10 Best Movie Sequels That Start IMMEDIATELY After The Last Film's Ending

10. The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies

Though your writer could likely sit here for days if tasked with going into detail about everything Peter Jackson's return to Middle-earth got heartbreakingly wrong, the handling of the transition from the second to third and final flick of The Hobbit trilogy stands as one of the few real shining lights of the prequel series.

With the formidable Smaug ultimately breaking loose from The Lonely Mountain and declaring, "I am fire. I am death!" as a horrified Bilbo Baggins and the dwarves watch on in the last hurrah of The Desolation of Smaug, The Battle of the Five Armies delves straight back into the intense cliffhanger from minute one.

Swooping over the extremely vulnerable Laketown, a mesmerising scene which many would class as the true peak of this trilogy - far better than the CGI overload that was the last outing's fumbled conclusion - unfolded as Benedict Cumberbatch's volatile dragon incinerates all in his way in magnificent fashion.

It's one of the few times during the Hobbit flicks that the aforementioned computer generated work compliments the live action sets and performers to great effect. So, it's just a shame it all went a bit t*ts up following on from Smaug's demise, eh?