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1. Analyze That -- Sequels
   A weak sequel to its hilarious predecessor, Analyze That boasts little of the comic zest of Analyze This but still manages a few laughs as it limps through a confused and misdirected story. The competent technical presentation on DVD is marred by the usual snapper case and an excessive price point.
2. Addams Family Values -- Sequels
   A[S] with most sequels, "Addams Family Values" is a thinner, airier reunion. For those who enjoyed the original "The Addams Family," the flavor is still there. But you feel a little undernourished.
3. Sylvester Stallone -- Sequels
   Synopsis: By concentrating on character development with this first of several sequels to his Oscar-winning smash Rocky (1976), writer/director Sylvester Stallone earned critical praise that would desert him with the boxing saga's shallower subsequent chapters. Stallone returns as Rocky Balboa, aRead More
4. Homeworld 2 -- Sequel
   Homeworld 2 is a good game. There's no doubt about that. It's extremely polished, very competently executed, and is based on an extremely well thought-out game design and some very clever interface decisions. The key problem is that just about all the good things about it are lifted straight from the original Homeworld, and there's really not a lot in the "enhancements" to this sequel which distinguish themselves above the first game. In some respects it's simply not as good as Homeworld; the single-player campaign in particular is a major disappointment, and although the graphics are very lovely to look at, they're certainly not as impressive for 2003 as Homeworld's were for 1999.
5. Men in Black Ii -- Sequels
   Men in Black II is a big let down. The original MIB was a lot of fun with a innovative script which was original in numerous directions, ranging from its approach to science-fiction comedy to visual effects. Men in Black II is a good example of why there is so much trepidation in regards to sequels. MIB 2 takes what was great about the original and knocks those elements around and drags them out. The film isn’t bad, its just a let down.
6. The Ring Two -- Sequel
   In the slowest weekend of the year to date, The Ring Two led the way with $16.3 million from 24 territories, including predictably sequel-like debuts and falls, for a $32.6 million foreign total to date. Hitch continued to be the fallback for many moviegoers, while Robots successfully lured in families.
7. The Mummy Returns -- Sequels
   The Mummy Returns suffers from an acute case of sequelitis. It has a larger budget than the original and uses it for an abundance of special effects, and it tries too hard to be more than the original in every regard. They should have spent more money on the writers.
8. Meet the Fockers -- Sequel
   Meet the Fockers takes a different approach. And it sucks. Folks, this sequel just isn't that funny. Hoffman and Streisand become the zany, animated funny people that were so refreshingly lacking from the previous movie. Bernie Focker practices the art of Brazilian dance fighting! He drives a beat up convertible and doesn't know his way around the island!
9. Final Fantasy X -- Sequel
   About a year ago at the Tokyo Game Show, a teaser poster was released featuring Final Fantasy X’s female lead looking remarkably different and sporting shorts that redefined short. The first Final Fantasy sequel was official.
10. Scary Movie 2 -- Sequel
    It wasn't a classic or particularly well made, but at least Scary Movie was good for a few honest Scream-inspired laughs. That original outing looks like a masterpiece in comparison to this uninspired profit-driven sequel. Barely competent on any technical or artistic level, what comic ingenuity and genre appreciation was shown the first time around has been replaced by boorish vulgarity and a desperation to get the audience to snigger at anything, no matter how lame, crude or obvious. Once past the opening where The Exorcist is amusingly sent up by James Woods in a cameo appearance as a priest (a role originally earmarked for Marlon Brando), it descends rapidly into lampooning the recent remake of The Haunting — so close to an awful self parody itself that any gags at its expense are depressingly redundant. Everything from Charlie's Angels and What Lies Beneath to Hannibal and even The Weakest Link are raked over for minimal laughs in a shoddy satire it took seven screenwriters to produce. It brings new depths to the term “too many cooks spoil the broth”.

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