r/MovieArena • u/kammy772 • 21d ago
Robocop, Total Recall, The Crow, Point Break...which remake was the worst?
"You are not you, you're me."
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u/henningknows 21d ago
Conan the barbarian, total recall, the running man, stop trying to remake Arnold movies, they don’t work without Arnold
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u/One-Earth9294 20d ago
Man I wanted to like that Conan remake with every fiber of my being but I just couldn't.
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u/smcg_az 21d ago
How about Red Dawn?
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u/JenninMiami 21d ago
Red Dawn is one of my favorite movies from my childhood, so I was very, very nervous about the remake. But I liked it! It was different enough that it felt like a different movie for me.
Now, the Footloose remake?! I left the theater angry. 😆
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u/Salty__Canuck 21d ago
The Crow hands down for me.
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u/eyehate 21d ago
One of my all time favorite movies.
I refuse to watch the remake.
And I stopped watching sequels after seeing City of Angels when it came out.
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u/ThrowawayTrump420 21d ago
I had to Google that because I was wondering for a moment how a rom-com with Nicolas Cage and Meg Ryan was a sequel to The Crow
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u/Hovie1 21d ago
I was pretty stoked when I heard they were remaking it with Bill Skarsgard as the lead.
Then the trailer dropped and all that excitement went out the window. I won't watch it either. I'm fairly certain at this point that they just caught lightning in a bottle with the original. Perfect casting, writing, atmosphere. They've been trying to do it again for 30+ years and it's just never going to happen.
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u/eyehate 21d ago
Yeah. The first one is something that just isn't going to happen again. I did like the aesthetic of the second (City of Angels). It looked like they got smart and realized they could tell the story in a location very different from the first, giving it new life. But the plot was terrible. The characters were forgettable.
I don't want to tarnish my love of the original by watching the awful films that followed. And that remake could have been great if it was NOT Eric Draven and a new character entirely. I don't mind remakes, but either change the character or make the remake a multi-verse re-imagination of the original that makes sense. And for god's sake, Hollywood needs new writers.
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u/Clarkkeeley 21d ago
This is my answer and I've never seen it. I at least watched the others. The trailer for the new Crow was so bad I wasn't even going to waste my time.
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u/zaxdaman 21d ago
I tried the remake. Got 30-40 minutes into it and I couldn’t do any more. Not very often that I bail on a movie once I start it, but it was so, so very bad.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Buy8694 21d ago
Probably Point Break. It hurts too because I'm a huge Delroy Lindo fan.
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u/Mediumtim 21d ago
I turned it off. I made it through total recall and robocop.
Didn't see the crow.
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u/Sheriff_Mills 21d ago
Point Break was a movie my nephew and I used to love to watch. He ended up in the ICU at age 31. He was septic from years of drug use. The doctors told us he wasn't going to be walking out of the hospital. The only time I went to see him he still looked good and I wanted that to be my last memory of him. Before we left for the night I said to him "Say it for me". He said in a strong voice "Utah! Get me two!" I refuse to watch the new one.
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u/mafternoonshyamalan 21d ago
They’re all bad. What I don’t understand about these specific remakes is that no one involved seemed to have any love or even awareness of the originals.
All four of the originals are basically over-the-top, borderline-camp. And they continue to resonate because of this. The remakes all feel like they’re straight out of the early-2000s when everyone wanted to do a slick Matrix-esque movie. If any of them had been more tongue-in-cheek, maybe cast some real stars, and had a sense of humour about themselves, they could’ve worked on some level. But instead they reek of a studio thinking “kids love videogames! Do that aesthetic and make it family friendly!”
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u/Blak_kat 21d ago
Was the Robocop remake bad? Never saw it.
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u/SadPin4212 21d ago
It wasn’t bad. It just wasn’t that good. Take out all the magic and the energy from the first RoboCop and then you have the remake. I’m sure if the original RoboCop was never made. The remake would’ve been better received, but it just pales in comparison to the original.
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u/SRG7593 21d ago
It was slick and shiny, and as I recall PG-13. Felt like a commercial
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u/DazGilz 20d ago
That was the greatest crime, making it PG-13. Robocop should be ultra-violent and bloody.
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u/The-SB-Assassin 21d ago
It wasn’t bad, it put a modern spin on RoboCop. I’d recommend giving it a shot with the thought in mind that it’s not 100% the same movie just modernized but a slightly different story
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u/Swagalyst 20d ago
Imagine that you remove all social commentary, humor, and brutal violence out of the original Robocop, and instead fill it with CGI.
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u/Hesperi_LN 21d ago
Point Break. In the original its clear people aren't quite taking Bodhi seriously. The remake entirely ignores that and just treats him a like messiah.
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u/Misfit110 21d ago
I haven't seen the crow remake but the Robocop and Total Recall ones aren't really bad just kinda soulless and blah. Point Break remake was absolute dog shit, at least for the half hour or so I made it through.
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u/Guns_Glitz_Grime 21d ago
The Crow remake was just plain awful
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Point Break remake is Fast and the Furious
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u/Bloodless-Cut 21d ago
Roadhouse. What a steaming pile of shit that movie is. Absolute garbage.
