Summary

Disappointing picture show subsequence were aplenty in the 2010s . As the era of live - natural process remakes shoot off , studio apartment look to their existing informatics for leisurely - to - produce movies . However , some sequels were not uncalled for but simply flunk to hold out up to expectation . Whether continuation like this come a year or 20 years subsequently , they face the challenge of continuing a great story but lack the quality or gravitas of their predecessors . bequest sequelshave to contend with decades of anticipation , make them all the more unsatisfying if they are not right .

That is not to say that unneeded sequels are not typically the one that fail . However , the most insure setup for a disappointing subsequence is when it completely ignore what made the first one expectant . It is not uncommon for bold and canny action movies to devolve into generic franchises over time . On the other bridge player , movies featuring intelligent storylines have been brought down by sequels that amount to empty entertainment .

With so many sequel and remakes materialise in Hollywood , there are a few that fans wish were n’t happening because they wo n’t live up to the original .

Sequels and remakes

10Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)

Will Smith leaving spelled doom for the Independence Day sequel.

9Sex And The City 2 (2010)

Sex and the City 2 ruined the legacy of the TV show.

8Cars 2 (2011)

Cars 2 has none of what made Cars a good movie.

car 2 is a James Bond lampoon that lacks the sophisticated emotional plot line of its predecessor .

Carsis a down - to - ground , heartfelt pic about the pitfall of fame , the brokenheartedness of being bury , and reevaluating one ’s priorities . Cars 2is a James Bond spoof that lacks the sophisticated emotional plot line of its predecessor . It fails to add anything to the original taradiddle : Lightning learning to appreciate Mater is pointless because he is supposed to have learn this in the first movie . auto 2is an improbably unsatisfying sequeland one ofPixar ’s worst film . Cars 3is generally considered as not as good as the first movie but an advance fromCars 2 .

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Cars

Kaitlyn Santa Juana as Stefanie looking horrified in Final Destination Bloodlines

75 %

80 %

Cars 2

Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker, Dark Phoenix, and Terminator Genysis

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40 %

49 %

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Liam Hemsworth flying a spaceship in Independence Day Resurgence

69 %

68 %

7Alice Through The Looking Glass (2016)

Disney overplayed its hand with the live-action Alice in Wonderland.

While it did n’t receive the good of brushup , Disney ’s live - action take onAlice in Wonderlandwas undeniably successful , cross the billion - dollar mark at the box office . With thelive - action remaking trendgaining adhesive friction by the mid-2010s , Disney took a injection at a continuation … which did n’t mold out . Alice Through the Looking Glassis a flat movie that unwrap the happy ending and lessons learn of the first movie , only for the characters to redundantly get back on racetrack . Everything in between is meaningless whimsey and sickeningly shiny configurations .

6Zoolander 2 (2016)

Even the stars were not happy with Zoolander 2.

Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson’sZoolanderbecame a cult classic , and broadly speaking , making a continuation to a cult classic does n’t work out . By definition , the first picture show ’s succeeder was despite unfit reviews , often due to a strange charm suited to the epoch in which it came out . Zoolander 2was a box part turkey and vital failure , partly due to marketing problems and soaked competition ( viaTheWrap).Benedict Cumberbatch also says thatZoolander 2was a mistake , in agreement with the disputation of him fiddle a non - binary model .

5Terminator: Genisys (2015)

Genisys once again failed to save the Terminator franchise.

While it is not theworstTerminatormovie , Terminator : Genisyswas another dissatisfactory attempt to contribute the franchise into the twenty-first century . GenisysrepeatsTerminator : Salvation’smistakes , recasting most of the master roles for a flabby reboot . The aboveboard unsympathetic - loop approach to fourth dimension travel of the other movies is long gone , with the timeline becoming increasingly puzzling . Genisys’biggest Christ is the riposte of Arnold Schwarzenegger . This may have caused the producer to realize that bringing Linda Hamilton back would aid the next movie;Terminator : Dark Fatedid indeed receive better reviews .

4A Good Day To Die Hard (2013)

A Good Day to Die Hard ruins John McClane’s character.

A Good Day to croak Hardis generally tell apart as the dissatisfactory closing to a dealership that start with a genre - delineate action movie . The motion picture ’s bountiful criticism is thatJohn McClane is no longer the everyman that people make out and sleep together . With the game growing into an international espionage engagement , the pic is overwhelmed with nonmeaningful legal action . What can be said forDie Hardis at least the studio did not judge to revive the series with even more disappointing sequels .

3Taken 2 (2012)

Taken 2 is a forced continuation of a one-off adventure.

Despite mediocre recapitulation , Takenis regarded as an fantabulous action picture that engender its own wedge - music genre , and functions as a self - contained , standalone dangerous undertaking . However , Taken 2introduces a relative of a previous baddie out for revenge , so Liam Neeson ’s Bryan Mills will be forced back into military action . Like with theDie Hardmovies , Takenbecame more generic as time went on . The Rotten Tomatoes slews certify how the enfranchisement got worse with each continuation . With the drastic drop betweenTakenandTaken 2 , it is a surprisal thatTaken 3was even made to begin with .

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60 %

Carrie and Samantha on the plane in Sex and the City 2

85 %

Taken 2

22 %

Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, and Penelope Cruz in Zoolander 2

52 %

Taken 3

13 %

Terminator Genisys promotional image of the cast

43 %

2X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019)

The movie that finally killed the Fox X-Men franchise.

Fox’sX - Menmovie franchise saw its ups and down , from the average original trilogy of the 2000s to the surprisingly good do - over ofX - Men : day of Future Past . There were some spectacularly bad moments , but also awesome ones : The MCU ’s Quicksilver fell monotone after Evan Peters ' high - speed scene . However , after the redundancy ofX - Men : Apocalypse , X - man : Dark Phoenixbrought the series to an end . dour Phoenixreplicates many of the musical rhythm fromX - Men : The Last Stand , with some additional bungled subplotsintroducing bizarre new threats . Dark Phoenix’sdisappointing carrying into action was fall out byDisney buying out Fox .

Sequels can fall into the trap of replicate the original moving picture with fib beats , narrative , and graphic symbol arcs , but that does n’t always make them bad .

1Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker (2019)

The Rise of Skywalker highlighted the overall problems with the sequel trilogy.

Star Wars : The Rise of Skywalkermost effectively illustrate theStar Warssequel trilogy ’s problem with different director telling their own report and turn down to collaborate .

unluckily , the Skywalker Saga ofStar Warsdid not get the conclusion it deserve . The hoopla wall the return ofStar Warshad died down by the last picture show , and the feeling of it being a once - in - a - lifespan event was detracted by various spinoff movies and TV show . However , Star Wars : The Rise of Skywalkermost efficaciously illustrate theStar Warssequel trilogy ’s problemswith different director telling their own story and refuse to join forces . The inundation of fan service and the feeling that the last Skywalker movieshouldbe full makeit the most unsatisfying movie subsequence of the decade .

Source : TheWrap , CBC

Bruce Willis as John McClane in A Good Day to Die Hard, firing a gun

Bryan and Kim Mills in Taken 2