Redemption - robot style.

Rating: Null/10 (25 May 2001)

This movie is: a sequel, silly, boring, stupid, an attempt to change Shwarznegger's image, asinine, derivative, foolish (sorry wrong word, it's not that good), unimaginative, ridiculous, boring, did I say silly?, ill-written, ludicrous. Its computer graphics are old hat even at the time, and its overall tone is Die Hard 2-ish. It cannot hold even an unlit candle to the original.
The original had suspense, pace, believability [once the original premiss had been accepted], style, character development , love, hope and despair, and sorrow.
This rehash is not suspenseful since none of the characters even act threatened, and even LH's character becomes unsympathetic.
It is much too slow except for the obligatory fancified chase scenes which Hollywood now uses instead of suspense. It is completely unbelievable [maybe if the viewer hasn't seen the original..].
The sequel has a standard made-for-the-money Hollywood thriller style [Speed 2, Armageddon, Die Hard 2, any van Damme, most Stallone, all sNorris, films, etc. ].
Susan grows up in the two days or so of the plot. Reese realises that the world can be other than grim, and realizing that he is now a man out-of-his time and with no future, gives up.] What characters have development in the sequel, the two robots.
Love ? A boy for his robot? Give me a break! Hope? that this is the last of the genre? - ha, fat chance; Hollywood loves money, if nothing else. Despair? Really?
The original is based on stories by a fine American science fiction thriller author, Harlan Ellison. The remake, er sorry, sequel, does anyone know or care?
The original is a strange cross-time love story. The only love in the sequel is that of the makers for money.
In the original, we lose the hero at the climax, hence it is sorrowful. In the sequel, we lose the time we spent watching, hence it is only woeful,and at the climax, we lose the robot gee! and why?.
Sorry, guys and gals, if you like the remake, er sequel, you've been had.