Sunday, April 18, 2004

The Top 10 Sequels To Movies That Weren't Any Good In The First Place




The current theatrical release of the sequel THE WHOLE TEN YARDS has baffled critics all over. I mean did anyone really like the original THE WHOLE NINE YARDS

A search on Rottentomatoes.com confirms that the original reviews of the Bruce Willis/Matthew Perry comedy directed by Jonathan Lynn were the definition of mixed: the consensus was : “Despite a charming cast, THE WHOLE NINE YARDS could only tickle half of the critics' funny bones. The other half thought it an underwelming, depressing sitcom.” The box office wasn't spectacular either - it did modestly well but was far from what you'd call a smash hit. So why the Hell do we have a sequel?!!?

Beats me. The idea of a sequel to a bad movie never fails to floor me, especially if the first one was a critical and financial flop. And one that has no traces of a cult following that I can see.

So that got me thinking about what were:

THE TOP TEN SEQUELS TO MOVIES THAT WEREN'T ANY GOOD TO BEGIN WITH:  

1. SCOOBY DOO 2: MONSTERS UNLEASHED (Dir. Raja Gosnell, 2004)

2. THE MUMMY RETURNS (Dir. Stephen Sommers, 2001)

3. LOOKING WHO'S TALKING TOO (Dir. Amy Heckerling, 1990)

4. LARA CROFT TOMB RAIDER: THE CRADLE OF LIFE (Dir. Jan de Bont, 2003) 

5. WEEKEND AT BERNIE'S II (Dir. Robert Klane, 1993)
Yeah, this one really deserved a Roman numeral.

6. I STILL KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER
 (Dir. Danny Cannon, 1998)


7. SCARY MOVIE 2 (Dir. Keenan Ivory Wayans, 2001)

8. 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS (Dir. John Singleton, 2003)

9. MEATBALLS PART II (Dir. Ken Wiederhorn, 1984)

10. ANALYSE THAT (Dir. Harold Ramis, 2002): 

Although I disliked both THIS and THAT I would like them to make a third one just so they could call it GO ANALYSE YOURSELF ALREADY!

To end on a positive note - my favorite bad sequel title ever is: BREAKIN' 2 - ELECTRIC BOOGALOO

More later...

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