10 Movies That Hated Their Own Audience

For everyone who thinks that Star Wars: The Last Jedi shows more contempt for its fanbase than any film in recent memory, we present Pacific Rim: Uprising.

Look, it's fine that director Guillermo del Toro didn't return to helm the film, and the absence of previous star Charlie Hunnam isn't a deal-breaker, but was this really the best, most crowd-pleasing direction in which to take the sequel?

Where to begin? This stunningly naff follow-up makes no mention of Hunnam's Raleigh Becket, and even the characters who do return are mostly given the shaft.

Case in point, fan favourite Mako Mori (Rinko Kikuchi) gets nothing to do before being pointlessly killed in a helicopter accident, and comic relief character Newt (Charlie Day) is bafflingly transformed into the surprise villain. Oh, and he has drift-sex with a Kaiju...because reasons.

That's not to forget the jokes about dead memes, horrendously stereotyped characters and dialogue so wooden you can almost believe it was on purpose.

Del Toro's original film was no classic, but it did manage to carefully balance its tone and not veer too far into goofy territory as to be offputting. The character work was still strong and the action hit with the requisite punch.

Uprising, however, is a soulless, gutted husk vaguely trying to imitate what worked the first time around. Except, nobody seems like they're having any fun making it, and the filmmakers appeared to take every creative chance possible to piss off the fanbase.

Say what you want about The Last Jedi, but it didn't just randomly kill Rey or Finn for no reason, nor did it make Rose a surprise villain outta nowhere.