Sequels
City Slickers 2
Sequel I was shocked when I heard the premise for this one- the guys go to a cattle ranch. Hey, that was the original! If I wanted to see that again, I’d rent it. What was more painful is that the original beautifully setup a sequel and they dropped the ball. The original told us [...]
Die Harder
Not the worst of sequels, but far from the best. Sequels Part of the success of the first was that McLane was in constant danger. He was trapped in the building and was forced to fight the bad guys. The bad guys were looking for him throughout the movie and he was one of many [...]
Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey
Sequel I give them two points for trying something different. They did the right thing by not having Bill and Ted again travel back in time and meet other historical figures. That’s because time-travel was not the core of the first story, but rather fish-out-of-water, these cute bozos interacting with people out of their league. [...]
Beverly Hills Cop 2 and 3
Sequel – The trick to a good sequel is to truly understand the kernel of the original and what made it tick. The first Beverly Hills Cop was not an action movie at its core, but a fish-out-of-water story- a tough, wise-cracking, black cop from Detroit who goes to white, by-the-books Beverly Hills. All the [...]
Back To The Future 2 and 3
Sequel The original’s a classic. Here’s the problem with the sequels: The first part of Number 2 is not even what the movie is about. The entire time in the future, where Marty’s kid is in trouble, is all a way-too-long future skit. The end result is old-man Biff getting the Sports Almanac and giving [...]
Ace Ventura 2
The flick should’ve followed the action rule of sequels- don’t stray far from the original. The first one was, after all, a detective story. What better arena for sequels than that? A sequel or two could’ve easily been about Ace on other cases. The cases are simply roads for Ace to do his shtick, they’re [...]