Brett Blackmore is a high school senior whose exemplary GPA and college resume hides the fact that hes unintentionally sold his childhood for a future hes not even sure he wants. When his high-school senior prank goes wrong, his life crumbles before his eyes. In frustration he launches the F**k-It List - of all the things he wishes hed done but was too afraid. The list goes viral and touches a nerve with teenagers everywhere, exposing the educational-industrial plex as a money-machine designed to encourage anxiety-ridden parents to sell their kids into years of Tiger-Mom style servitude. Brett decides hes going to break free - and make a run for a future of his own design.

但是，虽然有着优胜情节和2亿美元的投资，这部开初十分被看好的重拍片终究却没能到达预期的水准，虽然高科技的手段简直让22年前没法想象的雄伟图景揭示，但导演对富丽视效和剧烈的动作戏的过度陷溺，却令一个本来极具吸引力的科幻故事，在冗杂的打架和僵硬的文戏中，堕入了80年月好莱坞动作片的陈词谰言。