13 Movie Sequels That Shouldn't Have Been Made

Die Hard is one of the best action movies ever made. Bruce Willis' John McClane is a wonderful creation, witty, strong, clever and likeable. Die Hard 2 and Die Hard with a Vengeance were also quite strong, despite both switching up the formula slightly.

The fourth outing, then, should have followed suit. Improved the series, even. This was not the case for Die Hard 4.0 and its successor, however, and the component which once made the franchise brilliant became its downfall: John McClane.

Over the years, Bruce Willis has brought out a string of terrible, unseen action flicks with no substance, character development or intensity. In many ways, this all started with the fourth Die Hard. Bad characters, poorer villains, cheesy dialogue and pointless cameos (Kevin Smith? Okay...), both films disrespect the vision of the original trilogy massively.

They watch like generic action flicks which just happen to have Bruce Willis in them. The charm and tightness of the previous films are gone, replaced instead by incredibly over the top action sequences which push McClane further and further into the realm of immortality. He's also less likeable in the last two films, his charm and wit replaced by weak, flat acting from Willis.

As with many on this list, stopping whilst they were ahead would have maybe been a wise move, and saved audiences a lot of unwanted anger and disappointment.