It’s a world of remakes and reboots these days, from barn burner summer blockbusters like Twisters to the enduring success of the series Cobra Kai. Evidently, everything is ripe for a redux, and the newest title to be revamped is Terry Gilliam’s 1981 classic Time Bandits. And while series creators Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement and Iain Morris bring plenty of fun to the proceedings, there’s still a prevailing question of “why?” at the heart of this remake.

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Like the original film, Time Bandits follows a young history nerd named Kevin (Kal-El Tuck) whose bedroom inexplicably becomes the center of a major temporal dispute. Kevin goes from being able to see other times and places through his closet to getting accidentally taken in by a ragtag team who call themselves the Time Bandits. There’s the de facto leader Penelope (Lisa Kudrow), map expert Widgit (Roger Jean Nsengiyumva), empath........

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