12 Recent Movie Sequels That Outrageously Ruined Great Characters

When it comes to established characters, what does a good sequel do? Well, ideally it moves them along in a compelling new story direction and presents them with interesting new obstacles to overcome, while also allowing them to remain true to the characters they were beforehand. That's what a sequel should do.

A bad sequel does the exact opposite of that. It might see a character regress and forget the lessons they already learned, or it might abruptly make them stupendously unlikable or dull.

In other cases, sequels might ruin characters by giving them lame death scenes, unearned resurrections or ill-judged miss-castings.

Anyhow, regardless of the specifics the ruination of a beloved character is perhaps the single most sure-fire way that a sequel can alienate its audience. Sadly, all twelve of these sequels are guilty of this mistake, and they were far, far worse of as a result...

The Fast and Furious franchise has become a complete parody of itself and it's falling apart more and more with each film.

One of the main reasons for this is that death now means absolutely nothing. While high stakes weren't ever these movies' specialty, right now any sense of danger is practically non-existent.

Bringing Han back in F9 was bad enough, but the recent Fast X really took the biscuit by resurrecting Giselle (Gal Gadot) at the end.

No matter how they explain her survival of a seemingly unsurvivable fall in Fast and Furious 6, it's probably going to be a groan-worthy piece of storytelling.

Previously, Giselle was a good, likable character; after this ridiculous resurrection, viewers will probably just roll their eyes at the sight of her. Worse still, this completely ruins one of the few Fast and Furious moments that could be called genuinely affecting.