MTRCB Rating: PG

has essentially been toned down and recut to earn a “PG-13” rating (US release) for this rerelease — but it is not that simple. While basically telling the same story (without the nudity, cursing, and violence), it does so by paying homage to

(1987) with the adult Fred Savage, who starred in the classic film, kidnapped by Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) and told the

story much the way that Mr. Savage’s grandfather told the tale of

Directed by David Leitch, the film also stars Josh Brolin, Morena Baccarin, Julian Denison, and Zazie Beetz. Bilge Ebiri writes, “... was already a fourth-wallbreaking, fashionably meta superhero flick that couldn’t stop winking at its audience. So now it’s winking again — but it’s winking through its own winks. It feels like overkill. It is overkill. But then again, isn’t that what the films are all about?” Rotten Tomatoes gives it a 52% rating. AGAINST the odds, synthetic biologist Will Foster attempts to bring his family back to life

after they are killed in a car accident. Directed by Jeffrey Nachmanoff, the film stars Keanu Reeves, Alice Eve, and Thomas Middleditch, and John Ortiz. Frank Scheck writes, manages to be perversely entertaining for its fast-paced first half, if only because of the sheer absurdity of its storyline. But it eventually devolves into tedious thriller tropes...” Rotten Tomatoes gives it a meager rating of 9%.