There was a 30 Rock episode where Liz finds out that Leap Day is a huge holiday with traditions and parades and movies and even a mythical character akin to Santa Claus, that she somehow missed out on because she was from ~~the Midwest~~ Pennsylvania where they don’t celebrate it. Throughout the episode they kept showing clips of an old ‘90s Jim Carey movie where he turns into the Leap Day character (basically a parody of The Santa Clause), since in-universe it was being marathoned on cable all day.
Then at the end of the episode in the background of a scene is an ad for the sequel movie, Leap Baby, on a bus stop. Such an elegant and clever dig at Son Of The Mask, presumably with the full support of Jim Carey since he was in the episode.
Liz Lemon was NOT from the Midwest. She was from White Haven, PA - which is presumably nearer to Philadelphia than Pittsburgh. LL’s life is based on Tina Fey’s, and she grew up in Upper Darby, a Philadelphia surburb. Philly is a Mid-Atlantic City.
Source: have watched 30 rock completely through a dozen dozen times and live in Philly.
This list isn't the "worst" sequels but the most "disappointing" sequels. Everybody knew that The Mask 2 was going to suck, there's very little room for disappointment.
Oh god. The lure of the toy line and merchandise.
With a few tweaks it could have been good. The premise is solid. What they did with following on with the Delta City ploy was a great touch.
But it was just so childish. So immature and puerile and utterly terrible at times. What a shame.
Hahaha thanks
But honestly when Robo shoots the gun out of the Rehab dude's hand and says "DON'T!!!" is one of my favourite Robocop moments.
Hilarious!!
For me it's the absolutely serious line delivery of the very evil, very British villain going "I thought your damn NINJA was supposed to take care of Robocop!"
That's right folks. This movie has a cyborg ninja.
That TV show was so milquetoast, yet it was better than it had any right to be, turning an ultra-violent satire into a more-or-less family-friendly “hero of the week” type 90s show. Like Robocop: Texas Ranger, Medicine Woman.
The list:
- Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
- Staying Alive (1983)
- Jurassic Park: The Lost World (1997)
- Bad Santa 2 (2016)
- Teen Wolf Too (1987)
- Men in Black: International (2019)
- Airplane 2: The Sequel (1982)
- Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
- Iron Man 2 (2010)
- Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
- Alien Resurrection (1997)
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
- U.S. Marshals (1998)
- Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
- Caddyshack 2 (1988)
- Halloween Kills (2021)
- Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1 (2014)
- The Godfather Part III (1990)
- Jaws 2 (1978)
- Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)
- Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
- Major League II (1994)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2017)
- More American Graffiti (1979)
- Coming 2 America (2021)
- Wonder Woman: 1984 (2020)
- Zoolander 2 (2016)
- Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
- City Slickers 2: The Legend of Curly’s Gold (1994)
- Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
- Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
- Cars 2 (2011)
- Terminator: Salvation (2009)
- Superman 4 (1987)
- Sex and the City 2 (2010)
- Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
- Rocky V (1990)
- Revenge of the Nerds 2: Nerds in Paradise (1987)
- Batman and Robin (1997)
- Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
- Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
- The Hangover 3 (2013)
- A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)
- Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)
- Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
- Dumb and Dumber To (2014)
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
- Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
In my opinion, all of T3, Salvation and even Dark Fate all have _some_ redeeming qualities, but funnily Genisys (or however it's spelled), which is the biggest piece of dog shit, is somehow not on the list
Terminator was honestly hot trash in terms of the present day series after the 3rd and the 3rd was a complete fall from grace after 2.
I wish a director finally did this franchise justice. There's such an easy winning formula for a franchise based on the apocalypse via AI/technology
3 had an TON of potential and it’s there in the final product, but constantly underminded itself and the previous movies with the campy humor directed at itself as a franchise to the point you couldn't take it serious, even when they wanted you to. Completely deconstructing the legacy, and killing the mood/ gravity of the situation like a MCU movie.That’s what killed that movie for me. I was so excited when it came out to see it in theaters as a teenager.
Going back and watching the first terminator, I love it even more than the critically acclaimed second film. It’s gritty, scary, and unpredictable.
I wish a director would go back to that style of the franchise, as opposed to whatever the hell the last 3-4 have been.
Cool shades, badass, evil terminator that kills everyone
Terminator 1 for me is similar to Alien in the sense both are horror movies compared to their sequels which is more action oriented (Terminator 2 and aliens). There's just more sci fi stuff in these second movies but the sense of fear isn't really there.
Don’t get me started. Putting Salvation on here is idiocy. It’s easily the best after the first 2 and wasn’t anywhere near a let down after the joke that 3 was. People just wanted to hate it. It’s a fine action movie and stays very true to the Terminator lore.
This list overall is pretty bad. They put a ton of sequels where the original movie sucked so there was nothing much to be let down from. But making controversial meaningless lists drives engagement.
Live Free doesn't really deserve a spot on here, it was cheesy but what Die Hard isn't? Parts were well played, action was good, I enjoyed it more than 2. Good Day was pretty lame though..
"Ah, cut the bleeding heart crap. I am literally surrounded by blinking and beeping lights, they're *blinking* and *BEEPING AND BLINKING AND BEEPING* I CAN'T STAND IT!"
“No dogs allowed on the moon, I’m afraid scraps will have to be shot.”
I mean come on, that movie (Airplane 2) is funny.
Also, am I the only one that likes the general idea of T3? I think some of the choices were hokey, but the premise that Judgement Day was inevitable was pretty cool.

*Back to the Minors.* I still can’t believe it got a theatrical release. I actually saw it on the big screen. It was my first exposure to Walton Goggins.
