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 Warner Bros.
2009’s The Hangover was a blockbuster that even generated best picture Oscar buzz. Just one so-so sequel and six years later, the third Hangover barely made back its budget at the domestic box office and found few friends among the critics.
“Not just bad, but weirdly, fascinatingly bad.” —Rick Groen, The Globe and Mail
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