45 of the worst movie sequels of all time, ranked by how awful they were
45. "Home Alone 3" (1997)
Critic score: 30%
Audience score: 27%
Sequel to: "Home Alone" (1990)
What critics said: "Twice the bad guys, half the laughs." — USA Today
44. "Dumb and Dumber To" (2014)
Critic score: 29%
Audience score: 35%
Sequel to: "Dumb and Dumber" (1994)
What critics said: "I wish I could put as little thought into writing about 'Dumb and Dumber To' as the Farrelly brothers did in making it." — Time
43. "The Final Destination" (2009)
Critic score: 28%
Audience score: 35%
Sequel to: "Final Destination" (2000)
What critics said: "Since not even 3-D can put your eyes out, our only hope is that this time, the title is a promise and not a tease." — The New York Times
42. "Rocky V" (1990)
Critic score: 28%
Audience score: 31%
Sequel to: "Rocky" (1976)
What critics said: "Whereas the first and far superior Rocky had real heart, this tries and fails to have brains." — Time Out
41. "The Fly II" (1989)
Critic score: 27%
Audience score: 23%
Sequel to: "The Fly" (1986)
What critics said: "It's got nothing on Cronenberg's original - or the Vincent Price classic" — Sunday Times
40. "Friday After Next" (2002)
Critic score: 26%
Audience score: 75%
Sequel to: "Friday" (1995)
What critics said: "The jokes are sophomoric, stereotypes are sprinkled everywhere and the acting ranges from bad to bodacious." — San Francisco Chronicle
39. "Terminator Genisys" (2015)
Critic score: 26%
Audience score: 53%
Sequel to: "The Terminator" (1984)
What critics said: "It is mechanical in the worst way." — Minneapolis Star-Tribune
38. "Nutty Professor II: The Klumps" (2000)
Critic score: 26%
Audience score: 33%
Sequel to: "The Nutty Professor" (1996)
What critics said: "Bloated by empty, unhealthy and unnecessary calories." — Houston Chronicle
37. "Superman III" (1983)
Critic score: 26%
Audience score: 23%
Sequel to: "Superman" (1978)
What critics said: "Putting its emphasis on broad comedy at the expense of ingenious plotting and technical wizardry, it has virtually none of the mythic or cosmic sensibility that marked its predecessors." — Variety
36. "Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1" (2011)
Critic score: 25%
Audience score: 60%
Sequel to: "Twilight" (1975)
What critics said: "By any normal standard, this is a terrible movie, with stilted dialogue and leaden pacing." — Slate
35. "Evan Almighty" (2007)
Critic score: 23%
Audience score: 52%
Sequel to: "Bruce Almighty" (2003)
What critics said: "It's a paper-thin alleged comedy with a laugh drought of Biblical proportions." — Ebert & Roeper
34. "The Hangover Part III" (2013)
Critic score: 21%
Audience score: 44%
Sequel to: "The Hangover" (2009)
What critics said: "The first movie left you with an exhilarating rush. All that Part III leaves is, well, a hangover." — Rolling Stone
33. "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" (2009)
Critic score: 19%
Audience score: 57%
Sequel to: "Transformers" (2007)
What critics said: "Beyond bad, it carves out its own category of godawfulness." — Rolling Stone
32. "Exorcist II: The Heretic" (1977)
Critic score: 19%
Audience score: 12%
Sequel to: "The Exorcist" (1973)
What critics said: "An often astonishingly terrible and inept sequel." — Reel Film Reviews
31. "Poltergeist III" (1988)
Critic score: 18%
Audience score: 22%
Sequel to: "Poltergeist" (1982)
What critics said: "Falls right in line with its entirely underwhelming predecessor." — Reel Film Reviews
30. "A Good Day to Die Hard" (2013)
Critic score: 14%
Audience score: 40%
Sequel to: "Die Hard" (1988)
What critics said: "This is the fifth and least of the Die Hard movies." — Grantland
29. "Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension" (2015)
Critic score: 14%
Audience score: 27%
Sequel to: "Paranormal Activity" (2009)
What critics said: "Such a tepid failure that it triggers catcalls from paying audiences." — Time Out
28. "Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2" (2000)
Critic score: 14%
Audience score: 17%
Sequel to: "The Blair Witch Project" (1999)
What critics said: "A pale shadow of the diabolically clever piece of video hocus-focus that was 'The Blair Witch Project.'" — Philadelphia Inquirer
27. "Mannequin 2: On the Move" (1991)
Critic score: 13%
Audience score: 41%
Sequel to: "Mannequin" (1987)
What critics said: "Insipid in the extreme." — LA Times
26. "S. Darko: A Donnie Darko Tale" (2009)
Critic score: 13%
Audience score: 18%
Sequel to: "Donnie Darko" (2001)
What critics said: "A thick, viscous sludge of clichés, stereotypes, and poorly written dialogue." — FilmCritic.com
25. "Taken 3" (2015)
Critic score: 12%
Audience score: 44%
Sequel to: "Taken" (2009)
What critics said: "Nothing gets taken here except your ticket money." — Philadelphia Inquirer
24. "Superman IV: The Quest for Peace" (1987)
Critic score: 12%
Audience score: 15%
Sequel to: "Superman" (1978)
What critics said: "One of the cheesiest movies ever made." — The Washington Post
