10 Sequels That Stupidly Changed The Main Character

The Original: The Bourne Trilogy was a major action powerhouse in the mid-naughties, revolutionising the genre's style to the point even Bond aped it for a while. Central to all this though was Matt Damon's amnesiac hero, blasting through the fights almost unaware of how he was able to kick so much ass and always striving to discover his past. Which he did at the end of The Bourne Ultimatum, tying everything up in a nice, tight little bow. Series over, right?

The Sequel: Because neither Damon (nor Greengrass) wanted to return, but Universal wanted to spin Bourne out into a bigger franchise, they opted to go the universe building route and follow a different spy, Aaron Cross, played by Jeremy Renner (otherwise known as the cinematic universe also-ran). Renner wasn't terrible and Legacy not the car-crash some Damon completists claim, but it's just such a trawl. A non-Bourne Bourne movie is intrinsically weakened from a plot standpoint, forced to create a whole host of Treadstone-esque programs, and it doesn't help the hero they chose is so bland you don't want to know his past (which he fully remembers).

Everyone finally got Jason Bourne back in the imaginatively titled Jason Bourne, although despite me thinking the movie was pretty good, many weren't too thrilled about this one either.

Which other movies changed the main character to less than positive results? Share any more we missed down in the comments.