10 Terrible Movie Sequels That Prove Bigger Definitely Doesn't Mean Better

Bryan Singer's X-Men firmly put the comic book genre back on the map to launch the boom that still continues to this day, while the sequel is widely lauded as one of the finest superhero movies ever made.

Expectations were high for the original cast's trilogy-closing chapter, but despite sinking an incredible amount of money into the project, X-Men: The Last Stand was a major disappointment among both fans and critics, even if it did manage to do solid numbers at the box office.

The threequel's $210m budget was more than the first two combined, making it the most expensive movie ever made at the time. Brett Ratner's direction was workmanlike and the script about as generic and formulaic as it gets, but Singer's approach to story and character was sorely missing.

It may have thrown every penny up there with some show-stopping set-pieces that rank among the franchise's finest, but plenty of the ol' razzle dazzle is far from enough to compensate for the many narrative deficiencies.