23. "Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles" (2001)
Critic score: 11%
Audience score: 25%
Sequel to: "Crocodile Dundee" (1986)
What critics said: "I've seen audits that were more thrilling." — Chicago Sun-Times
22. "American Psycho II: All American Girl" (2002)
Critic score: 11%
Audience score: 18%
Sequel to: "American Psycho" (2000)
What critics said: "Another stale, kill-by-numbers flick, complete with blade-thin characters and terrible, pun-laden dialogue." — FilmCritic.com
21. "Weekend at Bernie's II" (1993)
Critic score: 10%
Audience score: 41%
Sequel to: "Weekend at Bernie's" (1989)
What critics said: "If the premise of the first film was mindless and repetitive, it's doubly so this second time around." — The Washington Post
20. "Batman & Robin"
Critic score: 10%
Audience score: 16%
Sequel to: "Batman" (1989)
What critics said: "A sniggering, exhausting, overproduced extravaganza that has virtually all of the humanity pounded out of it in the name of an endless parade of stunt sequences." — Chicago Tribune
19. "Little Fockers" (2010)
Audience score: 34%
Sequel to: "Meet the Parents" (2000)
What critics said: "It may be time to try another household for laughs." — Entertainment Weekly
18. "Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo" (2005)
Audience score: 33%
Sequel to: "Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo" (1999)
What critics said: "An unimaginative, mean-spirited gross-out that forgot to bring the funny." — Village Voice
17. "Grown Ups 2" (2013)
Audience score: 53%
Sequel to: "Grown Ups" (2010)
What critics said: "This is pap, plain and simple: scattered raunch-lite devoid of emotional resonance." — The New York Times
16. "Basic Instinct 2" (2006)
Audience score: 26%
Sequel to: "Basic Instinct" (1992)
What critics said: "Even the ice pick looks like it really doesn't want to be there." — Toronto Star
15. "The Next Karate Kid" (1994)
Audience score: 24%
Sequel to: "The Karate Kid" (1984)
What critics said: "The franchise is still kicking -- but not very high." — Variety
14. "Big Momma's House 2" (2006)
Audience score: 57%
Sequel to: "Big Momma's House" (2000)
What critics said: "The least necessary sequel this side of 'Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo.'" — The AV Club
13. "Cheaper by the Dozen 2" (2005)
Audience score: 57%
Sequel to: "Cheaper by the Dozen" (2003)
What critics said: "There's something pernicious about a toxic mix of sitcom and snickering sex jokes getting packaged and effectively sold as wholesome fun for the family." — Rolling Stone
12. "Son of the Mask" (2005)
Audience score: 15%
Sequel to: "The Mask" (1994)
What critics said: "No doubt extensive market research shows that there's an audience out there for movies like 'Son Of The Mask,' but it's too depressing to speculate who that might be." — The AV Club
11. "Scary Movie 5" (2013)
Audience score: 38%
Sequel to: "Scary Movie" (2000)
What critics said: "This is the sort of movie where you feel bad for Sheen and Lohan, because they hadn't actually hit rock bottom until they agreed to appear in it." — The Wrap
10. "Caddyshack II" (1988)
Audience score: 17%
Sequel to: "Caddyshack" (1980)
What critics said: "The kind of film that sends careers spiraling downward." — The New York Times
9. "Mortal Kombat: Annihilation" (1997)
Audience score: 25%
Sequel to: "Mortal Kombat" (1995)
What critics said: "The video game is much more fun, of course." — Seattle Times
8. "Speed 2: Cruise Control" (1997)
Audience score: 16%
Sequel to: "Speed" (1994)
What critics said: "Frantic action, tinny dialogue, perfunctory characterization and tried-and-false plot pilferings." — The Wall Street Journal
7. "Daddy Day Camp" (2007)
Audience score: 37%
Sequel to: "Daddy Day Care" (2003)
What critics said: "A generic time-waster powered by a lazy, cynical combination of scatological kiddie humor and maudlin sentiment." — The AV Club
6. "Staying Alive" (1983)
Audience score: 38%
Sequel to: "Saturday Night Fever" (1977)
What critics said: "A sequel with no understanding of what made its predecessor work." — The New York Times
5. "The Sting II" (1983)
Audience score: 28%
Sequel to: "The Sting" (1973)
What critics said: "A clumsy counterfeit that is a real-life con game involving the ticket buyer." — People
4. "Highlander 2: The Quickening" (1991)
Audience score: 22%
Sequel to: "Highlander" (1986)
What critics said: "Leaden, laden with effects, short on imagination." — Time Out
3. "Police Academy 7: Mission to Moscow" (1994)
Audience score: 22%
Sequel to: "Police Academy" (1984)
What critics said: "Lame, sloppy, cack-handed, utterly redundant - put succinctly, the very worst of the series." — Time Out
2. "Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2" (2004)
Audience score: 20%
Sequel to: "Baby Geniuses" (1999)
What critics said: "It is perhaps the most incompetent and least funny comic film ever made. There aren't even any good diaper jokes." — Detroit News
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