15 Pointless Movie Sequels That Just Copied The Original

5. Home Alone 2: Lost In New York

The Original: Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) is accidentally left home alone while the rest of his family goes on holiday, and is then forced to contend with two thieves, Harry (Joe Pesci) and Marv (Daniel Stern) who attempt to rob his home, believing it to be empty for the holidays. The Sequel: Merely a year later, Kevin again finds himself separated from his family, as another mad rush to the airport causes him to end up in New York City while the rest of his family flies to Florida. Kevin uses his dad's credit card to shack up in the Plaza Hotel, but soon enough discovers that the recently-escaped Harry and Marv are back on the case, planning to rob a store, Duncan's Toy Chest, to fill their boots. Cue Kevin spending most of the movie once again torturing the Wet/Sticky Bandits with a series of inventive contraptions (several of which are repeated from the first film), before they're caught at the end. Also throw in yet another seemingly creepy character who turns out to have a heart of gold (substituting the old guy for the bird lady), and you've got a movie that follows the first template pretty much beat-for-beat. Sure, the new setting is fun and all, but it's incredible that such a ridiculously implausible sequel ever actually got made. Someone really should've called Child Protective Services on the McCallisters after this one.