Sequels: The Good, The Bad, and The Fugly [** NO LISTING **]

Worztron

What is the worst sequel to a great original movie that you've seen. The sequel can be #2, 3, 4, etc.

Zaph

Terminator 3 was pretty dire, but lucky for it Terminator Salvation saved it from being the worst sequel.

Harrocks

Hands down jaws the revenge ie 4.

paddy kerins

Bitch please, Batman & Robin. Pretty much put comic book films into ruin for a while

jack presley

One of my favourite films of all time is Get Shorty but its sequel Be Cool is appalling.

aidan_walsh

The first thing that jumped to mind for me was Robocop 3 (or at least it would have, if such a movie were to have existed) but damn there are a lot of good suggestions here.

leedslad

Staying Alive rubbish compared to SNF
Grease 2 a poor follow up

Deus Ex Machina

Aliens! Creaky loada bollox!

Keyzer

Highlander 2 and the ones that came after were complete horsesh1t...

Keyzer

Deus Ex Machina wrote: »

Aliens! Creaky loada bollox!

I'll take it you're joking...

If not, leave this earth immediately...

timewilltell

The Santa Clause 2


Just can't relive the magic.

Sigh.

wp_rathead

Jurassic Park 3
The Mummy 3
Alien 3

Plus the 3rd Omen film with Sam Neill in it- first to films were enjoyable

seeing a patern here?

uncleoswald

Blues Brothers 2000 was horrible idea, horribly implemented.

But the worst sequels are ones that manage to not only offer nothing worthwhile themselves but actually take away from the previous movies. Like in one of the Scream sequels it's discovered that the 1st's movies killers were actually just puppets for another less interesting killer.

And with that in mind I have to put forward Star Wars Episode I, II and III (I know they are technically prequels) as the worst. Hey remember all that stuff that Ben said about the past in A New Hope? Well it was all bollix and he now appears to be rather senile in retrospect.

razorblunt

All the final destinations, really liked the first was great fun, it quickly became "look how we kill these kids".

Hogzy

Pirates of The Caribbean. The first movie was great. All others were awful.

Killgore Trout

Keyzer wrote: »

Highlander 2 and the ones that came after were complete horsesh1t...

There should be only one!

mike65

This is an impossible task! So many sequels are now made, I'd say Superman IV - Quest for Peace must be down there, all the money had been spent by the time it was made so its practically a TV movie compared to the previous 3 (and no 3 wasn't much cop) Also you cannot have a character named Nuclear Man played by someone called Mark Pillow. Sorry.

abouttobebanned

It annoys me when people say Godfather 3. It really is a great stand alone film. But put it beside the other two and it becomes Daniel Baldwin. (Not to say that Alec and William are..well you know what I mean)

As far as sequels go...I'm just not a fan but you can't blame hollywood for making them. People will go to see them again as a way of somehow trying to recreate the original viewing experience.

The fact is, there is no sequel that is superior to the original. You can make arguments for Godfather, Terminator, Aliens...even Superman 2! But...the original created the moulds and, in my opinion, are purer films.

Paparazzo

Cars 2 was terrible.

doomed

Oceans 12 - a lazy holiday movie for overpaid stars if ever there was one

dark crystal

abouttobebanned wrote: »

It annoys me when people say Godfather 3. It really is a great stand alone film. But put it beside the other two and it becomes Daniel Baldwin. (Not to say that Alec and William are..well you know what I mean)

I absolutely agree with you here. I thought The Godfather Pt. 3 was a very good film and didn't deserve all the criticism it got at the time.
It suffers somewhat in comparison to the other two, but on it's own merits, it's a fine film indeed.

My vote would go to An American Werewolf in Paris...... the first film is a bona fide classic and one of my favourite films, however the sequel (if you could really call it that) is easily one of the worst films I've ever seen.

Sad Professor

Return of the Jedi. I'm sorry but it's true. The first two films are not just great Star Wars films, they are great films generally. Where as Jedi just sucks! Howard Hawks said that a good film has three good scenes and no bad ones, which rules out Jedi. It has three good scenes alright, but bad ones? - it's littered in them. It's only childhood nostalgia that prevents people from dismissing it as the terrible sequel that it is. I loved it when I was younger, but now I find it unwatchable in its entirety.

dilallio

For me both Highlander (1986) and Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) were very original movies, but the sequels were atrocious.