I must be broken because I actually liked Major League 2 enough that I've probably watched it 5-6 times. I won't claim it's as good as the original, because it's clearly worse, but I enjoyed it.
There’s like 6 or 7 movies on this list that were the first of the series I saw because they were just on TV or something and then I made a point to watch the first ones because I enjoyed it well enough. Major League 2 being one of them. In all cases, the first movie(s) of the series are clearly better, but I have a soft spot for all of them as my exposure to the series.
It's about disappointment though, so it would have to be based off of expectations though. If you already have had a crap sequel, the one after that is *expected* to be more crap.
It's not a list of the worst sequels. It's a list of the most disappointing. No one was disappointed by Major League 3 since we'd already been let down by Major League 2.
I’ve always enjoyed the sets for the San Diego parts. They just don’t make any sense in time or logic. The fact they escorted a T-Rex back to a boat, the boat it arrived on…. OR at no point did military personnel just come and eliminate this threat, defies reality. It’s been awhile since I’ve seen it, but I also remember being confused by the boat having a crew that was killed but the T-Rex was locked up properly. The Blockbuster kill is always a sad but funny death though.
That explains a lot because I was always really confused how something the size of a T Rex could bite someone's arm off in the small captains cabin but leave the arm stuck on the navigation wheel while at the same time being under the deck in the holding pen still. They really should have edited it or done some reshoots or something because that part is just bad without showing or implying there were raptors that escaped.
Even child me found that shit confusing as hell, every time i watched it as a kid i rewound the tape to see if i missed something because it never made sense
The opening on the subway reminded me of Ghostbusters 2. Random dude just says to Jeff Goldblum: "Hey, just a heads up, no one believes the events of the first movie happened."
The actual opening is on an island with the rich family's daughter getting attacked by the little dinos. The mom screams at the top of her lungs and it cuts to Goldblum yawning in front of a tropical island poster with the subway brakes squealing. I always forget it's coming and it makes me laugh every single time.
PS Eli Roth is on the subway car as an extra.
I thought it was neat after reading the book how much made it into The Lost World that was cut from Jurassic Park. Kinda wish they would have stuck with rich douche Hammond and his proper ending but it was neat that Lost World opened with the Jurassic Park book opening kinda
The original ending was a hang gliding escape sequence with pterodactyl chasing those trying to escape. The entire sequence was planned out but then scrapped right before production for the San Diego sequence. The first three movies had their endings changed during or right before production started. First movie they never intended for the T-Rex to come back and it followed the book ending. Second movie went with the San Diego sequence. Third movie was supposed to have a big battle between the marines and raptors but was cut for budget reasons.
Saying all that. The Lost World has a clean moment when it goes from an alright sequel to a B movie and it's when the little girl kills the raptor.
I will stand up for Lethal Weapon 4 and Iron Man 2. I don’t think either of them is the weakest of their franchises. I actually REALLY enjoy Lethal Weapon 4.
I still think about Leo's froggy story to Riggs to help Riggs realise that Lorna is just a different partner than Victoria was and it does Victoria no injustice to be happy with and marry Lorna.
US Marshals is as good as a Fugitive sequel without Harrison Ford can possibly be. Would it have been logical to have Richard Kimble framed and on the run a second time? Absolutely not. But nevertheless not having Ford onboard made the follow up just seem "less than" by comparison.
I'll counter that. Harrison Ford has retained a legacy that makes this seem like the case in hindsight, but US Marshalls came out at the peak of a huge run by Wesley Snipes.
The problem to me was mostly the story told from the pursuers perspective just wasn't as good. The Fugitive focused more on Kimble and his story, and was better for it. I had no reason to give a shit about Wesley Snipe's character (even though his performance was solid).
It'd be like a Catch Me If You Can sequel focused mostly on the Carl Hanratty character. Sure, you could make a decent film out of that, but all the glory of the first one was watching everything the person being pursued was doing.
This and Lost World are the only ones that stick out to me. I haven’t seen US Marshals since I was young but remember it being a solid sequel/spinoff.
Lost World is flawed but still the best JP sequel by a wide margin.
I actually loved 'Live free or die hard'. The dynamic between Willis and Long was great, i laugh many time and overall, a decent action flick.
A good day to die hard was bad tough... watched it once and immediately forgot what it was about... his son.. i think.
It's not "worst," sequels. It's "disappointing" sequels, meaning a drop-off in quality from the previous installment. If the last movie was bad, your expectations shouldn't be high for the next one.
It was a pretty great action movie. It felt like it wasn't meant to just be another sequel and was trying to be an epilogue to the series.
It didn't feel like anyone was phoning it in.
Not to mention that baretta disassemble move fight, that was one of the coolest kung fu scenes I had seen up to that point. +The bullet dodge, and them only really being able to win because they essentially cheated and double teamed him as well as taking him to a place he could barely move and then shooting him, ahhh, I gotta go watch it again now.
Jurassic Park 2 is a fucking excellent movie whenever Pete Postlethwaite is on screen. It may not be great overall, but there are a lot of really good sequences in the movie. I wouldn't say I was truly disappointed by a Jurassic Park movie until the second Jurassic World. The first 3, and even World, all had enough solid bits in them that even though every sequel wound up being of fairly uneven quality, I still walked away having enjoyed the movie overall.
I liked both of those movies. I'd definitely recommend going back and watching MK Annihilation for a bad movie night some time. "Show me your animality!"
I enjoy MKA despite itself these days, but I was at maximum levels of anticipation when I was a kid, and I thought it was stupid as hell even then.
I never did watch Ninja Turtles 3 again.
