13 Awful Movie Sequel Titles We Wish Were Scrapped

2. Speed 2: Cruise Control

Here's a title that's not just ridiculous, but horribly thought out as well. Nobody really wanted a sequel to Jan de Bont's electric Speed in the first place, especially one that didn't star Keanu Reeves (instead substituting Jason Patric) and was set...on a boat. While the original movie boasted unpredictable, non-stop thrills, the rather on-rails nature of water-based travel makes it hard to feel particularly excited about what's going to happen next in this naff follow-up. And in addition to this, they freaking called the movie Speed 2: Cruise Control. So, you're telling me that this movie is basically going to coast at half-speed all the way to the finish line? Boy, that really sounds like a high-octane, thrill-a-minute action extravaganza that I totally want to see, doesn't it? Hell, even Speed 2: Full Throttle or Speed 2: Full Speed Ahead would be a better title: at least it wouldn't sound as unassuming and boring as "Cruise Control". How this one was OK'd by everyone with the power to stop it is beyond any current level of human comprehension. Just terrible.