10 Most Infuriating Movie Cliffhangers

7. Sequel Teased... Then Doesn't Happen - Super Mario Bros.

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Here's a cliffhanger that was infuriating at the time because of what it promised. The notoriously awful video game adaptation starring Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo ends with King Koopa (Dennis Hopper) being defeated and the brothers head home, only to have Princess Daisy (Samantha Mathis) come a-knocking. Looking disheveled and rocking a gun, she asks for their help, suggesting that Super Mario Bros 2 was well on the way.

Given how terrible this film was, it was last thing anyone really wanted, though the thought that it might actually make some money as one of first video-game adaptations was infuriating, as then we'd have a sequel pushed on us. Thankfully the film tanked critically and commercially, so in the end we were saved.

 
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