15 Reboots Worse Than the Original Movies
by
Joal Ryan, for Metacritic
– July 5, 2016
As the Melissa McCarthy-led Ghostbusters may attest, it's not easy being a reboot. Here's a look at 15 reboots, from the mere misfires to the flat-out flops (based on Metascores) that failed to match the acclaim or impact of their predecessors.
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photo by Lionsgate
Though a cult favorite now, Arnold Schwarzenegger's Conan the Barbarian was hardly a critical success back in 1982. So, it shouldn't have been hard for the 2011 reboot to surpass it. But the new Conan couldn't do it.
“The re-whatevered Conan the Barbarian feels unexpectedly low-rent.” —Jaime N. Christley, Slant Magazine
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