12 Movie Sequels That Prove You Should Never Go Back

What It Billed As

Having killed off a few of their smaller ships, the murderous aliens are back to invade again, only this time with a giant, almost Earth sized ship that they probably should have sent the first time. The original gang are all back (except Will Smith who they killed off between movies) and humanity now has alien technology to help defend itself.

Think bigger scale, more threats and more fun. With added Jeff Goldblum.

What It Actually Was

A high-numbered, lunatic Starship Troopers sequel.

I have seen this film three times now, and I still don't know either what the tone is attempting to be or whether I actually enjoyed it. The one certainty is that it is nothing like the original and nowhere near as iconic. It's about the stupidest film of all time, with so many dumb-as-soup ideas and so much conceitedness that you will literally hoot at the screen.

Sure, the effects are impressive, but in making the alien threat bigger, the writers gave themselves absolutely nowhere to go so any time anyone survived was absolutely ridiculous. Like Julius surfing his fishing boat to safety as literally 60% of the world dies around him. And then they were forced to go full idiot at the end, introducing the idea of a sequel set in space where Goldblum and his mates take the fight to the aliens with the help of the Apple iAlien.

If that doesn't sound like a SyFy movie, I don't know what does.