Rollerball (2002)

Okay, we get the idea that sci-fi films are supposed to take place in the future. But maybe MGM's been taking that concept a little too seriously, since the release date of this remake of James Caan's 1975 death-sport actioner has been pushed around like a tackling dummy. Originally scheduled for last August, ''Rollerball'' stars Klein as a hunky loner who excels in a rock 'em–sock 'em arena sport where motorcycle-riding thugs pop wheelies and jawbones. ''I wasn't even alive when the first 'Rollerball' came out,'' says the 22-year-old actor, ''but it's a killer film. For that time, it was the brink, so we've got a big challenge.'' It may be bigger than he thinks. Norman Jewison, who helmed the original, has reportedly bad-mouthed the new version. And after director McTiernan (''Die Hard,'' ''The Hunt for Red October'') screened an early cut of the remake for ''Ain't It Cool News''' Harry Knowles -- which the Internet movie guru proceeded to savage on his website -- studio execs asked McTiernan to trim the movie's violence and nudity in order to earn a PG-13. In other words, we'll be seeing a lot less of Romijn-Stamos, who stripped down in a once-touted sauna scene. Not that she minds keeping her clothes on. ''I mean, everyone's already seen that side of me,'' the sometime swimsuit model says. ''They know what I look like.''