Top 11 Worst Movie Sequels

Top 11 Worst Movie Sequels
Released	January 17, 2017
Running time	28:54
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(We open up with the Sequel Month (The Sequel) opening card, then cut to the Nostalgia Critic at his desk, facepalming himself and looking sullen, almost sick)

NC: (low voice, almost mumbling) Hello, I'm the Nostalgia Critic. I remember it so you don't have to. I'm sorry I don't look my best, but seeing how we did the Top 11 Best Movie Sequels of all time, it only figures to do the Top 11 Worst. And guess what? (gets agitated) There's a few more of the Top 11, so we had to do the absolute worst! (voice suddenly cracks) And I'm not ready!

(Clips of movie sequels shown in the NC's "Top 11 Best" are shown)

NC (vo): In some respects, sequels are very difficult to do, trying to capture the magic of something people clearly liked and trying to make lightning strike twice while also taking the idea to a new level.

(Cut to movie sequels featured in this video)

NC (vo): But many sequels not only fail at that, but pour salt in the wound of annoyance.

NC: There's clearly more bad sequels out there than good sequels, so let's go ahead and determine how these'll be judged.

(Clips of more sequels are shown)

NC (vo): We're gonna be comparing how much the sequel let down the previous film or films. It also has to have been shown in theaters and come from a series that started with promise.

(Cut to a shot of the poster for Twilight)

NC (vo): We knew nothing could improve Twilight, so why would it be a letdown if the sequels were bad?

(Cut to more footage of sequels)

NC (vo): These are the films that could've been a contender, but instead turned into a cunt blunder. What's that? (a black-and-white shot of someone, I don't know who it is, pops up) That was a bad add-on to something popular you loved? WELL THEN, I GOT YOU IN JUST THE RIGHT MOOD! We're gonna look at the Top 11 Worst Movie Continuations Ever!

NC: Why Top 11? Because Top 80 would go too long! This is the Top 11 Worst Sequels!

(Cut to a shot of a man with his hands in his face, crying. The video's title zooms in. This will be the interlude footage throughout the video. The number 11 zooms in)

#11

NC (vo): Number 11: Godfather Part 3. I'm putting this so low on the list because it is still a competently-made film. It still is Ford Coppola, it does have a memorable line or two...

NC: Okay, just one.

Michael Corleone (Al Pacino): Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.

NC (vo): And if it was released on its own, it'd just be seen as an ordinary bad flick, not one of the worst. But, seeing how this is coming off of the heals of not one, but two of what many consider the greatest films ever made, this flick was painful to sit through. It went from subtle, complex, powerful storytelling to over-the-top acting, over-the-top writing, and even over-the-top kills. When someone died in these movies, it felt real, chilling, often disturbingly quiet. Here, a helicopter tries to take out people like a Fast and the Furious movie!

(During the raid, the camera focuses on Albert Volpe during the raid, clutching at his coat)

NC (vo): Look at this asshole whining about his lucky coat! Yeah, he would've lasted long in the Mafia world!

Albert Volpe (Carmine Caridi): (yelling over the din, clutching his coat) My lucky coat! It's my lucky coat! (he gets mowed down by a barrage of bullets)

NC (vo): The writing gets needlessly complicated, involving incest, controlling the Vatican Bank, even ties to the friggin' Pope! Come on, I know the Mafia's big, but if there was a Godfather Part 4, they'd probably go after the world next, like (an image of the following pops up...) Dr. Evil!

(The next set of clips involves Mary Corleone, Sofia Coppola's character in the movie)

NC (vo): And, yeah, let's talk about that elephant in the room, Sofia Coppola. Francis had a tendency of sneaking his daughter into his films, but here, he gave her a starring role, and...

Mary: (multiple clips) I really love him. / I'm your little cousin. / I love my family.

NC: (shaking head) Thank god she can direct.

(The car explosion scene from the first movie is shown)

NC (vo): In fact, here's a visual representation of her trying to have an acting career...

(Michael cries "No!" at this, but the car explodes; back to the third movie)

NC (vo): Everybody talks like how people think gangsters talk in mobster movies.

Joey Zasa (Joe Mantegna): I say to all of you, I have been treated this day, with no respect. [...] You will not give, I'll take!

NC (vo): And it doesn't help that the lines are written just as bad.

Michael: He gets the Esquire Magazine award for the best dressed gangster. / (to Mary) He's your first cousin.

Mary: Then I'll love him first.

NC (vo): This was also at a point when Pacino decided it was better to not be Pacino, but instead a really yelling impression of Pacino.

(A clip of Michael Corleone is shown)

Michael: I spent my life protecting my FAMILY!

NC (vo): How the high and mighty fall. This was a letdown that easily any of us could refuse.

#10

NC (vo): Number 10: Blair Witch 2: Book of Shadows.

#9

NC (vo): Number 9: The Transformers sequels.

#8

NC (vo): Number 8: X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

#7

NC (vo): Number 7: Blues Brothers 2000.

#6

NC (vo): Number 6: Jaws 3D.

#5

NC (vo): Number 5: Superman 4: The Quest For Peace.

#4

NC (vo): Number 4: Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.

#3

NC (vo): Number 3: Batman & Robin.

#2

NC (vo): Number 2: Son of the Mask.

Runners-up

NC: Before we get to number 1, a few runners-up.

(Cut to a montage of posters for the following runners-up, starting with...)

NC (vo): Home Alone 3: It didn't try hard enough to be on this list, but that's also why it's an honorable mention. (next up...) X-Men 3: Wolverine is worse, but killing off a ton of your characters adding up to nothing is a good way to piss off a fan base. (next up...) Spider-Man 3: Stupid, yes, but the other films are stupid, too. This one just took that one step too far. (next up...) Terminator: Genisys: So... the other films are totally retconned now, huh? Whatever, everybody's already forgotten you. (next up: a poster for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End) The Pirates of the Caribbean sequels: Stop being so needlessly long and complicated, you're a Pirates movie, not Lawrence of Arabia! (next up...) Clerks II, because Clerks always needed a bigger budget for bigger stars and dance numbers. Really captured the spirit of the original there! (next up...) Highlander II: The first one ended fine, why give bad writers the chance to muck it all up? (next up...) Die Hard 5: Want to hate John McClane? Now you can, through one easy step of watching this shithole! (next up...) Mortal Kombat: Annihilation: We knew nobody liked Mortal Kombat for the gore, so we took that all out, giving you the B-movie story and crappy characters that made it popular to begin with. You're welcome!

NC: All right, all right, let's get to it.

#1

NC (vo): And the number 1 worst movie sequel of all time is... Troll 2.