee, race was at the forefront and Hollywood execs took note / cashed in.

Twenty years on, it's inexplicable that this crass, insensitive comedy - about a racist cop (Bob Hoskins) is haunted by the ghost of the dead black lawyer (Denzel Washington), whose heart has been transplanted into Hoskins - was greenlit. 

Certainly, never ever mention it to Washington, who sacked his agent after filming.

If They Have To Remake It: Something this bad taste can only be played for sick, satirical laughs.

Let's make the racist is an Islamaphobic Iraq vet, whose new heart came from a suicide bomber, who's now aggrieved at not getting the 72 virgins he was promised.