Well said, very well said. It seems like such a shame to waste him in a misbegotten remake of something that wasn't good the first time around, a remake so bad that one of its stars (Edward James Olmos) has been telling people not to watch it. He deserves better. And he works so well in period pieces. He has just the right look and feel for them.

muscle his way into the weird-ass indie shit like you find at Sundance where he can play strung out heroin pushers.

Ha! There's a vivid image. I'd go for that.