Gla Babluani's English-language remake of his French debut loses the source's gritty, mysterious gloom.

"13'' is Gela Babluani's American remake of his successful 2005 Georgian-language film "13 Tzameti.'' He should have left well enough alone.

This is a lumpy, dumb, suspenseless thing that sometimes scarcely feels finished.

While Babluani successfully ratchets up the tension during the chilling roulette sequences, the dull subplots cause the story to flag badly outside of the competition.