13 Sequels That Topped The Originals

As it turns out, sequels aren't always complete garbage.
13 Sequels That Topped The Originals

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It's always safe to assume that a sequel is never going to be as good as the original. They're just inherently disappointing, pale shadows of movies or shows we liked. We asked our readers to challenge that assumption by showing us sequels that significantly improved over the originals in tangible, quantifiable ways. Because we super like being proven wrong.

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MADE MAXX A GRITTY COP FILM WITH AN AMBIGUOUS SETTING. I GUESS? MAD MAEX HEROTOWTIRRIG MAZE RUNNER DIVERGENT HLINCER GAMMEZS THE REASON ALMOST ALL DEP
NATIONAL CRACKEDcO LAMPOON'S EUROPEAN VACATON lah Rusey Bllen Meyw A retread of National Lampoon's Vacation, that leaves out Randy Quaid's character,
EVIL CRACKEDOO THE DEAP A hammy film that takes itself too seriously. FVL HpP2 A hammy film that knows it's hammy.
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CRACKEDco COM CUBE Analog traps Weird math talk oMelodramatic dialogue CLEZ8 HYPERCUBE Doppelgangers Crazy gravity shifts Anything can happen
CRAGKEDcOM DIE HARD DIE HARD2 DIE HARDER Yeah, Zeus! As in, father of Apollo? Mt. Olympus? Don't f%&# with me or I'll shove a lightning bolt up your a
THE PURGE (2013) is a boring slog with generic characters and cheap jump scares that fails to properly explore its intriguing premise by keeping the s
CRACKED COM MARVEL THOR THE DARK WORLD Lacked interestinglentertaining characters beyond Loki MARVEL STUOIOS Thor RAGDAROK Every character was either
CRACKEDco COM SPIDEROMAN An hour of origin story Ridiculous villain mask Organic web shooters SPIDEREMAA Higher stakes Right into the action Alfred Mo
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SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS THE TERMINATOR An obvious dummy-head. T JUDGMENT DAY Near perfect prosthetics.
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