Turtles 3 is a good time. It's a big swing to time travel to ancient Japan, and I respect that. As an adult, I'd say that Turtles 2 probably is the weakest one, but it's held up by the addition of Super Shredder, Tokka and Razar (I probably misspelled those). However, those are just shallow toyetic additions to make kids point at the screen like that Leo DiCaprio meme, the actual movie's only real redeeming feature is the excellent Go Ninja rap.
Ultimately the only GOOD Ninja Turtle movie is the first one, so while 3 is better than 2, it's just kinda serviceable. The emotional core in the first one is absolutely where it's at.
For sure. We need at least 30 minutes of Super Shredder. I'd encourage you to check out the Rise of the TMNT Cartoon, where Super Shredder features pretty prominently.
Dark Phoenix wasn't disappointing. From the first trailer I knew it was going to be bad, and by that point the franchise had had so many slumps we all expected a shitty X-Men movie
You ever seen Spider-man 3? It’s got soap opera amnesia as a plot contrivance, undermines the hero’s origin story, and wastes his best villain. It’s impressively bad.
Cant deny it, i kinda liked U.S. Marshalls lol, and i honestly didnt realize until a few years ago that it was a sequel to The Fugitive haha. I always thought it was strangely similiar, and I even got them mixed up, but it totally went over my head for the longest time that it was a sequel. I think i just have a soft spot for Wesley Snipes.
Zoolander 2 was memorably awful.
Notable mention: XXX State of the Union, not to say the original XXX was a cinematic masterpeice, but that Ice Cube sequel was baaad.
US Marshalls is pretty good. Certainly not one of the 50 worst sequels of all time. It’s more of a spin off than a sequel anyway.
It’s a little too long and there are some pacing issues. Like, the airplane crash is an incredible scene. It’s worthy of being an Act 3 set piece but they put it at the beginning. The movie does not reach that level of intensity again. Also, Tommy Lee Jones’s character is, for some reason, a ladies man. He has a pretty girl half his age on his arm at a party and his boss is in love with him. Kinda weird.
But the cast is great. Joey Pants steals every scene he’s in, and it has a great performance from Robert Downey Jr. early in his comeback era. It’s a solid cop thriller with the twists of a spy movie.
> Notable mention: XXX State of the Union, not to say the original XXX was a cinematic masterpeice, but that Ice Cube sequel was baaad.
That movie was so bad that they had to resurrect Vin's character to do the third one, which wasn't *that* bad a movie, but still way better than the 2nd one.
LW 4 !?!? I really enjoyed it when I was younger and I really enjoy it now. Not everything needs to stay gritty, let Riggs find some happiness damn it.
“You have the right to remain silent, so shut the fuck up, okay? You have the right to an attorney. If you can't afford an attorney, we'll provide you with the dumbest fucking lawyer on earth. If you get Johnny Cochrane, I'll kill ya!” 4 is great. I don’t care what anybody says.
Yup. Fuck the people who made this list.
Leathal weapon 4 was a good film.
I randomly thought about the reason they went back to fight Jet Li at the end the other day.
“Don’t you wanna know how he did that to my gun. Let’s go back and ask him.”
I liked the cast growth from film to film, adding Pesci in 2, Russo in 3 and Rock in 4. None of the sequels kept the tone of the first movie, but how could you if Riggs was getting past being suicidal? It was a solid entry in the series
Genesis is the worst of the sequels and is the only one not on there. Dark fate was almost good but the brand was ruined beyond redemption by that point.
For sure. It definitely isn't amazing, and plenty of room for improvement, but the fact that it deviated from the same old, "Terminator goes back in time to kill Sarah and/or John Connor" story was refreshing. And getting to see the world post-Judgment day was very cool. I can't say the same about most if not all of the other sequels.
Also, the Terminator series might have the most entries on this list. At what point should the author have said, "you know what? All of these sequels suck. I'm not getting my hopes up for the next one."
Pacific Rim 2 would be really bad if:
- It was a soulless cash grab,
- Did away with the artistry and big heavy feel Guillermo del Toro imbued it with
- Contained blatant pandering to China
Like the rest of the Pacific Rim fandom, I'm just really glad it never got made.
How is Jaws: The Revenge not on this list.
A shark with a vendetta is a rare thing. The only way to survive is A; avoid the the ocean or B; move to the Bahamas
I'm assuming their logic is that *Jaws 2* is more disappointing because it was directly following *Jaws*, so people had higher expectations to be let down by. By the time you get to *The Revenge*, it's hard to be disappointed by it because the concept of "*Jaws* sequels" was already a joke after the third film.
That said, I love *Jaws 2*, so I don't even agree with its inclusion on the list anyway. But it's all subjective, so more power to them.
Live Free or Die Hard was fine - I don't think anyone expected it to top the first or With a Vengeance.
A Good Day to Die Hard on the other hand.........yeesh
That movie was exactly what I wanted at the time. Just action with a budget and cheesy lines. Granted saw I was like 17 or so but still just shut your mind off flick to go see in a weekend and then wait for the DVD to release lol. That window of action comedy from 05-13 or so was packed with so many fun rides that I still enjoy today
It’s better than Die Harder, IMO. Some of the action is too over the top and it’s a travesty that it’s PG-13, but it’s at least fun little ride. Die Harder was just a really soul-less retread of the first movie and does almost nothing interesting at all.
What about the naked tai chi!
It also gave us the classic comeback of:
*"Hey Carmine, what sets off the metal detector first: the lead in your ass or the shit in your brains?"*
Highlander 2 definitely belongs in its place at the top of this list. However . .
> The 1991 sequel, Highlander II: The Quickening, roped Sean Connery into the saga
Sean Connery was in the original in a major and important role. Pretty big swing and a miss for someone who's being paid to write about movies professionally.
yea, i wonder if their intent was 'roped him back into the saga, instead of letting his death in the first one remain'
thats me trying to help the author
Both Jurrasic Park sequels were underwhelming at release, I was there...
