Worst sequel in movie history.

[Michael Tree]

I'm amazed that no one has mentioned the Star Wars Holiday Special. Of course, to quote Carrie Fisher "We made no holiday special."

You know a movie's bad when the cast denies it's existence, not just the fans.

 

[Liquid Snake]

Damn connection lags.

EDIT: Double Post

 

[Michael Tree]

Move along, nothing to see here...

Edit: double post

 

[KnowTheToe]

Someone already has made the warning of the D&D movie sequel, can it be as bad as the first one?

Not unless they do a spoof of the first one.

 

[Storminator]

I was not going to say anything, but now I have given in to temptation. I just have to brag that I am one of the rare people who have listened to the warnings. I liked Highlander, was warned to avoid the sequels, and have done so.

So for those of you going to the effort to warn people about Highlander 2, and thinking "If I can just save one person, it will be worth it", keep up the good work. You saved me. Thanks.

I too dodged that bullet. My buddy told me that H II was so bad it made the first movie worse, so I avoided it like the plague.

PS

 

[Rashak Mani]

There can only be one ! Highlander 2 sucked so so so badly.... I refused to see the abberations that followed. Highlander 1 is my favorite movie to make things worse... it really hurt to see Sean Connery in that joke of a film...

 

[FraserRonald]

Hello,

Regarding the Highlander 2 question: I'm pretty sure there was a re-edited "Renegade Version" that came out on video. It was supposed to be much closer to the creators' original intention than the...thing...that showed up in theaters wearing the H2 name. Among other things, it supposedly eliminated any reference to the immortals being some sort of alien race. Though not explicitly stated anywhere as far as I know, I've heard that this is also the version supposedly taken as canon for purposes of the TV series. Has anyone around here seen this version? How much of an improvement is it? (I'm going on the theory that pretty much any change would be for the better.)

Actually, I took one for the team, thinking that maybe there was hope. There is none. Check out my review at:

http://www.swordsedge.net/Issue15/ReviewRenegadeVersion.html

Or, if you don't have that kind of time on your hands, my review encapsulated is:

Sucks @$$

Definitely the worst sequel ever.

 

[Klaatu B. Nikto]

I can think of a few that haven't been mentioned. The originals are probably close to cult movies.

Black Mask 2: City of Masks - A sequel to the Jet Li movie but this one has a newcomer (Andy On) as the lead character but also had Traci Lords and at least 2 professional wrestlers: Tyler Mane aka X-Men's Sabretooth and Rob... Van... Dam... (makes more sense if you do the thumb bit he does). Wire fu! Supersoldiers! Professional wrestlers! Human - animal hybrids! A DNA bomb! Dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria! Ok, that's from Ghostbusters.

Iron Monkey 2 - The first one involved a doctor dressing up as a masked vigilante to right wrongs and other do gooder stuff. This one um... I'm not quite sure. I'd say its worthy of Saturday Afternoon Kung Fu Theatre or MST3k but not much else.

The various knockoffs once Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan became successful and used stock footage from their other movies to make 'new' ones. You know, the movies starring Bruce Li or Bruce Le, etc. and I think Fearless Hyena 2 was one of Jackie's knockoffs.

 

[Villano]

I can think of a few that haven't been mentioned. The originals are probably close to cult movies.

Black Mask 2: City of Masks - A sequel to the Jet Li movie but this one has a newcomer (Andy On) as the lead character but also had Traci Lords and at least 2 professional wrestlers: Tyler Mane aka X-Men's Sabretooth and Rob... Van... Dam... (makes more sense if you do the thumb bit he does). Wire fu! Supersoldiers! Professional wrestlers! Human - animal hybrids! A DNA bomb! Dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria! Ok, that's from Ghostbusters.

Iron Monkey 2 - The first one involved a doctor dressing up as a masked vigilante to right wrongs and other do gooder stuff. This one um... I'm not quite sure. I'd say its worthy of Saturday Afternoon Kung Fu Theatre or MST3k but not much else.

The various knockoffs once Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan became successful and used stock footage from their other movies to make 'new' ones. You know, the movies starring Bruce Li or Bruce Le, etc. and I think Fearless Hyena 2 was one of Jackie's knockoffs.

Argh! Black Mask 2! I totally forgot about that one. Make the pain stop!

I actually have Iron Monkey 2 on tape (free cable weekend), but haven't gotten around to watching it, yet. I guess it may not be worth it.

I personally like Bruce Li, but I agree that the sequels to Lee's films were, er, not so good. All the Fist of Fury, Game of Death, and Chinese Connection sequels did indeed suck.

And Fearless Hyena 2? Man, stock footage theatre! It's Jackie's own Game Of Death.

 

[Tratyn Runewind]

Hi again,

Thanks, FraserRonald. The sacrifice is appreciated - about two hours of your life you'll never get back, whatever it cost to borrow the video, and the potential therapy sessions truly bad movies can cause...

I'd hoped they'd be able to do something decent with it, but when all you can do is edit existing footage, I suppose your options are pretty limited.

Anyway, thanks again!