10 Movie Sequels That Didn't Go The Way They Should Have

10. RoboCop 3

No film satirised the 1980s as effectively as Paul Verhoeven's science fiction masterpiece RoboCop, a film which pulled no punches while deconstructing the decade amid a hails of bullet and a storm of bloodshed.

Its sequel RoboCop 2 was inferior in every respect, but at least attempted to emulate its predecessor's use of social commentary and graphic violence, unlike the third instalment, which reigned it all in to pander to a family audience.

In the original, Alex Murphy is a tragic protagonist who battles against the odds to reclaim a shred of his humanity, which is the greatest victory anyone could have hoped for in the movie's twisted, dystopian world. But in RoboCop 3, he's your cliche good guy and the stakes he fights for are no higher than property rights.

Although the threequel was an unmitigated disaster in every possible way, it did prove one thing: RoboCop simply doesn't work when reduced to a family-friendly hero.

Peter Weller dodged a bullet when scheduling commitments prevented him from reprising the lead role for a third time.