Which Movie Sequel Had the Biggest Drop in Quality?

[Admiral Yi]

I say Crocodile Dundee.  The original was great, the second was unwatchable.

[Syt]

Starship Troopers.

[Barrister]

Trouble with this question is there are an awful lot of direct to DVD sequels out there that had virtually nothing in common with the original movie beyond the title.  Did you know for example that there is a Lost Boys 2 and A Christmas Story 2?  Both are dreadful.

So I think you have to limit it to sequels that actually made it into cinemas.

There are also a lot of really bad sequels to movies that weren't very good to begin with.  Paul Blart 2 is likely terrible, but would it really be that big a drop in quality?

Giving the matter some thought, I have two nominations.

Highlander 2.  The first Highlander was a surprisingly entertaining movie, but the sequel just shat all over everything the first movie did.

2010.  It's actually a fine movie and one I enjoyed, but as a sequel to motherfucking masterpiece like 2001?  HUGE drop in quality.

[Barrister]

Starship Troopers.

Sequel was direct to video.

[HVC]

Son of the mask.

[Admiral Yi]

So I think you have to limit it to sequels that actually made it into cinemas.

Agreed.

[Barrister]

So I think you have to limit it to sequels that actually made it into cinemas.

Agreed.

Asoka.

It's been 30 years or so since I saw it, but I thought Crocodile Dundee 2 was okay.  It just kind of flips the script - instead of an Australian lost in New York, it's a New Yorker lost in Australia.  Kind of predictable but okay.

[Josquius]

Highlander.

[garbon]

Basic Instinct 2

[Barrister]

Highlander 2 has a whopping 0% fresh score on rottentomatoes.

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/highlander_2_the_quickening

[Admiral Yi]

It's been 30 years or so since I saw it, but I thought Crocodile Dundee 2 was okay.  It just kind of flips the script - instead of an Australian lost in New York, it's a New Yorker lost in Australia.  Kind of predictable but okay.

The premise was fine the execution was shit.  All the cute one and done gags that worked in CD1 got overplayed again and again in CD2.  Cartoonish villains.

[Syt]

So I think you have to limit it to sequels that actually made it into cinemas.

Agreed.

I would also suggest limiting it to second movies in the series. There are many long running franchises where you could pick part 7 or 12 or whatever, or series that really lost it at #3 after one successful sequel (like Smokey and the Bandit).

Additionally, I'd suggest a max. of 10 tears between original and sequel to keep out things like Space Jam 2, or Blues Brothers 2000 that are bordering on remake/reboot.

In that vein I name: Caddyshack II

[Sheilbh]

I would also suggest limiting it to second movies in the series. There are many long running franchises where you could pick part 7 or 12 or whatever, or series that really lost it at #3 after one successful sequel (like Smokey and the Bandit).

Yes. Such as Michael Caine's Jaws 4: The Revenge

Speed 2 is very very bad which is a shame because the first film is great. In terms of biggest disappointments I really remember how bad Men in Black 2 was after the first one - same with Jurassic Park: Lost World.

[Barrister]

So I think you have to limit it to sequels that actually made it into cinemas.

Agreed.

I would also suggest limiting it to second movies in the series. There are many long running franchises where you could pick part 7 or 12 or whatever, or series that really lost it at #3 after one successful sequel (like Smokey and the Bandit).

Additionally, I'd suggest a max. of 10 tears between original and sequel to keep out things like Space Jam 2, or Blues Brothers 2000 that are bordering on remake/reboot.

In that vein I name: Caddyshack II

I took it to be it had to be a direct sequel - a #2.  I mean I could say that Rise of Skywalker is a huge drop in quality from Star Wars, but that was 9 movies later.  Or the Police Academy movies got increasingly terrible, but Police Academy 2 was serviceable.

But I don't know about the 10 years rule.  Some of the worst sequels out there are so bad precisely because they were made decades after the first movie.

But it's not my thread, and not my rules.

[Valmy]

Highlander.

This is the correct answer