20 Terrible Movie Sequels, Ranked from Bad to Badder

by Joal Ryan, for Metacritic – June 16, 2016

The Hollywood sequel is 100 years old this year, and we know what you’re thinking: That’s a long time ... and a lot of bad movies.

With apologies to The Dark Knight, you are not wrong. We mined our Metacritic archives to come up with 20 great examples of lousy sequels.  

12 of 21 photo by Twentieth Century Fox
26 Taken 3

Liam Neeson has the darndest luck. In 2008’s Taken, his daughter (Maggie Grace) gets nabbed. In 2012’s Taken 2, his ex-wife (Famke Janssen) gets nabbed. In 2015’s Taken 3, he gets stuck in one sequel too many.  

“Be warned, sequel fanboys: This thing sucks!” —Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

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