Top 10 Worst Movie Sequels

Francis Ford Coppola's belated trilogy closer was hampered by studio interference and Sofia Coppola's widely criticized performance. It failed to recapture the magic of its legendary predecessors.

Steven Spielberg and George Lucas brought back Harrison Ford for a sequel involving aliens and a nuclear fridge survival scene. The phrase "nuking the fridge" entered the lexicon as a synonym for jumping the shark.

The fourth Jaws film features a shark that follows the Brody family from New England to the Bahamas out of apparent personal vendetta. Michael Caine famously said he never saw it but enjoyed the house it bought him.

Swapping a speeding bus for a slow-moving cruise ship was a fundamentally flawed concept. Keanu Reeves wisely declined to return, and the film became a textbook example of why some films should not get sequels.

This sequel retconned the immortals as aliens from the planet Zeist, contradicting everything that made the original compelling. Even director Russell Mulcahy tried to distance himself from the theatrical cut.

The Wachowskis' trilogy closer abandoned the philosophical intrigue of the original for bloated CGI battles and an unsatisfying conclusion. It squandered the goodwill that even the divisive Reloaded had partially maintained.

David Fincher's directorial debut killed off beloved characters in the opening minutes and trapped itself in a grim, repetitive prison setting. Studio interference led to a notoriously troubled production that Fincher has disowned.

This comedy sequel replaced Bill Murray and Chevy Chase with Jackie Mason and failed to recapture any of the original's anarchic spirit. It holds a zero percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Made without John Belushi for obvious tragic reasons, this belated sequel starring Dan Aykroyd and John Goodman was a pale imitation of the 1980 classic. Its existence proved some partnerships are irreplaceable.

Francis Ford Coppola's belated trilogy closer was hampered by studio interference and Sofia Coppola's widely criticized performance. It failed to recapture the magic of its legendary predecessors.

Steven Spielberg and George Lucas brought back Harrison Ford for a sequel involving aliens and a nuclear fridge survival scene. The phrase "nuking the fridge" entered the lexicon as a synonym for jumping the shark.

The fourth Jaws film features a shark that follows the Brody family from New England to the Bahamas out of apparent personal vendetta. Michael Caine famously said he never saw it but enjoyed the house it bought him.

Swapping a speeding bus for a slow-moving cruise ship was a fundamentally flawed concept. Keanu Reeves wisely declined to return, and the film became a textbook example of why some films should not get sequels.

This sequel retconned the immortals as aliens from the planet Zeist, contradicting everything that made the original compelling. Even director Russell Mulcahy tried to distance himself from the theatrical cut.

The Wachowskis' trilogy closer abandoned the philosophical intrigue of the original for bloated CGI battles and an unsatisfying conclusion. It squandered the goodwill that even the divisive Reloaded had partially maintained.

David Fincher's directorial debut killed off beloved characters in the opening minutes and trapped itself in a grim, repetitive prison setting. Studio interference led to a notoriously troubled production that Fincher has disowned.

This comedy sequel replaced Bill Murray and Chevy Chase with Jackie Mason and failed to recapture any of the original's anarchic spirit. It holds a zero percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Made without John Belushi for obvious tragic reasons, this belated sequel starring Dan Aykroyd and John Goodman was a pale imitation of the 1980 classic. Its existence proved some partnerships are irreplaceable.