10 Upcoming Movies That Have Ignored Major Mistakes
8. Not Knowing When To Quit - Indiana Jones 5
The Mistake
There comes a time when every franchise has had its day, at least in its original iteration. Case in point, we have Indiana Jones, which after an iffy fourth movie back in 2008, is dusting off Harrison Ford for an imminent fifth go-around.
Even if the movie does indeed start shooting this summer - which, let's face it, isn't looking terribly likely with the state of the world right now - Ford will be 78 years old, which should surely age him out of playing the whip-cracking adventurer ever again.
That's nothing against Ford, who still looked impressively spry back in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, but simply that the window has passed, and it's better for all involved to just move on. Four films, three of them great, was plenty.
The Lesson
Rambo: Last Blood is surely the best recent example of a franchise (and an actor) who didn't know when to stop.
After the fourth Rambo brought the story full circle and seemed to finally give the title character (Sylvester Stallone) a decent measure of peace, the fifth film dredged him back up for a miserable follow-up which actively tarnished the series' legacy - to the point that the original novel's author David Morrell claimed to be "embarrassed" to be associated with it.
Historically, there's also A View to a Kill, the final James Bond film starring Roger Moore.
Moore, who was 57 years old at the time of filming, looked decidedly more leathery than in the previous film Octopussy - despite it being released just two years prior - not to mention his stiff work during the action sequences and being 28 years older than his primary love interest, Tanya Roberts' Stacey Sutton.
Trying to out-act your own age is rarely a good look, all the more so when you're pushing 80. And even if Indiana Jones 5 pushes Indy into a supporting role with a younger protege, is that really the ultimate fate fans want for the character? Can't he just endure as an indefatigable icon?