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Jaws. The Karate Kid. Speed. Paul Blart: Mall Cop. All classic movies. What’s also binding them together is the fact they’ve all had terrible sequels. These forlorn follow-ups are below 10% on the Tomatometer and we’ve rounded them up, and other movies like them, for our guide to the 50 worst sequels of all time.
Franchises with multiple entries include Atlas Shrugged, Highlander, and Big Momma’s House. If you’re questioning why Police Academy only appears only once despite multiple sequels with a 0% Tomatometer score, it’s because there’s a 10 review minimum, to ensure that each sequel that shows up here has crushed enough critics’ hopes for getting a decent follow-up. And for movies with the same Tomatomter score, we ranked the the ones with more reviews higher up. We used the same ranking method for our list of the 100 worst movies ever.
Now, get ready for some brand name disappointment with the 50 worst sequels of all time!
#50
Adjusted Score: 11.429%
Critics Consensus: This teen horror movie brings nothing new to an already exhausted genre. And it's bad. Really bad.
#49
Adjusted Score: 11.846%
Critics Consensus: A witless follow-up to the surprise 1999 hit, Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo is raunchy, politically incorrect, and not particularly funny.
#48
Adjusted Score: 13.146%
Critics Consensus: As star-studded as it is heartbreakingly lazy, Little Fockers takes the top-grossing trilogy to embarrassing new lows.
#47
Adjusted Score: 8.129%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
#46
Adjusted Score: 4.007%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
#45
Adjusted Score: 8.114%
Critics Consensus: Do not enter.
#44
Adjusted Score: 9.263%
Critics Consensus: Jason terrorizes a ship and nearly sinks the franchise in a clunky sequel that feels like self-parody without the charm.
#43
Adjusted Score: 8.755%
Critics Consensus: Sloppy, vulgar, and manic, A Haunted House 2 might be worth a chuckle or two, but mostly it's a string of pop culture references and crude gags that fail to hit their intended targets.
#42
Adjusted Score: 12.169%
Critics Consensus: Rings may offer ardent fans of the franchise a few threadbare thrills, but for everyone else, it may feel like an endless loop of muddled mythology and rehashed plot points.
#41
Adjusted Score: 11.906%
Critics Consensus: While it's almost certainly the movie event of the year for filmgoers passionate about deer urine humor, Grown Ups 2 will bore, annoy, and disgust audiences of nearly every other persuasion.
#40
Adjusted Score: 4.549%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
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#39
Adjusted Score: 7.412%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
#38
Adjusted Score: 8.375%
Critics Consensus: Crude, rude, puerile, and pointless, Problem Child 2 represents a cynical nadir in family-marketed entertainment.
#37
Adjusted Score: 8.541%
Critics Consensus: It reunites most of the original cast and rounds them up for a trip to Fort Lauderdale for spring break, but Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise forgets to pack enough jokes or compelling characters to make it through its 89-minute running time.
#36
Adjusted Score: 8.068%
Critics Consensus: The Next Karate Kid is noteworthy for giving audiences the chance to see a pre-Oscars Hilary Swank, but other than a typically solid performance from Pat Morita, this unnecessary fourth installment in the franchise has very little to offer.
#35
Adjusted Score: 7.758%
Critics Consensus: A low-brow comedy, minus the comedy.
#34
Adjusted Score: 9.609%
Critics Consensus: Boring, predictable, and bereft of thrills or chills, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer is exactly the kind of rehash that gives horror sequels a bad name.
#33
Adjusted Score: 4.553%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
#32
Adjusted Score: 6.498%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
#31
Adjusted Score: 6.941%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
#30
Adjusted Score: 6.676%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
#29
Adjusted Score: 6.514%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
#28
Adjusted Score: 8.615%
Critics Consensus: A sequel to a remake, Cheaper 2 wastes its solid cast in scenes of over-the-top, predictable humor.
#27
Adjusted Score: 9.038%
Critics Consensus: Overly frantic, painfully unfunny, and sorely missing the presence of Jim Carrey.
