The remake faced an uphill battle trying to live up to the quality of the 1962 film, and while it doesn’t quite reach that level, it manages to be reasonably good. Liev Schreiber portrays Gulf War veteran and current Congressman "Raymond Shaw," who is a serious contender for Vice-President, encouraged by his overly ambitious Senator mother (Meryl Streep). Simultaneously, his former captain, "Marco" (Denzel Washington…