They made all the Police Academy sequels look like cinematic masterpieces in comparison.

ziedth

Oceans 12 by a country mile for me. Oceans 11 is actually one of my fav films. It's just so effortlessly cool but 12 was painful. It even has taken some of the shine off 11 for me.

Highlander 2 and Jurassic Park 3 are also right up there.

adox

Considering The Exorcist is such a fantastic movie, The Heretic was just appalling and the first one that sprung to mind.

johnny_ultimate

Ive always been morbidly curious to watch S. Darko. I see it's on Netflix. Perhaps some night when I'm feeling particularly masochistic... But if you get into low profile, cynical sequels of films you're in a while new ballpark.

X Men / Spiderman 3 are not follow ups to great films (although both first sequels are pleasantly competent at worst). However, they blow every single ounce of potential built up. Especially The Last Stand. After waiting two or three years for what was teased as an epic conclusion, we got a damp squib.

michaelduignan

Hangover 2?

sumsar

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Ive always been morbidly curious to watch S. Darko. I see it's on Netflix. Perhaps some night when I'm feeling particularly masochistic... But if you get into low profile, cynical sequels of films you're in a while new ballpark.

X Men / Spiderman 3 are not follow ups to great films (although both first sequels are pleasantly competent at worst). However, they blow every single ounce of potential built up. Especially The Last Stand. After waiting two or three years for what was teased as an epic conclusion, we got a damp squib.

I actually own S.Darko, being a big fan of Donnie Darko I just had to buy it.... I can confirm it is a pile of sh!t but she grew into a fine young lady.

Hogzy

michaelduignan wrote: »

Hangover 2?

I dont think it was worse. It was more the same :P

fealeranger

The Matrix was fantastic and then they made the second and third RELOADED AND REVOLUTIONS. I nearly cried they were so bad. American Ninja was another they made very bad sequels too. I think bar the Star Wars Empire Strikes back people will find it hard to find a good sequel to anything.
I forgot the Karate kid sequels and Kickboxer, Bloodsports...............the list is long and terrible.

pickarooney

Both the Jungle Book and Lion King sequels should be indicted for crimes against children.

JoeA3

Speed was one of the best action movies of the 1990's. Plenty of thrills, memorable set pieces, good chemistry between the characters, etc.

Speed 2 was none of the above!

e_e

paddy kerins wrote: »

Bitch please, Batman & Robin. Pretty much put comic book films into ruin for a while

I'm kinda thankful it was a piece of rubbish though because without it we probably wouldn't have the current Batman trilogy.

Slightly OT but I think Arkham Asylum/Arkham City are also more interesting than the Burton/Schumacher movies.

e_e

Battle Royale 2 was a bit rubbish but the antics of Riki Takeuchi kinda made up for it. Kind of a guilty pleasure for me, most ridiculous action movie I've ever seen.

Kash

The Matrix sequels - the original was magic, and the rest were seriously disappointing.

Edit: Ooops, missed the post above saying almost the same thing. Great minds

niallon

Escape From L.A
John Carpenter showing just how much of a one off all of his best ideas are, this should have never been allowed release, very much tarnishes the great original too unfortunately. This trailer really shows how wrong they got it, completely against the spirit of the first film.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drOdRwD1JF0

Also, how the flying f**k has nobody mentioned Kingdom of the Crystal Skull yet?!?!?!?!?!

tunguska

niallon wrote: »

Also, how the flying f**k has nobody mentioned Kingdom of the Crystal Skull yet?!?!?!?!?!

