i hate how whoever makes these weak ass sequals try to mooch off their only hit and make these lame straight to DVD sequals...
i.e. the Butterfly effect, the movie was barely viewable as it was, now they wanna make us try n buy an even weaker sequal... eh... vent over..
what are some of the sequals you didn't expect, hated, or just didn't like the first one and didn't want to see a sequal of it...

another weak sequal... SPEED 2, and 3!

Butterfly Effect was an awesome movie what are you talking about "barely viewable"?

How about American Psycho 2? The only apparent connection this movie had to the original is someone mentioning the main character from the original, Bateman, somewhere near the beginning of the movie.

Speed 3? News to me.

It wasn't even written as a sequel. Lion's Gate just decided to retool an old script they had sitting around after the first one did alright theatrically. Hell, director Morgan J. Freeman did nothing but trash the original movie and would just as soon his opus not be compared to it.

Starship Troopers 2, I don't know what Tippet was thinking when he tried to turn this into some version of Alien.

I haven't seen Hollowman 2 to form an opinion.

I haven't seen it, but when I was at Wal-Mart today, they had 8MM 2 on their shelves. I assume this is straight to video, I had no clue they were even making one.

I was dumb enough to rent Behind Enemy Lines 2 last night and boy was it bad. Stock footage gallore. the movie had a really low production value that when you there's a shootout. camera would just focus on the actor's faces.

I was wondering what is the average budget for these movies? I was thinking it had to be $2 million max. How much do networks spend on shows like Unit and 24? Those have way better production values.

From Dusk 'Til Dawn 2...and I can't remember how many of The Crow sequals were direct-to-video, only saw the original and the sequal, I know the newest one with Furlong and Reid was straight to video.

I don't know about you or your position, but movie studios aren't making us do anything. Free choice. There has ALWAYS been bad direct to home videos. If I didn't like the original I would never bother looking at the next one.

Besides that, if I don't want to see a film, I don't. A studio can market it all they want. I wont buckle.

Bring It On... Again

WHY can't anyone on the Internet spell the word SEQUEL properly?!!?!



Sorry, massive pet peeve of mine.

*COUGH*Disney*COUGH*

Wasn't Speed 2 released in theaters?

it was...

and the worst direct to video sequel I ever saw was 'dream a little dream 2'..magic classes??..what the hell?

i meant to say 'glasses'

The Cutting Edge 2

There are some decent direct-to-video sequels.

The two direct-to-video From Dusk Til Dawn sequels were nowhere near the quality of the original, but both are enjoyable for what they are and they are approved by Rodriguez himself.

Honey We Shrunk Ourselves was actually more entertaining than Honey I Blew Up The Kid. Didn't have nowhere near the production values the first two films had, but the flick sets everything up and blows right through it under 75 minutes.

Zapped Again? Better than the original. Fuck Baio and Ames.

I know!

What's wrong with people?

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I think one reason we see so many of these sequels is because they can almost always make their money back immediately with sales to the premium movie channels (Cinemax, The Movie Channel, etc.) and to rental outlets.

Save the Last Dance 2
All of Disney shitty animated sequels
Like Mike 2
Dr Doolittle 3

Behind Enemy Lines 2 comes out this week. It actually looks better than the first one.

I liked the 3rd one, All or Nothing. Maybe because it has the cheerleader from Heroes in it.

Tremors 2 and onwards