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.
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photo by Universal Pictures
Kevin Hart’s a funny guy. Ice Cube’s a charismatic guy. Put them together in a buddy-cop vehicle, and you get a franchise that, well, wore out its welcome with most critics in just one sequel. Even audiences cooled on the 2016 follow-up.
“To call Ride Along 2 rubbish is unfair to rubbish, which at some point had a purpose.” —Kyle Smith, New York Post
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