Kingdom of the crystal skull. Unbelievably bad. Harrison ford moves like the old man he is, you could literally hear his joints creaking and groaning. Should've left it alone and leave us with fond memories of the first 3 films when he was the man.

krudler

doomed wrote: »

Oceans 12 - a lazy holiday movie for overpaid stars if ever there was one

that Julia Roberts pretends to be Julia Roberts is some of the most vomit inducing celebrity injoke stuff ever put in a movie, the only scene of that movie I like is when Vincent Cassell dances across the museum floor, which was quite cool.

krudler

Sad Professor wrote: »

Return of the Jedi. I'm sorry but it's true. The first two films are not just great Star Wars films, they are great films generally. Where as Jedi just sucks! Howard Hawks said that a good film has three good scenes and no bad ones, which rules out Jedi. It has three good scenes alright, but bad ones? - it's littered in them. It's only childhood nostalgia that prevents people from dismissing it as the terrible sequel that it is. I loved it when I was younger, but now I find it unwatchable in its entirety.

still infinitely more watchable than the prequels. aside from the ewoks I love Jedi, the whole Jabbas palace sequence/sarlacc pit is cool, Vader's redemption is one of the greaetst scenes of the trilogy until they fcuked it up on blu-ray, and its still, almost 30 years later got the best space battle ever put on film.

Niles

I'd agree about the Matrix sequels letting it the original down.

paddy kerins wrote: »

Bitch please, Batman & Robin. Pretty much put comic book films into ruin for a while

And Batman Forever didn't really help matters... Yes I'm talking about that suit.

Niles

pickarooney wrote: »

Both the Jungle Book and Lion King sequels should be indicted for crimes against children.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdxQLB7RjbI

uncleoswald

razorblunt wrote: »

All the final destinations, really liked the first was great fun, it quickly became "look how we kill these kids".

But 2 and 5 are the best ones!? (Just noticed that the wiki page for Final Destination 1 gives away the great plot twist for 5

by causally mentioning it's a prequel

)

And Halloween 3 is quite good before anyone mentions the generally awful sequels to a great original film.

krudler wrote: »

still infinitely more watchable than the prequels. aside from the ewoks I love Jedi, the whole Jabbas palace sequence/sarlacc pit is cool, Vader's redemption is one of the greaetst scenes of the trilogy until they fcuked it up on blu-ray, and its still, almost 30 years later got the best space battle ever put on film.

Not great by any means but enough good to keep it off of any "worst" list. Luke and Vader clashing lightsabers still gives me goosebumps.

Blair Witch 2 deserves a mention. The makers brought a new form of horror to the masses, way ahead of it's time as we see now, and then they decide to cobble together a completely generic cash-in sequel and kill the series dead. They must be looking at Paranormal Activity 58 and thinking what could have been...

Zander1983

has to be hangover 2

uncleoswald

uncleoswald wrote: »

Blair Witch 2 deserves a mention. The makers brought a new form of horror to the masses, way ahead of it's time as we see now, and then they decide to cobble together a completely generic cash-in sequel and kill the series dead. They must be looking at Paranormal Activity 58 and thinking what could have been...

The makers of the original served as executive producers but they had no real input. The priduction company Haxan Films who were behind the first wanted to hold off till the hype was over before starting work on a sequel but Artisan wanted to cash in as quickly as possible and make a quick buck. Shame that the series ended with part two as the possibilities for sequels/prequels there is far more interesting than wgats been done with the Paranormal Activity series.

humanji

niallon wrote: »

Also, how the flying f**k has nobody mentioned Kingdom of the Crystal Skull yet?!?!?!?!?!

Because it doesn't exist. There were only 3 Indiana Jones movies.

Zaph wrote: »

Terminator 3 was pretty dire, but lucky for it Terminator Salvation saved it from being the worst sequel.

I just spent 10 minutes wondering if Salvation was a prequel or a sequel. It's set after 3, but before 1. I decided that it was just sh*t and moved on.

FlashD

I remember being really disappointed with Kingdom of Crystal Skulls, built that one up way too much.

I was wary of Lucas after the new Star Wars trilogy but I thought with Speilberg on board everything would be kept in check.

Seemingly not. Both have become lazy.

Brendog

Saw 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 3D

The first one was brilliant

sideswipe

dumb and dumberer nuf said!

Ridley

pickarooney wrote: »

Both the Jungle Book and Lion King sequels should be indicted for crimes against children.

Could be worse, The Land Before Time got twelve sequels.

Padraig Mor

dilallio wrote: »

For me .... Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) were very original movies, but the sequels were atrocious.

Except Wes Craven's New Nightmare (the seventh in the series!) which is, in fact, fantastic!

Minstrel27

Could Evan Almighty be considered a sequel to Bruce Almighty? If yes then that's my vote. Pure horse **** and the worst film I have ever paid to see in a cinema.