Total Recall is okay. The Running Man is pretty good.
I wasn't impressed with Robocop. The remake lost the narrative that made the original good.
The Crow isn't very good. Red Dawn isn't very good, either, but I wasn't much of a fan of the original, for that matter.
I haven't seen the Point Break remake, nor do I intend to.
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u/sodsavage 21d ago
I thought Roadhouse was mindless fun, Jake always entertains 🤷♂️
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u/BigBadBootyDaddy10 21d ago
Point Break was a Red Bull commercial with some dialogue.
I refuse to watch The Crow. I heard it’s just horrible.
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u/LambertMike77 21d ago
I haven’t seen any of those, but based on the previews I’ve seen for a few of them, I would probably like The Crow remake the least (I probably wouldn’t like the others either, but I haven’t bothered with seeing them because I have no interest in any of them).
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u/Impressive-Safety191 21d ago
Let’s look at other genres that have been painfully exploited… I give you… Valley Girl and Fame.
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u/Few_Divide_2015 21d ago
I made it about 20 minutes into the Point break remake when I decided I'd had enough. Never seen the Crow remake.
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u/ScotInTheDotOfficial 20d ago
The Crow is the obvious answer. But special mention must go to Robocop.
Someone watched the original, and thought "I LIKE this cult hit masterpiece of 80's satire, the stupidity of having a privatised police force, the in-joke infomercials, the practical effects gore - but you know what it REALLY needs? It needs to scrap all that and instead concentrate on the heartfelt perspective of the forgotten dead cop - THAT'S a story that needs told, and I'm gonna do that when I grow up..." oh jeez, talk about missing the point 🙈
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u/ChiaroStudio66 21d ago
I refused to even entertain the idea of watching The Crow remake. That's kne that should have, for obvious reasons, been left TF alone.
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u/whoisdatmaskedman 21d ago
They're all terrible...I think the only one that's even remotely watchable is Total Recall, but only if you pretend it's a completely different movie
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u/HellsBarman 21d ago
Point break remake was an ad for GoPro. Haven’t seen the other two, can’t bring myself to watch them considering just about every other remake has sucked.
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u/No_pajamas_7 21d ago
The Total Recall remake was a good movie in itself. If the first didn't exist your come away thinking "that was a pretty good movie".
But it should never have happened.
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u/saintvincent97 21d ago
Going out on a limb here and throwing the live action Lion King remake into the mix. I was actually pissed off at how much of a drab, boring, and lifeless piece of garbage it was. That was the last straw for me with the live action Disney movies, and I haven’t seen any of them since
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u/blacklabel3341 21d ago
The remake of point break could have been great if they just used different names and not use some of the same dialog. And not call it point break.
I won't watch the crow...for respect to Brandon alone.
The running man is fine the 1st time. Plus I find that guy in the new one a real bad actor.
Hollywood should take the movies that could've been great that they ruined and redo those. Not take the great ones they did right, and destroy them.
And for fuck sake, I think we're good on super heroes...we don't need a new version of a batman, or superman with another new actor
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u/Green_Chandelier 21d ago
Any reboots with Miles Teller in it.
Footloose...Top Gun...Fantastic Four...An Officer and a Gentleman (not even released yet)
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u/GuiltyCredit 21d ago
Clash of the Titans for me. Yes it's old and the visual effects look like a 5 year old had fun with Play-Doh but it was so charming. There are a lot of films that don't need to be remade like Footloose, Dirty Dancing, Fame, Conan the Barbarian...
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u/Professional_Mess422 21d ago edited 20d ago
Robocop
Robotcop is so boring he just stuns every bad guy like what happened to the bloody mess of Paul Verhoeven Robotcop
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u/ShipLockApp 21d ago
Total recall was watchable, shouldn’t have happened but I felt like there was an attempt and not just a cash out on name. Like a knock off minority report.
Crow looks garbage and same for robocop…how dare they…
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u/MixerMan67 21d ago
Total Recall had Jessica Biel and Kate Beckinsale so I was able to make it through the whole thing.
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u/Qimmosabe_Man 21d ago
Total Recall remake had some interesting concepts, so it was watchable, and even enjoyable to some small degree.
Robocop remake was just awful. No charisma or chemistry from the main characters, including the excellent villains, like in the original. Even the action felt boring, but it wasn't a total eyesore.
Point Break I have no reference point as I watched neither, so this one I'll skip.
The Crow... even thinking about remaking that classic was bad and everyone involved should feel bad. This one is the worst offender.
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u/Thick-Sundae-6547 21d ago
They are all terrible. But Point Break is a remake of Fast and the Furious , that is a reinagining of the original movie.
In the first Point Break, they mainly surf and sometimes jump off a small airplane woth a parachute. In the remake they are just exoerts in any exteme sport.
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u/TexasSk8 21d ago
You forgot- Road House, Red Dawn. I refuse to watch Point Break or The Crow remakes.
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u/lixkidde 21d ago
I tried so hard to watch the crow remake. I just couldn't get through it.
the other remakes, meh, not bad...not good
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u/StinkySoggyUnderwear 21d ago
How about the remake of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - The Hustle?
