10 Movie Franchises That Should Have Stopped At One Film

Schwarzenegger was undoubtedly the primo action hero of the 80s. Comfortably ahead of his main rivals, Stallone and Bruce Willis. Let's face it, with Arnie's physique he was already half way there when it came to looking convincing in the role of kick-ass hero.

What Arnold had never done, before or since Terminator, was play the baddie. It seems like a no-brainer in hindsight, although there were plenty in the industry who were unsure whether he should move to the dark side.

Perhaps it is telling that when the subsequent sequels and reboots lumbered into view, Schwarzenegger was re-tooled as the good guy after all. There was a glee in Arnie's original merciless, take-no-prisoners Terminator incarnation. Dogs, children's toys - nothing was spared, and Schwarzenegger never looked cooler than in the black leather, biker clad outfit. Given the massive success, it was woefully inevitable that things were about to go south.

Terminator 2 was, admittedly, a decent enough entry, although the saccharine scenes of bonding with the young John Connor were painfully at odds with the merciless man machine of T1. That was as good as it got though, and each subsequent entry has failed to deliver a shred of the thrill power of Arnie in full-on murderous robot on a rampage mode.