#26
Adjusted Score: 11.054%
Critics Consensus: Unable to match the suspense and titilation of its predecessor, Basic Instinct 2 boasts a plot so ludicrous and predictable it borders on "so-bad-it's-good."
#25
Adjusted Score: 5.833%
Critics Consensus: Borderline unwatchable and unspeakably dull, Highlander III is a sloppy third installment that still somehow manages to mark a slight improvement over its predecessor.
#24
Adjusted Score: 5.608%
Critics Consensus: Striking out on every joke, Major League II is a lazy sequel that belongs on the bench.
#23
Adjusted Score: 6.98%
Critics Consensus: Universal Soldier - The Return fails on almost every level, from its generic story to its second rate action and subpar performances.
#22
Adjusted Score: 6.535%
Critics Consensus: Bathed in flop sweat and bereft of purpose, Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 strings together fat-shaming humor and Segway sight gags with uniformly unfunny results.
#21
Adjusted Score: 6.162%
Critics Consensus: Unnecessary, unfunny, and generally unwelcome, Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son offers more of the same for fans of Martin Lawrence's perplexingly popular series.
#20
Adjusted Score: 6.851%
Critics Consensus: Unfunny and unoriginal. In other words, a perfect piece of evidence for opponents of pointless movie sequels.
#19
Adjusted Score: 4.052%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
#18
Adjusted Score: 3.816%
Critics Consensus: Poorly written, clumsily filmed and edited, and hampered by amateurish acting, Atlas Shrugged: Part II does no favors to the ideology it so fervently champions.
#17
Adjusted Score: 5.093%
Critics Consensus: Handicapped by a family friendly PG rating, even the talents of Caddyshack II's all-star comic cast can't save it from its lazy, laughless script and uninspired direction.
#16
Adjusted Score: 5.195%
Critics Consensus: Juvenile even by Scary Movie standards, this fifth installment offers stale pop culture gags that generate few laughs.
#15
Adjusted Score: 8.112%
Critics Consensus: Speed 2 falls far short of its predecessor, thanks to laughable dialogue, thin characterization, unsurprisingly familiar plot devices, and action sequences that fail to generate any excitement.
#14
Adjusted Score: 7.026%
Critics Consensus: A strained, laugh-free sequel, The Whole Ten Yards recycles its predecessor's cast and plot but not its wit or reason for being.
#13
Adjusted Score: 4.749%
Critics Consensus: This asinine sequel should be placed under arrest.
#12
Adjusted Score: 4.096%
Critics Consensus: With its shallow characters, low budget special effects, and mindless fight scenes, Mortal Kombat - Annihilation offers minimal plot development and manages to underachieve the low bar set by its predecessor.
#11
Adjusted Score: 3.09%
Critics Consensus: A mirthless, fairly desperate family film, Daddy Day Camp relies too heavily on bodily functions for comedic effect, resulting in plenty of cheap gags but no laughs.
#10
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
#9
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
#8
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
#7
Adjusted Score: 0.225%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
#6
Adjusted Score: 0.744%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
#5
Adjusted Score: 0.882%
Critics Consensus: Utterly, completely, thoroughly and astonishingly unfunny, Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol sends a once-innocuous franchise plummeting to agonizing new depths.
#4
Adjusted Score: 1.111%
Critics Consensus: There should have been only one.
#3
Adjusted Score: 1.639%
Critics Consensus: Despite its lush tropical scenery and attractive leads, Return to the Blue Lagoon is as ridiculous as its predecessor, and lacks the prurience and unintentional laughs that might make it a guilty pleasure.
#2
Adjusted Score: 2.577%
Critics Consensus: Illogical, tension-free, and filled with cut-rate special effects, Jaws 4 - The Revenge is a sorry chapter in a once-proud franchise.
#1
Adjusted Score: 0.517%
Critics Consensus: A startling lack of taste pervades Superbabies, a sequel offering further proof that bad jokes still aren't funny when coming from the mouths of babes.
September 11, 2020 at 06:43AM
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