In 1992, the original Lawnmower Man was way ahead of its time. Because one of the greatest strengths of the sequels is that having Matt Frewer play Jobe was, if you squint, an upgrade. Why was Frewer such an interesting choice to bring into the paranoid VR world of The Lawnmower Man? The “real” Jobe (Matt Frewer) in Lawnmower Man 2. Interestingly, the original Lawnmower Man lacked this kind of Bond villain world-domination plot, which is part of the reason why Lawnmower Man 2 doesn’t feel like the original film at all.