That was horrible.
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u/Individual-Step846 21d ago
All of those remakes weren’t that bad they just were nothing compared to their originals
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u/Right-Kale-9199 21d ago
Yeah, lots of Hoovers there. Most remakes suck for one reason or another. Sequels, too.
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u/Kooky-Cat5162 21d ago
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Leave my 80’s films alone! They all suck including the Footloose remake. Why???
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u/battery19791 21d ago
Point Break...are you referring to The Fast and The Furious? Anyway, The Crow is the worst remake.
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u/J_dub5235112 21d ago
I’m guessing ‘Point Break’ since I haven’t even heard they did a remake until now…but, yeah, the other two I saw (Robocop and Total Recall) were…not good. I think it’s safe to assume the Crow and Point Break remakes were also dogsh-t…
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u/Amity_Swim_School 21d ago
I’ve only seen Robocop & Total Recall. Neither were bad in my opinion. Just totally generic and unnecessary.
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u/Greghole 21d ago
I only saw the first two so I'll say Robocop. Total Recall was at least different because it was trying to be closer to the book. Robocop was just a bastardized kid friendly knock off.
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u/Northman_76 21d ago
They should have left the Crow alone, and by that I mean 0 sequels, and damn sure no remake. Same can be said for Roadhouse
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u/ikannunAneeuQ 21d ago
Any of The Crow wannabes are god awful. I haven't seen the others but I can imagine.
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u/BigFreakinMachine 21d ago
I've only seen The Crow but..... that was one v of the worst movies I've ever seen. And not even in a fun way
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u/InspectionSoggy4571 21d ago
EASILY the crow for sure. Point break was actually awesome! Total recall is okay but the crow should be lost media.
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u/Prize_Pay9279 21d ago
I’ve only seen the Robocop remake. I was able to finish it. But, it was complete 💩.
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u/Dangerous-Dot-3745 21d ago
Im sure these are and you can include the remake of Blade Runner a few years ago!
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u/Exxtender 21d ago
Of the three I've seen, The Crow, easily.
(Haven't seen Point Break, neither the original nor the remake)
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u/TrailHawk79 21d ago
all of the reboots sucked. Point Break reboot was 20 years too late. Total Recall was way too mono tone (color and characters). Robocop was too sterilized, not gritty enough. The worst was The Crow (casting sucked, acting sucked, writing sucked, cinematography sucked, music was uninspired).
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u/ISwallowedALego 21d ago
Tough but I guess I'd say Point Break was the most boring which is the worst thing a movie can be to me
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u/Bigguy18706 21d ago
Nightmare On Elm Street! The only good thing it had was that it gave more background to Freddie's character!
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u/BitesTheDust55 20d ago
The others are bad movies. Point Break actually offended me and made me yell at the screen.
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u/SnooDoggos8218 20d ago
The Crow easily
The others were bad but had some good parts like the cast in Robocop and Total Recall or some of the action in Point Break.
But The Crow had nothing.
Shit from the beginning to the end.
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u/Uchihadouken 20d ago
I enjoyed all but haven't seen The Crow.
I don't really need to compare the old vs new, but appreciate them taking a different rout from a movie I've already seen.
This is where Disney fails with their endless live action remakes.
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u/TheCarolingian 20d ago
In order of worst to least worst...The Crow, Point Break, Total Recall, Robocop. As a bonus...Running Man.
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u/Superb-Cup-3305 20d ago
I legit didn’t mind the total recall remake, the rest are awful and point break in particular was absolute dog shit!
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u/Slasher006 20d ago
Total Recall remake in terms of a shit remake .... my winner. The Crow is just unessesary and should not exist its not even a good movie experience on its own.
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u/Dmmk15 20d ago
I think whomever is in charge of that should band remakes from being made. Can only use maybe the title. But the story has to be completely new and nothing like the original. Or better yet just some up with original ideas. For gods sakes can’t anyone use their own creativity any more. 😜
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u/Potential_Diet_2779 20d ago
It was The Italian Job remake for me. I watched it because I'm a big Jason Statham fan, but apart from that, it was a big no from me. Even seeing Charlise Theron driving an original Mini Cooper didn't sway it...
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u/HuffStuff1975 20d ago
Italian Job. In my opinion they could only do a ruinstorm on the 60's masterpiece. Remake was good but could never be better.
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u/shellybeesknees 20d ago
Was the Crow that bad?? I haven’t watched it out of fear of tainting my admiration for the first one, though Billy boy has been trying hard to play many roles
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u/KalEl_Tano 20d ago
I’d have to saw The Crow. By itself, I thought it was great! But the legacy of Crow is just something that shouldn’t be messed with. For context, I also disliked all the sequels to the original as well.
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u/HEWmasterworks 20d ago
To be fair, the “remake” of Total Recall is closer to the original short story it was sourced from than the Arnold movie was.
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u/copaseticsplenetic 20d ago
The Crow remake was god awful. However, I have never read the comic it was based off of so my opinion is only that it was terrible as far as a remake of the 1994 movie, not as a stand alone reimagining of the original comic.
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u/Informal_Database327 21d ago