13 Movie Sequels That Shouldn't Have Been Made

12. Batman And Robin

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This may be an obvious pick, but it wouldn't feel like a complete "bad sequels" list without at least having a passing view at Joel Schumacher's Batman and Robin. Honestly, this film is awful; the kind of thing you watch and are marginally entertained by only because it's so bad and hysterically poor.

Schumacher and George Clooney may have apologised for this film on numerous occasions, and the late Schumacher has previously said he was only trying to make a "fun" movie, but that doesn't quite excuse the finished product.

Clooney is terribly cast as the titular hero, Chris O'Donnell is his usual level of bland, and Arnold Schwarzenegger is... well, he's something else entirely. The jokes, the delivery of his every line, his very appearance - it ends up watching like a spoof of the superhero genre rather than a respectable addition to the Batman canon.

Top it off with a Batman credit card, Bat-nipples and a basically career-ending performance from rising star Alicia Silverstone (seriously, where has she gone?), and what you're left with is a film that managed to make its already embarrassing predecessor Batman Forever look almost okay. If you ever feel like watching a film with the goal of mocking it incessantly, then this is your baby.

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