Short, sharp, and to the point. Who can list films that are pretty much universally deemed worthy of their prequel? I'm talking about the sequels that captured the magic of the first film/s and recreated it for the audience. Perhaps the sequel updated things, perhaps it turned the story on its head completely, or perhaps it just stuck to the original tried-and-tested forumla. No matter. Can we get a list of quality sequels going, and let's see if it causes a few dusty DVDs to be excavated over the next few days??? I'll start: PREDATOR 2. Slightly different angle, but a damn good sequel. Danny Glover is in excellent form, just before he 'got too old for this sh*t'... Next? So far we've got: Predator 2 Aliens Godfather 2 Empire Strikes Back Kill Bill Vol. 2 The Naked Gun 2 The Dark Knight Die Hard 2 The Bourne sequels Lethal Weapon 2 Toy Story 2 & 3 Rocky IV Blade II Mad Max II Gremlins 2:The New Batch Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Beverly Hills Cop 2 Terminator 2 Chronicles of Riddick LotR Sean Connery James Bond movies Back to the Future Part II Hannibal Rising Jaws: The Revenge Ghostbusters 2 Rambo II Superman II Rocky II Harry Potter sequels Pirates of the Caribbean sequels Mission Impossible 2 Iron Man 2 Hell Boy II 28 Weeks Later Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit Mr Bean's Holiday Shrek films Spiderman films Short Circuit 2 Back to the Future III Bad Boys 2 TBC?
Kill Bill Vol. 2 The Naked Gun, all three were brilliant The Dark Knight Oceans trilogy, I liked all of them. Die Hard, again, all of them were good. The Bourne trilogy The Matrix (though many seem to disagree)
Die Hard 2 (Not as good as the first but still awesome) The Dark Knight Lethal Weapon 2! Toy Story 2 Bourne Ultimatum Rocky IV Blade II Mad Max II Can Desperado be considered a sequal to El Mariaci? Definitely on the list if so.
Gremlins 2:The New Batch Both of the TWO Indiana Jones sequels (and there are ONLY two before anyone mentions fridge ********) Evan Almighty (gotta be honest and say i preferred it) Police Story 3:Supercop (not as good as 1 of course but way better than 2) Chronicles of Riddick - Much better direction and plot than the fir.....no, i just can't finish that with a straight face
Legally Blond 2 Sex in the City 2 Miss Congeniality 2 . . . . . . But seriously, I thought Rec 2 was great
Lots of good movies already listed, so I'll add The Transporter trilogy, all good action flicks, about as good as the Die Hard series imo. Another awesome collection imo, are the old Sean Connery James Bond movies, even though he had the completely wrong accent for the job, and even though they were all a little cheesy, they were pure Cheesecake I'd like to see Tarantino make a sequel to Pulp Fiction, that would be epic imo. His Kill Bill trilogy were awesome. Well Matrix 2 was good, and Matrix 3 was okish, it's just that I don't think their plots have anywhere near the same cool factor about them that the original had, which I think is what make the sequels seem like they do not belong.
Toy Story 2&3. Can't really think of any other proper SEQUELS that were good. LOTR was ofcourse excellent, but that doesn't count... And even then the second film was the weakest.
I cant believe you havent said: Rambo II and the rest that followed Superman II Home Alone 2 Lost in New York(i quite enjoyed it) Rocky II and all that followed no matter what you people say! Harry potter (i dont know if that counts) all the films Pirates of the caribbean (all that followed) Leathal Weapon 2 Beverly Hills Cop 2 Mission Impossible 2 Infernal Affairs 2 i think thats all i can thikn of right now seeing its 2:40am!!
