Worst Sequels Of All-Time (Batman and Robin Wins)

[Buscemi]

The Summer movie season is coming up and you know what that means? Sequels. From May to August, moviegoers will see at least ten sequels coming to theatres (such as sequels to Iron Man and Sex and the City, third installments to Toy Story and Twilight, a fourth Shrek and even a sixth chapter in Romero's Dead series).

Anyways, I decided that it might be fitting to do a tournament on the worst sequels of all time. Yes, we have great sequels (such as The Dark Knight) and good sequels (such as Shrek 2) but most sequels are usually bad or unneeded. The objective will be to nominate ten bad sequels in a big tournament with the bells and whistles.

My nominees for worst sequels:

Batman and Robin
Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
The Matrix Reloaded
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Spider-Man 3
RoboCop 3
Fast and Furious
xXx: State Of The Union
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Superman III

[numbersix]

Interesting idea. Here's a few of my least favourite sequels

Spiderman 3
The Matrix Revolutions
The Ring 2 (US remake)
Indiana Jones 4
Terminator salvation
Batman and Robin
Star Wars Episode 3
Jaws 3D
Alien Resurrection

[BanksIsDaFuture]

Rush Hour 3
The Matrix Revolutions
Scary Movie 3
Saw 2
Transformers 2
X-Men: The Last Stand
Waiting 2
Next Friday

[Buscemi]

Current list:

Batman and Robin (third, #1 in the nation)
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (seconded)
Highlander II: The Quickening (seconded)
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (seconded)
The Matrix Revolutions (seconded)
RoboCop 3 (seconded)
Speed 2: Cruise Control (seconded)
Spider Man 3 (seconded)
Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen (seconded)
Alien: Resurrection
Another 48 Hrs.
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Bad Boys II
Basic Instinct 2
Beastmaster 2: Through The Portal Of Time
Beverly Hills Cop 3
Blues Brothers 2000
Book Of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
Cocoon: The Return
Death Wish 3
Elektra
Fast and Furious
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
Ghostbusters 2
Grease 2
The Grudge 2
Hannibal
Hellraiser III: Hell On Earth
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Jaws 3-D
Jaws: The Revenge
Jeepers Creepers 2
Jurassic Park III
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
The Matrix Reloaded
Men In Black II
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Next Friday
The Next Karate Kid
Ocean's Twelve
Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
The Ring Two
RoboCop 2
Rocky V
Rush Hour 3
Saw II
Saw V
Scary Movie 3
Scary Movie 4
Son Of The Mask
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith
Step Up 2 The Streets
Still Waiting
Superman III
Teen Wolf Too
Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines
Terminator Salvation
Troll 2
Van Wilder: The Rise Of Taj
The X-Files: I Want To Believe
X-Men: The Last Stand
xXx: State Of The Union

[silversurfer19]

The Next Karate Kid
Son Of The Mask
Speed 2: Cruise Control
Blair Witch 2: Book Of Shadows
Dumb And Dumberer
Basic Instinct 2
Grease 2
Hannibal
Teen Wolf Too
Jeepers Creepers 2
Beverly Hills Cop 3
Pirates Of The Carribean 3
Highlander 2
Robocop 3
Another 48hrs
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
Jurassic Park: The Lost World

I'll leave it at that, though there are probably many, many more. And to be honest many of the sequels in my list were bad original movies in the first place.

[numbersix]

3 more

Highlander 2
Jurassic Park 3
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdrome

[Buscemi]

Looks like I'll nominate a few more (since no one is taking the 10 rule seriously, so it's gone):

Speed 2: Cruise Control
Jaws: The Revenge
Men In Black II
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
Troll 2
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Saw V
Van Wilder: The Rise Of Taj
Elektra
Resident Evil: Apocalypse

[silversurfer19]

Sorry, I didn't realise there was a limit, I was just thinking of movies off the top of my head. And a couple six and yourself have nominated since were on my list.

[Buscemi]

We can second titles. Helps titles get higher seeding.

[frendo]

Elektra's not a sequel. It's a separate comic, that happens to be in the Daredevil movie too.

[Buscemi]

I consider it a sequel since it's set in the same universe and Jennifer Garner appeared in both films as Elektra (though in Elektra, her costume was more accurate). Also, the film's opening directly references the end of Daredevil (as in, they show how Elektra came back to life in an scene takes place shortly after Daredevil defeats Kingpin while Elektra is thought dead in the first one).

Kind of like how The Incredible Hulk is actually a sequel to The Hulk since it directly references the first film's events.

[NSpan]

So what's worse: a bad sequel to a great movie or a really bad sequel to a movie that was shitty to begin with?

Surprised no one mentioned T3 yet.

[Buscemi]

In terms of general pain: sequels to movies that sucked to begin with.

In terms of having your dreams and happy memories kicked in the nuts, shat upon and thrown from a 110 story buiding onto an old Ford Econoliner filled with half of the Duggar family who proceed to steal your sperm and produce more cult members with your man juice: bad sequels to good movies.

[NSpan]

Maybe you should call it "Worst Sequels (to Good Movies) of All-Time"... There are just SO many bad sequels to bad movies (not to say sequels don't usually inherently suck--but the name change might provide some focus for your endeavor)

[silversurfer19]

So what's worse: a bad sequel to a great movie or a really bad sequel to a movie that was shitty to begin with?

I personally think a bad sequel to a great movie, as they already have a decent set up to work with and if they can manage to fuck that up then they deserve all the criticism they get. Having said that, it's not easy to make a sequel which can match up the expectations of a great first movie. I think it will be more interesting to take this angle though, but I guess first we have to decide what was a decent movie in the first place.

Surprised no one mentioned T3 yet.

I think T4 outdid T3, so I guess it has been lost in the mix.