10 Film Sequels And Spin-Offs That Should Never Have Happened

6. A Good Day To Die Hard

20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox

Rumours persist that Twentieth Century Fox released a sequel that called itself a Die Hard movie and thought it was a Die Hard movie but caused everyone who saw it to call bullsh*t because it didn€™t feel like a Die Hard movie. Such rumours remain unsubstantiated because those viewers have retreated into a state of denial.

Playing more like a very poor man€™s 24 movie than a Die Hard picture, sequel #4 is a ginger-haired stepchild that deserves to be beaten at every available opportunity. There isn€™t a single memorable moment in the entire film, and nothing in Skip Woods€™s screenplay suggests he did anything more than dust off an unproduced script, change the names and ask the studio, €œWill this do?€

You€™re off to a bad start when a character who hates flying has no problem taking a plane to Russia on a moment€™s notice, but why stop there? Randomly throw in an unexciting chase sequence, add a few flat and unremarkable villains, sprinkle with crap one-liners and €“ presto! €“ you€™ve made a worse movie than Under Siege 2: Dark Territory.

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Ian Watson is the author of 'Midnight Movie Madness', a 600+ page guide to "bad" movies from 'Reefer Madness' to 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.'