10 Movie Sequels Nobody Asked For

9. Grease 2

9 Everyone with a beating heart loves Grease, it's just a fact. It's funny, heartwarming and gives you a real feel for the decade it was supposed to be in. The songs are bona fide classics and I defy anyone to not sing along to Grease Lightnin'. Did you know they made a sequel? Did you know it was terrible? Well, you do now. Starring Michelle Pfeiffer (before she was Catwoman) and Maxwell Caulfield (pre-Dynasty and Emmerdale) it follows the basic plot and structure of the original but with the plot twist of the male character being the exchange student this time! It just simply shouldn't have been made, as the story didn't need continuing after they flew away in a car at the end of the first one. The songs are forgettable, the acting is wooden and nobody is aware they're making what is essentially a comedy, and thus everyone plays it completely serious. There's really no reason for it to exist, except for obvious cash-in reasons, as the original was still being shown in theatres and Paramount wanted to earn more money. However, Paramount didn't want to pay the salaries of the now A-List Travolta and Newton-John, so instead we get this version acted out by their stand-ins. It's so bad it ruined the careers of almost everyone involved, with the exception of Pfeiffer, whose performance in Scarface the next year catapulted her into the A-List. Don't bother watching it, the only reason I did is because a friend of mine is in it as a bowling alley owner. That's my claim to fame.
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3rd Year Film and Television Production student at Edge Hill University. Writer of "Stockton's Last Stand" and screenwriter/director of "Hunted" and "Spyfail 2: The Search for Spyfail 1". I also do stand-up comedy sometimes... I'm told I'm marginally funny.