I find that international remakes tend to miss what makes the show great.
Japanese horror is one that comes up a lot. The reason Asian cinema is so different is that it comes from a different perspective. The storytelling is different, the things they consider important are different. Horror stories don't necessarily have a reason behind the horror. Everything's not necessarily wrapped up in a nice little package by the end of the film.
Similarly, classic Australian car movies. What's important there is the CAR, not the characters or the story. It's all down to different perspectives.
When you take something that is uniquely racial, and then try to change it, you lose the thing that made it unique in the first place.
That's not to say that you can't create something great, but it won't be the same.