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00:00 I have an irresistible urge to kiss you, Ellen Brody.
00:05 Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're
00:08 looking at sequels so bad or misguided
00:12 that they take the story, if not the legacy,
00:15 of the previous movies.
00:17 Telling your relationships based on extreme circumstances
00:20 never work out.
00:23 Number 10, Space Jam, A New Legacy.
00:27 So you want me, a talking cartoon bunny,
00:31 to play with you, an NBA superstar,
00:33 in a high-stakes basketball game?
00:36 Sounds awfully familiar.
00:38 The original Looney Tunes and Michael Jordan team-up
00:41 may not be a classic, but Space Jam became a part
00:43 of many millennials' youth.
00:45 As for Space Jam, A New Legacy, it
00:47 relied solely on brand recognition
00:49 and was essentially a LeBron James and Cybernet
00:51 rehash of the first movie's then story.
00:54 Oh, man.
00:55 That's Michael B. Jordan, the actor.
00:59 I was just getting some popcorn and then this cat grabbed it.
01:02 The Looney Tunes were obnoxiously over-animated,
01:05 and Warner Brothers was shameless about meta gags
01:07 to promote as much intellectual property as possible.
01:11 The movie stumbled at the box office,
01:13 perhaps because it was simultaneously
01:16 released on Warner's streaming platform, HBO Max.
01:19 The whole project stank of corporate cynicism,
01:23 dimming fondness for the original in the process.
01:25 Well, star, your squad is all jokes.
01:27 All jokes.
01:28 And just with one bar, most famous of all quotes,
01:30 this battle is now over.
01:31 The that, that's all, folks.
01:34 Number nine, The Matrix Revolutions.
01:38 Mr. Anderson, welcome back.
01:41 We missed you.
01:43 After The Matrix pushed the technical and philosophical
01:46 boundaries aside by action, viewers were eager for sequels.
01:50 It was disappointing enough when The Matrix
01:52 Reloaded divided audiences.
01:54 But most agreed that Revolutions was
01:57 a poor ending to the trilogy.
01:59 Did you do that?
02:01 For Neil.
02:04 That's nice.
02:06 I know he'd love it.
02:07 The epic mythos that the Wachowskis built
02:10 came down to convoluted reveals and truncated ideas
02:14 from Reloaded.
02:15 The themes were mincemeat fed, and the characters
02:18 were ironically overpowered by computerized action.
02:21 It would be 18 years before the saga arguably
02:25 received more satisfying, if overly nostalgic, justice
02:29 with The Matrix Resurrections.
02:31 Sadly, the legacy of the once revolutionary blockbuster
02:35 will be forever corrupted by the generic spectacle
02:38 of The Matrix Revolutions.
02:40 To say something.
02:42 I say, everything that has a beginning has an end, Neil.
02:48 Number eight, The Blues Brothers 2000.
02:52 I'm thinking of putting the band back together.
02:54 Maybe you could join us.
02:56 The Blues Brothers was a hit in 1980.
02:58 And Blues Brothers 2000 took aim at a new generation.
03:02 In light of John Belushi's death in '82,
03:05 the project was ill-conceived from the get-go.
03:07 The beginning of the movie further betrays fans
03:10 by revealing that the orphanage the heroes saved
03:12 in the first film was foreclosed anyway.
03:15 He was very upset when the orphanage closed.
03:19 Curtis was the closest thing to a dad that Jake and I ever had.
03:22 From there, it's nonsensical gags and action
03:25 as Elwood Blues tries to revive his band
03:28 without his late brother Jake.
03:29 At least the soundtrack still jams.
03:32 Other than that, Blues Brothers 2000
03:34 is just concophony trying to hit the old high notes.
03:38 What the box office bomb does with the first movie's story
03:41 is just tone deaf.
03:43 I think you need a hug.
03:45 Oh!
03:46 And don't ever come back here again!
03:48 Number 7, Caddyshack 2.
03:51 Golf, huh?
03:53 Golf.
03:54 Golf.
03:56 Sounds like you got something stuck in your throat.
03:58 The hilarious Caddyshack is quotable to an annoying degree.
04:02 Caddyshack 2 is just annoying.
04:05 The new characters and lazy gags surrounding a golfing tournament
04:08 are totally uninspired.
04:10 What's worse is that it is mostly
04:12 about milking the characters and gags that
04:14 made the first film so iconic.
04:16 You look terrible.
04:18 No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
04:20 Another hit song by Kenny Loggins is the sole success.
