I had never seen the original and made the mistake of thinking this would be a good adaptation. I have come to the conclusion that people with no talent for writing should not be permitted to rewrite classics. The build up makes no sense since its all based on a lie and the ending just seems like the writers trying to force in police brutality when the situation is a little more complicated. If a police officer walks in and sees a man with a hook in his hand who appears to be suffering a possible disease that may be contagious moving menacingly toward a woman i would hope they would have this reaction. The threat on the female of incarceration if she doesnt agree with there story is ignorant and would have been unnecessary as there was plenty of reasoning for the officer to open fire. Well done you have written an unsatisfying garbage story while telling yourselves your clever. It would have been far better if the original candyman had been wrongfully killed especially with all the time spent tryin to make the audience sympathetic towards him.