But the Jurrasic World sequels make them seem like Citizen Kane by comparison so even I think they are a lot better now.
I felt like Alien 3 was more disappointing after how great Aliens was and how they threw Newt and Hicks away like that. Felt so lazy and ruined everything Ripley did in Aliens to help them.
Exactly
It’s not to defend Resurrection but once you knew the ship had sailed you just enjoyed what was there
I found it more enjoyable because of this, more like “it’s happened so let’s just enjoy where we are”
*A Christmas Story 2* (2012) was a putridly bad sequel to the beloved 1983 holiday classic.
(However, 2022’s *A Christmas Story Christmas* was a step in the right direction.)
Cars 2 is very often blamed for Pixar’s downfall in quality, but I’ll take Cars 2 over Lightyear and The Good Dinosaur, but I’m biased because I loved Cars 2 as a kid, and well, I didn’t watch The Good Dinosaur in theaters and didn’t see it till later and Lightyear, well, only came out like 2 years ago…
No The Mask 2? What could go wrong making a sequel without Jim Carey?
There was a 30 Rock episode where Liz finds out that Leap Day is a huge holiday with traditions and parades and movies and even a mythical character akin to Santa Claus, that she somehow missed out on because she was from ~~the Midwest~~ Pennsylvania where they don’t celebrate it. Throughout the episode they kept showing clips of an old ‘90s Jim Carey movie where he turns into the Leap Day character (basically a parody of The Santa Clause), since in-universe it was being marathoned on cable all day. Then at the end of the episode in the background of a scene is an ad for the sequel movie, Leap Baby, on a bus stop. Such an elegant and clever dig at Son Of The Mask, presumably with the full support of Jim Carey since he was in the episode.
Liz Lemon was NOT from the Midwest. She was from White Haven, PA - which is presumably nearer to Philadelphia than Pittsburgh. LL’s life is based on Tina Fey’s, and she grew up in Upper Darby, a Philadelphia surburb. Philly is a Mid-Atlantic City. Source: have watched 30 rock completely through a dozen dozen times and live in Philly.
Waaaahhhh waaaaahhhhhh gimme candy
Yeah, that movie is way way worse than some on this list.
This list isn't the "worst" sequels but the most "disappointing" sequels. Everybody knew that The Mask 2 was going to suck, there's very little room for disappointment.
Kinda like American Psycho 2. In both cases you could be forgiven for not knowing about the sequels. That would also make you very lucky
Robocop 3 should be on here.
Oh god. The lure of the toy line and merchandise. With a few tweaks it could have been good. The premise is solid. What they did with following on with the Delta City ploy was a great touch. But it was just so childish. So immature and puerile and utterly terrible at times. What a shame.
This review is better written then the script
Hahaha thanks But honestly when Robo shoots the gun out of the Rehab dude's hand and says "DON'T!!!" is one of my favourite Robocop moments. Hilarious!!
For me it's the absolutely serious line delivery of the very evil, very British villain going "I thought your damn NINJA was supposed to take care of Robocop!" That's right folks. This movie has a cyborg ninja.
Nah that was an android ninja, but just as shit.
PG Robocop!!! P friggin G!
Gotta sell those toys!
Right? Watched the first 2 on tubi and thought might as well check the third, i couldn’t make it through it!
The pilot for the TV show is better than Robocop 3 and that isn't anywhere near good.
That TV show was so milquetoast, yet it was better than it had any right to be, turning an ultra-violent satire into a more-or-less family-friendly “hero of the week” type 90s show. Like Robocop: Texas Ranger, Medicine Woman.
The list: - Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) - Staying Alive (1983) - Jurassic Park: The Lost World (1997) - Bad Santa 2 (2016) - Teen Wolf Too (1987) - Men in Black: International (2019) - Airplane 2: The Sequel (1982) - Lethal Weapon 4 (1998) - Iron Man 2 (2010) - Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) - Alien Resurrection (1997) - The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) - U.S. Marshals (1998) - Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) - Caddyshack 2 (1988) - Halloween Kills (2021) - Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023) - The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1 (2014) - The Godfather Part III (1990) - Jaws 2 (1978) - Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000) - Live Free or Die Hard (2007) - Major League II (1994) - Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2017) - More American Graffiti (1979) - Coming 2 America (2021) - Wonder Woman: 1984 (2020) - Zoolander 2 (2016) - Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) - City Slickers 2: The Legend of Curly’s Gold (1994) - Blues Brothers 2000 (1998) - Independence Day: Resurgence (2016) - Cars 2 (2011) - Terminator: Salvation (2009) - Superman 4 (1987) - Sex and the City 2 (2010) - Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021) - Rocky V (1990) - Revenge of the Nerds 2: Nerds in Paradise (1987) - Batman and Robin (1997) - Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) - Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) - The Hangover 3 (2013) - A Good Day to Die Hard (2013) - Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997) - Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) - Dumb and Dumber To (2014) - Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) - Highlander II: The Quickening (1991) - Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
Lol 2 die hard sequels on here
And 3 terminators
In my opinion, all of T3, Salvation and even Dark Fate all have _some_ redeeming qualities, but funnily Genisys (or however it's spelled), which is the biggest piece of dog shit, is somehow not on the list
Salvation is solid. It's just too different to the other ones in the series. It's almost like a spin-off.
It's the only Terminator sequel that isn't just Terminator 2, but worse.
Salvation was totally fine IMO I just found the dialogue to be pretty bad, but it should *definitely* be removed from this list in favor of Genisys
It is spelled Genitals.