04:24 None of that matters next to the travesty
04:26 of the rascally gopher being turned
04:29 into a mugging animatronic madness.
04:31 Caddyshack 2 isn't just your average swing and a miss sequel.
04:35 It panders to the first movie so lifelessly
04:38 that if it doesn't tarnish the legacy of a classic,
04:41 it's because few people caught the second hold.
04:44 No, no, no, I meant, do you want him terminated?
04:49 The less I know about that, the better.
04:50 Number six, Mortal Kombat Annihilation.
04:54 You're alive.
04:55 Too bad you will die.
04:58 1995's Mortal Kombat was considered
05:01 a creatively and commercially successful video game
05:04 adaptation.
05:05 Its cult legacy among fans of the brand
05:07 makes Mortal Kombat Annihilation all the more gruesome.
05:11 Almost every role was poorly recast.
05:14 The story took jarring liberties with the original video game
05:17 property and even the original movie.
05:19 The fate of the universe will be decided as it should be.
05:25 Immortal Kombat.
05:27 Beyond that insult to fans, the filmmaking
05:30 is so bad that some consider it the foundation of video game
05:34 movies' bad reputation.
05:35 The brutal reviews and revenue effectively
05:38 finished the live action film series until a 2021 reboot.
05:42 Annihilation was an almost fatal error in the franchise.
05:46 And on the seventh day, mankind will rest in peace.
05:52 Number five, Independence Day Resurgence.
05:56 They're like the death of landlords.
05:58 [EXPLOSION]
06:01 The invasion epic Independence Day
06:03 was an enormous success, overcoming
06:06 some critical resistance.
06:07 Roland Emmerich brought new life to the disaster blockbuster,
06:11 only to bring it to a new low with ID4 Resurgence.
06:15 After 20 years, beloved characters
06:17 were either long gone or relegated
06:19 to uninspired subplots.
06:21 I had 20 years to get us ready, and we never had a chance.
06:27 We didn't last time either.
06:28 With humans reverse engineering alien technology
06:31 to resist a second invasion, the movie
06:33 was just about bloated special effects
06:35 and filled with jinglous overtones.
06:38 That can probably be said of the first ID4.
06:41 But with all originality and vision stripped away,
06:44 Resurgence highlights the original's worst qualities.
06:47 Such a disappointing reception may
06:49 have ended all promise of the tainted franchise's
06:52 continuation.
06:53 At any rate, even Emmerich admits
06:56 that returning to his biggest hit was a mistake.
06:58 [MUSIC PLAYING]
07:02 That is definitely bigger than the last one.
07:05 Number four, Speed 2, Cruise Control.
07:09 You don't even work on this ship.
07:10 Oh, God, I've been in worse situations than this.
07:12 And panicking does not help.
07:13 Trust me.
07:13 Speed suggested Keanu Reeves' taste in action.
07:17 And turning down Speed 2, Cruise Control confirmed that taste.
07:21 Sandra Bullock returns as a civilian hero
07:24 who thwarts terrorists steering a cruise
07:26 ship toward an oil tanker.
07:27 Traditionally speaking, isn't it true that the captain
07:29 goes down with the ship?
07:30 It's basically the same premise as the first movie,
07:33 with a new vehicle and much lower IQ,
07:36 even with higher billing.
07:37 Bullock's character sink lower in believability.
07:40 Cruise Control was an uniquely lazy capitalization
07:43 on a hit action movie.
07:45 And the only real bomb in the movie was at the box office.
07:48 As a dull and dumb betrayal of the first Speed's magic,
07:52 Cruise Control is one of the worst sequels ever
07:54 and tarnished the first film's legacy.
07:57 Let's take a wrench and dump it into the engine
07:59 and bust a transmission like a car, because I've done that.
08:02 With all due respect, miss, this is not your car.
08:04 This is a cruise liner.
08:06 Number three, Son of the Mask.
08:09 So you like games, huh?
08:12 Well, you better watch out, because I've got a game that no
08:15 one can beat me at.
08:18 Super Twister.
08:20 For 11 years, the Mask held a reputation
08:23 as a cool pop culture staple, notable for Jim Carrey's
08:26 breakout performance.
08:27 With no need to revive the brand for a new generation,
08:31 Son of the Mask only spoiled it.
08:33 A cartoonist conceiving a child while wearing the mask of Loki
08:36 was already an awkward setup for a family movie.
08:40 Hello there, son.
