The 13 Most Misguided Movie Sequels Ever Made
The 13 Most Misguided Movie Sequels Ever Made
The most ill-conceived, misguided movie sequels screaming
From the article:
- Jaws: The Revenge (1987)
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
- Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
- Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
- Coming 2 America (2021)
- A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)
- Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)
- Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
- Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)
- Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
- Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)
- Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
- Curse of the Cat People (1944)
Quantumania wasn't bad. It just wasn't great. There are many Marvel and DC sequels that were worse both critically and financially.
We enjoyed Quantumania, but that could have been influenced by us watching it in a 4DX cinema. Sure there were issues, but it can't really be criticised for setting up Kang as the next big bad as that was the plan at the time.
Thank you.
Looks about right. Those that I have seen on this list were mediocre at best, and a far cry from the quality of the previous movie(s) which would have been fine being left alone.
Solid list. I only disagree with one of them, personally.
I nominate Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (free on Dailymotion)
The Marauders were the only good thing in this shitshow
Starship Troopers 3 at least had the power armor and a banger of a song for the new Sky Marshall
This list didn't include American Psycho 2???
or the last two Indiana joneses. I know it's all hip to hate on Star Wars but those were way worse than ROS.
You missed the meeting huh?
We all agreed that one doesn't exist. For reasons.
What were we talking about, I forget?
Until I read that comment I thought there wasn't a sequel lol.
It seems like I didn't miss anything.
American Psycho 2 wasn't all that bad. Remove the flashback scene tying it to the original and stop thinking of it as needing to be anything like the original and... it was fine.
This is the idea right here. It wasn't even meant to be a sequel, they slapped the name on it for recognition that ending flashback to her dad was a fucking tack on
Independence Day 2 is one of the worst movie ever. And why Charlotte Gainsbourg was here? She's useless, her character is useless, and she's a bad actress.
Compared to all of the other ones, Mission: Impossible 2 was the absolute worst of the bunch.
John Woo tried — he really did — but that script was brutal.
Every Fast and Furious sequal
I like Tokyo Drift :(
It received a "D" CinemaScore, the lowset ever for a superhero movie.
Except, it's not a superhero movie.
That is a solid list, but I nominate Lawnmower Man 2 as possibly the worst sequel of all time. The first movie was actually pretty great for it's time, but the sequel is just a nonsensical train wreck. Just take my word for it and don't watch it.
The first movie was actually pretty great for it’s time
Goodness. Did we see the same movie? Even with the better-than-Money-For-Nothing graphics the first one was not all that great of a movie to start with. Plus it tried to cash in on the hot streak that Stephen King stories were on at the time: the movie had nothing to do with the short story of the same name.
Still, I do not doubt your claim that the sequel was horrible.
Yes, we saw the same movie, but I really liked it. The actual Stephen King story is basically unrelated, it was a bizarre couple page short story about a weirdo that mows lawns with psychic powers and then ate the lawn clippings (yes really!).
As for the sequel, just imagine that whatever you would have rated the first movie out of 10, adjust it down by 8 points. Yes, you can go negative :)
Exorcist II is bonkers and worth a watch just for the craziness of it all.
I agree, I mean, it is objectively bad, but it is almost enjoyable with the right mindset.
I didn't even know about Die Hard 5, they ruined the streak.
On the other side of the spectrum, I really like Patrick H. Willem’s take on the best sequel ever: Mamma Mia 2.
Not the best movie that is also a sequel, but biggest improvement over the original.
I thought we all agreed that Paddington 2 was the best sequel ever?