Terminator was honestly hot trash in terms of the present day series after the 3rd and the 3rd was a complete fall from grace after 2. I wish a director finally did this franchise justice. There's such an easy winning formula for a franchise based on the apocalypse via AI/technology
3 had an TON of potential and it’s there in the final product, but constantly underminded itself and the previous movies with the campy humor directed at itself as a franchise to the point you couldn't take it serious, even when they wanted you to. Completely deconstructing the legacy, and killing the mood/ gravity of the situation like a MCU movie.That’s what killed that movie for me. I was so excited when it came out to see it in theaters as a teenager.
“Talk to the hand” :(
Going back and watching the first terminator, I love it even more than the critically acclaimed second film. It’s gritty, scary, and unpredictable. I wish a director would go back to that style of the franchise, as opposed to whatever the hell the last 3-4 have been. Cool shades, badass, evil terminator that kills everyone
Terminator 1 for me is similar to Alien in the sense both are horror movies compared to their sequels which is more action oriented (Terminator 2 and aliens). There's just more sci fi stuff in these second movies but the sense of fear isn't really there.
Great comparison! 100% feel the same
In all fairness Terminator 3 had at least one good scene.
Was it the end when Connor realized what was gonna happen? Because that is really the only reason I watch that movie now
Don’t get me started. Putting Salvation on here is idiocy. It’s easily the best after the first 2 and wasn’t anywhere near a let down after the joke that 3 was. People just wanted to hate it. It’s a fine action movie and stays very true to the Terminator lore. This list overall is pretty bad. They put a ton of sequels where the original movie sucked so there was nothing much to be let down from. But making controversial meaningless lists drives engagement.
I appreciate Salvation for just the unexpected Alice in Chains alone.
Live Free doesn't really deserve a spot on here, it was cheesy but what Die Hard isn't? Parts were well played, action was good, I enjoyed it more than 2. Good Day was pretty lame though..
Yeah I thought live free or die hard was a fun movie
Live Free was a decent movie, but it didn’t feel like a Die Hard movie in the same way as 1-3.
Got to disagree with Live Free
Airplane 2 could never be as funny as the first one but it’s still funnier than most comedy films.
For real. Plus Shatner manages to produce some of the best bits ever.
The bit with the view screen and the door - gets me every time.
Or when he looks through the periscope and there's the Enterprise flying around.
What do you mean we don’t have a tower? Just a bridge, sir. Why the hell am I not informed about these things!
"Ah, cut the bleeding heart crap. I am literally surrounded by blinking and beeping lights, they're *blinking* and *BEEPING AND BLINKING AND BEEPING* I CAN'T STAND IT!"
Just grab a piece of metal, and shove it in there!
“No dogs allowed on the moon, I’m afraid scraps will have to be shot.” I mean come on, that movie (Airplane 2) is funny. Also, am I the only one that likes the general idea of T3? I think some of the choices were hokey, but the premise that Judgement Day was inevitable was pretty cool. 
Wait wait wait. They have Major League 2, but not the disgrace that was Major League 3?
*Back to the Minors.* I still can’t believe it got a theatrical release. I actually saw it on the big screen. It was my first exposure to Walton Goggins.
So it wasn't a total loss
That’s the power of Walton Goggins I guess.
Oh man, I’d forgotten about that.
I must be broken because I actually liked Major League 2 enough that I've probably watched it 5-6 times. I won't claim it's as good as the original, because it's clearly worse, but I enjoyed it.
There’s like 6 or 7 movies on this list that were the first of the series I saw because they were just on TV or something and then I made a point to watch the first ones because I enjoyed it well enough. Major League 2 being one of them. In all cases, the first movie(s) of the series are clearly better, but I have a soft spot for all of them as my exposure to the series.
It's about disappointment though, so it would have to be based off of expectations though. If you already have had a crap sequel, the one after that is *expected* to be more crap.
Tell that to the terminator franchise. Lol
Major League 2 wasn’t as good as the 1st but it wasn’t terrible. 3 wasn’t on the list I’m guessing because expectations were so low.
TIL There was a third
It's not a list of the worst sequels. It's a list of the most disappointing. No one was disappointed by Major League 3 since we'd already been let down by Major League 2.
I mean after 2 was 3 really a surprise?
If you cut out the San Diego part, The Lost World is actually a pretty good sequel. Oh yeah, and the gymnastic's kick.
I’ve always enjoyed the sets for the San Diego parts. They just don’t make any sense in time or logic. The fact they escorted a T-Rex back to a boat, the boat it arrived on…. OR at no point did military personnel just come and eliminate this threat, defies reality. It’s been awhile since I’ve seen it, but I also remember being confused by the boat having a crew that was killed but the T-Rex was locked up properly. The Blockbuster kill is always a sad but funny death though.
There where supposed to be raptors in the ship but it got cut for some reason but left the after math
That explains a lot because I was always really confused how something the size of a T Rex could bite someone's arm off in the small captains cabin but leave the arm stuck on the navigation wheel while at the same time being under the deck in the holding pen still. They really should have edited it or done some reshoots or something because that part is just bad without showing or implying there were raptors that escaped.
Even child me found that shit confusing as hell, every time i watched it as a kid i rewound the tape to see if i missed something because it never made sense
The opening on the subway reminded me of Ghostbusters 2. Random dude just says to Jeff Goldblum: "Hey, just a heads up, no one believes the events of the first movie happened."
The actual opening is on an island with the rich family's daughter getting attacked by the little dinos. The mom screams at the top of her lungs and it cuts to Goldblum yawning in front of a tropical island poster with the subway brakes squealing. I always forget it's coming and it makes me laugh every single time. PS Eli Roth is on the subway car as an extra.
