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What we’ve been talking about As the much-anticipated Trainspotting sequel hits its way through cinemas now (why it wasn’t subtitled ‘Radge of Honour’ is a total mystery), we thought long and hard about the best and worst follow-ups in cinema history. Would the super-delightful Toy Story franchise get a mention? Would Speed 2 be cited as appalling? And would the always- quoted Godfather 2 be namechecked? Yes, yes, and well, what do you think?

BEST SEQUELS

TOY STORY 2 / TOY STORY3

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE II

Two magical films

that you’d have to be a monster to hate. They

both remind me

of being little and wishing my toys would come to life just like Buzz,

Woody and co. 

The 15-year-old forever trapped in my psyche

can’t get enough of the John Woo fight sequences, gratuitous use of slow-motion and motorbike chases.

DAWN OF THE DEAD It’s the zombies again, only with added critique of mindless consumerism!

FAST & FURIOUS THE GODFATHER

FIVE PART 2

It turned a turgid Because of the

boyracer farce way it dramatises

into a Bond- the terrible gulf

rivalling action franchise (I’m serious, btw).

between Vito, who for all his ruthlessness is all about loyalty to the people he cares about, and Michael, who’s all

about everyone else’s loyalty to himself. It’s not just a sequel: it completes the first film.

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WORST SEQUELS

SPIDERMAN III Who thought giving Peter

ROBOCOP 3 The RoboCop

films are a lesson

TITANIC II SPEED 2

I’m not sure any terrible sequel

It’s Speed, but on a ship. So . . .

Parker an emo in decreasing

can beat the

Slow, then.

fringe would be a good idea?

returns and the third part is an unredeemable

atrocity that was directed by Dick Van Dyke’s

travesty. grandson, Shane.

THE MATRIX RELOADED / THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS They have the

honour of being less considered and intelligent than the fan fiction which

came out on the

web after the first film.

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