10 Announced Movie Sequels That Shouldn't Happen
3. Road House 2
The wave of pre-release negativity surrounding Amazon's Road House remake was sizable, with most fans of the Patrick Swayze-starring 1989 original failing to see the worth of remaking such a culturally specific product of its time.
While Road House 2024 wasn't a great movie by any means, it did fare far better critically than most were surely expecting, largely due to Jake Gyllenhaal's knowing central performance and some entertainingly off-the-wall action sequences. Basically, it knew exactly what it was.
All the same, few saw franchise potential from this not-bad remake, so it was a surprise when, last May, Amazon confirmed that Road House 2 was in development with Gyllenhaal set to return.
Even accepting that Road House was a massive streaming hit for Amazon, it was ultimately something that director Doug Liman got away with by the skin of his teeth rather than a genuinely pleasant surprise that confounded all expectations. Sure, there are worse streaming fodder sequels to get the greenlight, but given the talents of Liman and Gyllenhaal, it's a shame to see them wasting time on basically forgettable junk "content" like this.