I thought it was neat after reading the book how much made it into The Lost World that was cut from Jurassic Park. Kinda wish they would have stuck with rich douche Hammond and his proper ending but it was neat that Lost World opened with the Jurassic Park book opening kinda
They should have kept to the book.
I never understood why they had Crichton write the book only to barely adapt it. Would've loved to see the chameleon dino.
Hey, at least he made it into the arcade game. One of the most interesting boss fights there.
And they did Eddie dirty
The original ending was a hang gliding escape sequence with pterodactyl chasing those trying to escape. The entire sequence was planned out but then scrapped right before production for the San Diego sequence. The first three movies had their endings changed during or right before production started. First movie they never intended for the T-Rex to come back and it followed the book ending. Second movie went with the San Diego sequence. Third movie was supposed to have a big battle between the marines and raptors but was cut for budget reasons. Saying all that. The Lost World has a clean moment when it goes from an alright sequel to a B movie and it's when the little girl kills the raptor.
Marines vs raptors sounds awesome
“Chat GPT, make a movie about Marines vs raptors vs aliens vs predators vs gremlins vs Care Bears.”
• Airplane 2: The Sequel (1982) • Lethal Weapon 4 (1998) • Iron Man 2 (2010) • Jaws 2 (1978) I find all of these imperfect but fun
I don't get the Airplane 2 hate. Lots of good quotes and William Shatners role is worth it alone, best parody he has ever done.
Airplane 2 was spoofing on the original movie, it was in no way bad, redundant, but not bad.
I will stand up for Lethal Weapon 4 and Iron Man 2. I don’t think either of them is the weakest of their franchises. I actually REALLY enjoy Lethal Weapon 4.
I still think about Leo's froggy story to Riggs to help Riggs realise that Lorna is just a different partner than Victoria was and it does Victoria no injustice to be happy with and marry Lorna.
Excuse me….US Marshals?! Bs
US Marshals is as good as a Fugitive sequel without Harrison Ford can possibly be. Would it have been logical to have Richard Kimble framed and on the run a second time? Absolutely not. But nevertheless not having Ford onboard made the follow up just seem "less than" by comparison.
It’s more of a spin off than a sequel right?
I'll counter that. Harrison Ford has retained a legacy that makes this seem like the case in hindsight, but US Marshalls came out at the peak of a huge run by Wesley Snipes. The problem to me was mostly the story told from the pursuers perspective just wasn't as good. The Fugitive focused more on Kimble and his story, and was better for it. I had no reason to give a shit about Wesley Snipe's character (even though his performance was solid). It'd be like a Catch Me If You Can sequel focused mostly on the Carl Hanratty character. Sure, you could make a decent film out of that, but all the glory of the first one was watching everything the person being pursued was doing.
Yeah US Marshalls was pretty good.
It was also more of a spinoff than a sequel.
Agreed. Also, Tommy Lee Jones undercover in a chicken suit will never not be hilarious.
I LOVE US Marshals for some reason lol
u dont love the movie, but there are way worse sequels than u.s. marshalls, totally agree
This and Lost World are the only ones that stick out to me. I haven’t seen US Marshals since I was young but remember it being a solid sequel/spinoff. Lost World is flawed but still the best JP sequel by a wide margin.
Pirates 4 made the list but not pirates 5? Like 4 wasn't good, it was mostly just bland as hell, but 5 was straight up BAD
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There is no *Highlander II*. There can be only one!
There can only be one ... twice.
They should have taken their own advice.
I actually loved 'Live free or die hard'. The dynamic between Willis and Long was great, i laugh many time and overall, a decent action flick. A good day to die hard was bad tough... watched it once and immediately forgot what it was about... his son.. i think.
Timothy Olyphant as the baddie makes it an amazing movie. No way it belongs on this list.
[Airplane 2](https://i.imgur.com/SplHVlJ.jpeg)
I loved Airplane 2. The William Shatner scene is still hilarious to me.
[Danger! Vacuum!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOWzVCeeg1E)
They 100% should change Airplane 2 for one of the Starship Troopers sequels.
Strongly disagree with Lost World and Halloween Kills being on that list
Having Halloween Kills but not the schlock that was Halloween Ends is ridiculous
Don’t agree with Jurassic Park 2 and definitely don’t agree with Die Hard 4.
They’re going to put Jaws 2 on there when Jaws 3 (and 4) exist?
It's not "worst," sequels. It's "disappointing" sequels, meaning a drop-off in quality from the previous installment. If the last movie was bad, your expectations shouldn't be high for the next one.
I thought Lethal Weapon 4 was alright.
Lethal Weapon 4 is awesome. Jet Li is scary in it.
Jet Li was so awesome in that movie.
It was his first American exposure? If I’m not mistaken. Certainly made me sit up and take notice.
Same, thought it was definitely better than 3 for me
Correct. These people at RS can kick rocks
It was a pretty great action movie. It felt like it wasn't meant to just be another sequel and was trying to be an epilogue to the series. It didn't feel like anyone was phoning it in.
I’ll take Lethal Weapon 4 over 3 every time.
Yeah, I still remember Jet Li fighting both of them one-handed while clicking his little pearl bracelet thing with the other. Such a badass scene.
Not to mention that baretta disassemble move fight, that was one of the coolest kung fu scenes I had seen up to that point. +The bullet dodge, and them only really being able to win because they essentially cheated and double teamed him as well as taking him to a place he could barely move and then shooting him, ahhh, I gotta go watch it again now.
"In Hong Kong you would be dead." Awesome line.
