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When we saw the headline "Universal taking another Midnight Run," we were instantly appalled at the idea of a remake of the 1988 road movie starring Robert De Niro as a bounty hunter (apprehending an accountant played by Charles Grodin). Then we saw that it was going to be a sequel, and that De Niro would be reprising his role, and that it was his idea, and our disgust quickly turned to confusion. Does Midnight Run really need a sequel? Especially starring a 67-year old De Niro? We're not saying it'll definitely be terrible -- in fact, we can think of seven other De Niro films where a sequel would be a bigger travesty than whatever Another Midnight Run turns out to be. Little Fockers will be pretty awful, but these are the ones that signal Ragnarok.
Taxi Driver 2: One Last Fare
The elderly Travis Bickle is still driving a cab in New York City, and he keeps the clippings about that time he rescued Iris from a life of prostitution on his cab's plexiglass divider. One night, he picks up a young streetwalker who acts afraid for her life, and when she reads the news clippings, she asks him for help, telling him she's only 14 and that her pimp beats her. When the girl is pulled from the cab at gunpoint and taken away, Travis must decide whether to involve the police, or whether to take on one last fare. Starring Abigail Breslin as "Coco."
The Deer Hunter: Bloodlust
Mike Vronsky is still haunted by the death of his friend Nick in a game of Russian Roulette 35 years ago. So when he hears that his son in the Marine Corps (Mark Ruffalo) has gone missing in Baghdad, he catches the next flight to Iraq to track him down. But wandering the streets of the war-torn city, what he finds is even more frightening than facing a loaded gun.
We're Still No Angels
After helping washerwoman Molly raise her daughter Rosie in Canada, Ned is left alone when Molly dies and Rosie (played by Rumer Willis) joins a convent. But when the Mother Superior of the convent is found dead, and Rosie asks for his help, Ned calls on the only person he can trust to help him solve the case -- his old friend Jim (Sean Penn), who is now a Cardinal in the Catholic Church. Can two ex-cons turned holy men solve a crime that leads into a conspiracy of Biblical proportions?
Awakenings 2: Electroshock Boogaloo
Robin Williams reprises his role as Dr. Malcolm Sayer, who has been working on a new cure for catatonia ever since the L-Dopa trial failed. When he finally hits on the right combination of drugs and electrical stimulation, he immediately goes to try it on his friend Leonard Lowe, who bonded with Malcolm during his brief period of L-Dopa-fueled lucidity. With Leonard back among the living, the two of them rent a car and set out on a road trip to Las Vegas, with plenty of wacky hijinks along the way.
Mad Dog and Glory and a Baby
After fighting for Glory's freedom against mob boss Frank Milo, "Mad Dog" Wayne Dobie makes an honest woman out of her, proposing and moving in with her. A few years later, Glory gets pregnant, and both are overjoyed... until Milo's son (Matthew McConaughey) shows up on their doorstep. Turns out Milo never officially cleared Glory's debt, and now that Frank Jr. runs the mob, her unborn child will belong to him until it's paid off. Now Mad Dog has to come up with $40 grand or a mobster will get his firstborn!
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Returns
After setting himself on fire at the end of the last movie, Frankenstein's monster finds himself still alive, alone in the arctic with horribly burned skin. Finding and killing an Arctic explorer, the monster bandages himself beyond recognition and assumes that scientist's identity when he returns to civilization, claiming extreme frostbite. Taking over the man's laboratory, the creature sets about replicating the late Frankenstein's work and building himself another bride. Anne Hathaway plays the lab assistant who suspects her boss is not the same man he was, but has no idea just how right she is... or how much danger she's in.
Wag the Dog Again
When last we saw Washington spin doctor Conrad Brean, he'd hired a movie producer to fake a war and distract the press from a presidential scandal. But when a private corporation hires him to stage a fake public works project to cover up several massive post-bailout bonuses, Brean starts to question his choice of profession. With the help of an idealistic ecologist (Zac Efron) and a cantankerous engineer (Paul Giamatti), he hatches a plan to take that bonus money away from the executives and give it to people who actually need it.
What De Niro sequel would you actually like to see? Ronin 2? Raging Bull 2? The Godfather II Part 2? Take it down to Comment Town.
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