15 Great Film Franchises Ruined By Too Many Sequels And Remakes

Film Count: 4 (Soon to be 5)

It might be harsh to add a franchise that was generally very well received as an action-packed trilogy with another film tacked on decades later. But as Indy knows himself, it only takes one wrong step for disaster to strike!

Everyone has their personal favourite from the original trilogy; the high-action, whip-cracking adventure films that dominated the 80s and continued the meteoric rise of Harrison Ford.

Whether you love the original, fall for the antics of Short Round and the gang in the follow up, or the nerve-racking finale of the third instalment; everyone loves Indiana Jones!

Just don't mention that other one.

Coming nearly 20 years after The Last Crusade, it was through a young Shia LaBeouf and an ageing Harrison Ford (66-years-old at the time of release) that fans were left with their jaws on the floor for all the wrong reasons.

Despite The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull actually receiving its fair share of good reviews, the polarising alien plotline and final third of the film split audiences straight down the middle.

A fifth instalment in the series has been announced and pushed back more times than Jones cracks his whip throughout the first four movies combined, with a release date expected for 2021.

The fourth movie felt like a cash grab in an era of remakes and reboots, and it's hard to imagine Harrison Ford, at age 79 when the fifth is scheduled to hit cinemas, being able to carry another movie in an action-packed franchise.