Top 5 Worst Movie Sequels/Reboots

#5 — The Godfather, Part IV

Francis Ford Coppola just couldn’t let the Corleone family rest. After a less than stellar response to 1990’s The Godfather, Part III, Coppola penned one more story in an attempt to have the franchise end on a high note.

Set 66 years after the events of Part III in the year 2045, Michael Corleone awakens to find his consciousness placed inside the body of a cyborg. Suddenly he finds himself thrown into a desperate struggle for power within the RoboMob.

Despite Coppola’s best efforts, critics panned the movie for its sudden and unwanted departure from the series’ roots. The film’s only highlight was a cameo appearance by Peter Weller as RoboCop.

#4 — Buster Almighty

“What if…dog was one of us?”

A question was posed that no one wanted the answer to in this 2010 addition to the box office darling “Almighty” franchise.

The hope was to recapture some of the magic that made the first one so mediocre. Unfortunately as expected, this movie went to the dogs. It made a measly $24 at the box office, the only 2 ticket purchases both being attributed to my brother, a die-hard fan of the series.

“It was V-O-M-it inducing,” wrote one critic. While the quality of the movie was poor, praise was given to the performance of Buster’s voice actor — Peter Weller.

#3 — The Bourne Vasectomy

The latest in the Jason Bourne franchise hit theaters earlier this summer, but many forget this direct to HDDVD sequel that caused Matt Damon to exit the franchise in the first place.

“We’ve seen what Bourne did when we took away his identity. Now we wanted to take away his masculinity,” said director Peter Brownweeds.

Taking place entirely inside a doctor’s office for its 106 minute runtime, the picture was ambitious, but ultimately a failure. Audiences were displeased with the lack of running and shooting, but had positive feelings about the surgeon, played by actor Peter Weller.

#2 — Shark Tale 2

The original Shark Tale debuted #1 at the box office upon its release in 2004. In response, Dreamworks scrambled to put together a sequel to everyone’s favorite undersea animated film featuring characters with vaguely racist lip designs.

Unfortunately none of the star-studded cast wanted to return. Will Smith’s schedule was filled by Hitch, Angelina Jolie was meeting her future husband in Mr. & Mrs. Smith, and Robert Di Nero had recently sold his soul to the “Fockers” franchise.

To fill the void left by all these famous faces, Dreamworks made a bold choice to have one person play the part of every character — actor Peter Weller