08:43 Been waiting to meet you for nine months now.
08:46 Behind the super baby hijinks and bad special effects,
08:50 what little plot there is fumbled or over explains
08:53 the lore.
08:53 It's one thing to further tone down
08:56 the edge of the original comics.
08:57 But Son of the Mask's attempt to turn it
09:00 into outright family entertainment
09:02 even kills the slick fun of Carrey's classic.
09:05 Why aren't you screwing with my mind?
09:07 Maybe I am just going crazy.
09:14 Number two, Jaws, The Revenge.
09:17 Bloody hell, get us started.
09:19 Double time.
09:20 The breath on that thing.
09:21 You are alive.
09:22 Let's get out of here, Alifrodi.
09:25 Steven Spielberg's Jaws was one of the defining
09:28 modern blockbusters.
09:29 With that, though, came the unnecessary sequels.
09:33 Jaws 2 and Jaws 3D didn't have much beyond technical gimmicks.
09:37 But Jaws, The Revenge completely felled in both spectacle
09:41 and narrative.
09:42 I've always wanted to make love to an angry welder.
09:46 I've dreamed of nothing else since I was a small boy.
09:48 Original characters were sacrificed
09:50 for the ludicrous concept of a vendetta
09:52 by the first Shark's Descendant.
09:54 This was still easier to stomach than waiting most of the movie
09:57 for any action.
09:59 This lack of suspense alone points to the studio's
10:02 total disregard for the fans.
10:04 There are many more reasons why Jaws, The Revenge
10:07 is considered one of the worst films ever made.
10:09 While Jaws is still recognized as one of the best,
10:12 its influence on blockbusters sadly
10:14 extends to the worst kind of Hollywood sequel.
10:17 Get up, mediocrity with fat men.
10:19 You'd all be whales.
10:20 Before we unveil our topic, here are a few dishonorable mentions.
10:24 Zoolander 2.
10:26 Ben Stiller's supermodel returns with more glitz
10:29 than actual satire.
10:31 Which is why it pains me to say that effective immediately,
10:34 I will retire from modeling and live alone as a hermit crab.
10:40 I will now be anonymous and known only as Eric Two-Lander.
10:46 Exorcist 2, The Heretic.
10:49 A horror masterpiece loses its soul
10:52 to a campy and convoluted mess.
10:54 What's the matter with you?
10:59 I was possessed by a demon.
11:00 Oh, it's OK.
11:04 He's gone.
11:05 Dumb and Dumber 2.
11:07 The heart of a buddy comedy classic
11:09 is dumbed down to its lowest gags.
11:12 Hey, hair, you want to hear the second most
11:14 annoying sound in the world?
11:15 Sure.
11:16 [PHONE RINGING]
11:19 [PHONE RINGING]
11:24 Yeah, that's pretty annoying.
11:25 The Hangover Part 2 and The Hangover Part 3.
11:29 Memories of a one-time comedy classic
11:32 faded with the headaches that came after.
11:35 Phil gets it.
11:36 Nothing worse than losing your phone.
11:40 You just saw a man get murdered.
11:41 Your brother-in-law is kidnapped.
11:43 You sure there's nothing worse?
11:45 You don't get it, Stu.
11:46 You just don't get it.
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12:05 Number 1, Terminator Genisys.
12:09 Goddamn time traveling robots covering up their goddamn tracks.
12:12 Knew it.
12:13 The liberal use of time travel definitely
12:16 damages the Terminator saga.
12:17 Fans stayed invested in the characters
12:19 until Terminator Genisys sacrificed character
12:22 for spectacle and convoluted storytelling.
12:24 It was frustrating enough when Sarah Connor and her reformed
12:28 T-800 traveled back to thwart the entire plot
12:31 of the first movie.
12:33 I've been waiting for you.
12:34 But when John Connor was ousted as a Terminator
12:41 meant to sabotage his own resistance against Skynet,
12:44 this twist casually obliterated the series' constant objective
12:48 to protect John.
12:49 The stakes and characters no longer felt consequential.
12:53 Terminator Dark Fate tried to get things
12:55 on track from Judgment Day, albeit with more mythos
12:58 meddling.
12:59 But with gimmicky retcons and lazy nostalgia,
13:02 Terminator Genisys represents the most mechanical
13:05 of Hollywood sequels.
13:07 Hello, Kyle Reese.
13:10 It is nice to meet you.
13:12 Are you kidding me?
13:13 What are your least favorite follow-up films?
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