10 Ridiculously Awful Sequels To Classic Movies You Didn't Know Existed

10. The Sting 2

What happens when you replace the effortlessly charismatic Robert Redford and Paul Newman with an over-the-top comedian and a country music singer? Bad things. Very, very bad things.

Jackie Gleason was a lot of things - hilarious, musical, enjoyably bombastic - but he was quite simply not cool or charming enough to sub in for someone like Paul Newman. As for his compadre Mac Davis, he seems as disinterested in that whole "acting" thing as audiences would soon be in that whole "watching this movie" thing.

Not a lot has been done in terms of ramping up the story or adding anything new to the canon, and yet so much about this sequel feels strangely different.

For starters, the filmmakers have made a number of retroactive changes to the original story, including adjusting the character of Henry Gondorff to be much older than his partner Johnny Hooker, likely because Gleason was far too old at this point to be considered the same age as anyone without varicose veins. Also, both of their first names were changed for no apparent reason.

All in all, The Sting 2 is like watching a wannabe artist trace his own copy of The Mona Lisa. It might look something like art, but no one's going to be fooled by it.