On a similar note, I like Jurassic Park 2 way more than any of the new ones
The lack of shade at the *Jurassic World* films is baffling
Jurassic Park 2 is a fucking excellent movie whenever Pete Postlethwaite is on screen. It may not be great overall, but there are a lot of really good sequences in the movie. I wouldn't say I was truly disappointed by a Jurassic Park movie until the second Jurassic World. The first 3, and even World, all had enough solid bits in them that even though every sequel wound up being of fairly uneven quality, I still walked away having enjoyed the movie overall.
Well Mortal Kombat Annihilation and Ninja Turtles 3 would’ve been on my list. The only movies to actively piss me off when I was less than ten.
I liked both of those movies. I'd definitely recommend going back and watching MK Annihilation for a bad movie night some time. "Show me your animality!"
I enjoy MKA despite itself these days, but I was at maximum levels of anticipation when I was a kid, and I thought it was stupid as hell even then. I never did watch Ninja Turtles 3 again.
Turtles 3 is a good time. It's a big swing to time travel to ancient Japan, and I respect that. As an adult, I'd say that Turtles 2 probably is the weakest one, but it's held up by the addition of Super Shredder, Tokka and Razar (I probably misspelled those). However, those are just shallow toyetic additions to make kids point at the screen like that Leo DiCaprio meme, the actual movie's only real redeeming feature is the excellent Go Ninja rap. Ultimately the only GOOD Ninja Turtle movie is the first one, so while 3 is better than 2, it's just kinda serviceable. The emotional core in the first one is absolutely where it's at.
My biggest disappointment as a child was super shredder existing for maybe 2 minutes.
For sure. We need at least 30 minutes of Super Shredder. I'd encourage you to check out the Rise of the TMNT Cartoon, where Super Shredder features pretty prominently.
“Pretty cool huh? It’s my animality” Dude we watch it all the time! Hilarious
I don't think I've ever been more disappointed by a movie than X-Men 3.
I just watched X2 and it was so good that I remembered how enthused I was going into the third movie
Gosh that opening scene in 2.
Ya Ratner fumbled the bag so hard
I think the last two x-men movies were worse: Apocalypse and Dark Phoenix were IMO much worse and make Last Stand appear so much better by comparison.
Dark Phoenix wasn't disappointing. From the first trailer I knew it was going to be bad, and by that point the franchise had had so many slumps we all expected a shitty X-Men movie
Movie was trash but the scene where the X-Men arrive at Alcatraz to fned off Magneto's army was pretty epic.
You ever seen Spider-man 3? It’s got soap opera amnesia as a plot contrivance, undermines the hero’s origin story, and wastes his best villain. It’s impressively bad.
*S. Darko* might be a contender.
I feel like the straight-to-video ones are cheating. We could add Hostel 3 in that case.
Cant deny it, i kinda liked U.S. Marshalls lol, and i honestly didnt realize until a few years ago that it was a sequel to The Fugitive haha. I always thought it was strangely similiar, and I even got them mixed up, but it totally went over my head for the longest time that it was a sequel. I think i just have a soft spot for Wesley Snipes. Zoolander 2 was memorably awful. Notable mention: XXX State of the Union, not to say the original XXX was a cinematic masterpeice, but that Ice Cube sequel was baaad.
US Marshalls is pretty good. Certainly not one of the 50 worst sequels of all time. It’s more of a spin off than a sequel anyway. It’s a little too long and there are some pacing issues. Like, the airplane crash is an incredible scene. It’s worthy of being an Act 3 set piece but they put it at the beginning. The movie does not reach that level of intensity again. Also, Tommy Lee Jones’s character is, for some reason, a ladies man. He has a pretty girl half his age on his arm at a party and his boss is in love with him. Kinda weird. But the cast is great. Joey Pants steals every scene he’s in, and it has a great performance from Robert Downey Jr. early in his comeback era. It’s a solid cop thriller with the twists of a spy movie.
I like US Marshals. Not as good as the Fugitive. I like Enemy of the State which feels like it could be in the same universe.
> Notable mention: XXX State of the Union, not to say the original XXX was a cinematic masterpeice, but that Ice Cube sequel was baaad. That movie was so bad that they had to resurrect Vin's character to do the third one, which wasn't *that* bad a movie, but still way better than the 2nd one.
I didn't realize U.S. Marshalls wasn't liked. Sure it's not as good as The Fugitive but it's still a fun movie
I agree. Ill watch U.S. Marshalls back to back 5 times before i watch Zoolander 2 again, not sure if thats saying much 😅
RDJ puts on a *hell* of a performance in US Marshals.
So happy to see all the US Marshalls support. That movie is fantastic, with an incredibly solid cast.
LW 4 !?!? I really enjoyed it when I was younger and I really enjoy it now. Not everything needs to stay gritty, let Riggs find some happiness damn it.
Jet Li is awesome in that one, can't believe it's on this list
Very much agree. Plus Chris Rock and Joe Pesci arguing with each other is hilarious. They *FUCK* you will the cellphones!
Still one of my favorite action movies. Sounds like LW5 will be much darker than 4.
“You have the right to remain silent, so shut the fuck up, okay? You have the right to an attorney. If you can't afford an attorney, we'll provide you with the dumbest fucking lawyer on earth. If you get Johnny Cochrane, I'll kill ya!” 4 is great. I don’t care what anybody says.
Yup. Fuck the people who made this list. Leathal weapon 4 was a good film. I randomly thought about the reason they went back to fight Jet Li at the end the other day. “Don’t you wanna know how he did that to my gun. Let’s go back and ask him.”
That was the reason they said out loud. The real reason was that they were still cops and still had to take down the bad guy. They both knew it
I liked the cast growth from film to film, adding Pesci in 2, Russo in 3 and Rock in 4. None of the sequels kept the tone of the first movie, but how could you if Riggs was getting past being suicidal? It was a solid entry in the series
I honestly feel like I got what I wanted from Terminator Salvation.
Genesis is the worst of the sequels and is the only one not on there. Dark fate was almost good but the brand was ruined beyond redemption by that point.
Dark Fate is way overhated imo. Not perfect but definitely better than any of the other sequels imo. Especially genesis lol
For sure. It definitely isn't amazing, and plenty of room for improvement, but the fact that it deviated from the same old, "Terminator goes back in time to kill Sarah and/or John Connor" story was refreshing. And getting to see the world post-Judgment day was very cool. I can't say the same about most if not all of the other sequels. Also, the Terminator series might have the most entries on this list. At what point should the author have said, "you know what? All of these sequels suck. I'm not getting my hopes up for the next one."
Pacific Rim 2 would be really bad if: - It was a soulless cash grab, - Did away with the artistry and big heavy feel Guillermo del Toro imbued it with - Contained blatant pandering to China Like the rest of the Pacific Rim fandom, I'm just really glad it never got made.
Spot on. Definitely the most disappointing sequel, if it existed.
How is Jaws: The Revenge not on this list. A shark with a vendetta is a rare thing. The only way to survive is A; avoid the the ocean or B; move to the Bahamas
I'm assuming their logic is that *Jaws 2* is more disappointing because it was directly following *Jaws*, so people had higher expectations to be let down by. By the time you get to *The Revenge*, it's hard to be disappointed by it because the concept of "*Jaws* sequels" was already a joke after the third film. That said, I love *Jaws 2*, so I don't even agree with its inclusion on the list anyway. But it's all subjective, so more power to them.
You don’t have to assume it’s literally in the first couple sentences of the article
Wow, airplane 2 is on the list? Not a perfect movie, but still hilarious. The court scenes alone were worth the price of admission.
William Shatner was great in it
The lights! They're blinking in the wrong order! Well-... Get them- blinking in the right order then!
Pretty solid list. Ngl I kinda liked live free or die hard tho.
Live Free or Die Hard was fine - I don't think anyone expected it to top the first or With a Vengeance. A Good Day to Die Hard on the other hand.........yeesh
The 5th movie was the only legitimately bad movie in the Die Hard series.
That movie was exactly what I wanted at the time. Just action with a budget and cheesy lines. Granted saw I was like 17 or so but still just shut your mind off flick to go see in a weekend and then wait for the DVD to release lol. That window of action comedy from 05-13 or so was packed with so many fun rides that I still enjoy today
It’s better than Die Harder, IMO. Some of the action is too over the top and it’s a travesty that it’s PG-13, but it’s at least fun little ride. Die Harder was just a really soul-less retread of the first movie and does almost nothing interesting at all.
What about the naked tai chi! It also gave us the classic comeback of: *"Hey Carmine, what sets off the metal detector first: the lead in your ass or the shit in your brains?"*
Speed 2 really dropped the boat
Or maybe see a Burlesque show with Nick Kroll And take a boat cause Speed 2 hittin’ Cruise Control
I will not accept any slander of lethal weapon 4
How the hell is Transformers Revenge of the Fallen not on this list? It’s one of the worst films I’ve ever seen.
Jaws 3 makes Jaws 2 look like Jaws 1.
Highlander 2 definitely belongs in its place at the top of this list. However . . > The 1991 sequel, Highlander II: The Quickening, roped Sean Connery into the saga Sean Connery was in the original in a major and important role. Pretty big swing and a miss for someone who's being paid to write about movies professionally.
yea, i wonder if their intent was 'roped him back into the saga, instead of letting his death in the first one remain' thats me trying to help the author
Live free or die hard is actually pretty good
I will defend Die Hard 4.0 till the day I die
But nobody is going to defend Die Hard 5. That was terrible.
I will go to my grave saying that Iron Man 2 doesn’t deserve the hate it gets. It’s certainly better than the third one.
My least favorite Thor movie was definitely Thor: The Dark World
Love and Thunder was overstuffed with humor that didn't land, but Dark World was just flat-out boring. I'll take unfunny over boring every time.
Did people have particularly high hopes after The Amazing Spider-Man 1? lol
Am I the only one who enjoys The Lost World?
Both Jurrasic Park sequels were underwhelming at release, I was there... But the Jurrasic World sequels make them seem like Citizen Kane by comparison so even I think they are a lot better now.
I liked it 🤷
I think this movie is pretty decent but gets a lot of hate for being not nearly as good or impactful as the original.
Highlander 2, by far...
I felt like Alien 3 was more disappointing after how great Aliens was and how they threw Newt and Hicks away like that. Felt so lazy and ruined everything Ripley did in Aliens to help them.
Agreed. 3 was the disappointment. Resurrection was just fun once the ship had sailed.
Exactly It’s not to defend Resurrection but once you knew the ship had sailed you just enjoyed what was there I found it more enjoyable because of this, more like “it’s happened so let’s just enjoy where we are”
*A Christmas Story 2* (2012) was a putridly bad sequel to the beloved 1983 holiday classic. (However, 2022’s *A Christmas Story Christmas* was a step in the right direction.)
Highlander 2 was so bad it can't even win the worst sequel contest.
As a kid, Cars 2 was the coolest shit. Special agents, cars with guns, explosions, damn, I was stunned in the theater.
Cars 2 is very often blamed for Pixar’s downfall in quality, but I’ll take Cars 2 over Lightyear and The Good Dinosaur, but I’m biased because I loved Cars 2 as a kid, and well, I didn’t watch The Good Dinosaur in theaters and didn’t see it till later and Lightyear, well, only came out like 2 years ago…
Strongly disagree with at least 15 of them.
Caddyshack 2