Best Movie Sequel
There are only few good movie sequels compare to the bad ones. Movie sequels are usually being produced to continue the success of the first movies. That’s where the difficult task began. To beat the first one, or at least to make it as good, not the thing every director could do. Here I’m gonna list down some movie sequels which can be considered as better or at least equals than its predecessor.
1. T2: Judgment Day (1991)
The Terminator (1984) was a phenomenon. It set how action sci-fi movie should be. Great story, fantastic characters, without losing any superb action elements. How do you beat that? Let the original director/creator makes the sequel. And make sure that he is James Cameron.
James Cameron who directed The Terminator (1984) really surprised many people with T2: Judgment Day (1991), the sequel which he directed as well. He continued the franchise with the same style and philosophy. The story was mind blowing, the characters were terrific, and the action sequences were state of the art.
T2: Judgment Day hit both record during its release. The most expensive movie of all time in 1991, and the highest grossing movie in 1991.
2. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Spider-Man (2002) came to market with huge expectations. Fortunately Sam Raimi as a director could deliver the movie as expected. Full actions with great special effects. Spider-Man (2002) was very popular in family audiences especially children and teenagers. Unfortunately Spider-Man (2002) was quite a disappointment for adults audiences. It lacked characters development and not enough interactions between them. Many critics hammered this movie.
Sam Raimi fixed all the problems with the sequel, Spider-Man 2 (2004). He explored the characters and emotional conflicts more in the sequel and reduced the nonsense action sequences from the first one. The result was fantastic. Spider-Man 2 (2004) became the superhero movie that offered more than just action. The character development was superb and the conflict was built smartly with emotional aspects. It had glowing review from the critics.
3. Aliens (1986)
Alien (1979) really set the tone about how bad space creatures should look like. Legendary director Ridley Scott brought this movie succesfully to become as legend as he has been. Many critics hailed this movie as one of the best sci-fi/horror movie of all time. How do you make a sequel to such a legendary movie? Simple. Just call James Cameron 
Different with Ridley Scott, James Cameron not only directed the sequel. He also wrote the screenplay. Much to his talent, 20th Century Fox were even willing to wait for him to complete The Terminator (1984) first before continuing his work for Alien sequel. The result, Aliens (1986), was a phenomenon.
Jim Cameron used different perspective from Ridley Scott. He liked action, and what a huge action it was. He switched the style of Alien (1979) from horror/sci-fi to become more acton/sci-fi in Aliens (1986). The extraordinary thing was that he changed it with the addition of character intensity at the same time. What a talented director/story teller he has been.
In academy awards, Aliens (1986) surpassing what Alien (1979) had achieved. Alien (1979) won 1 oscar and got another nomination. Aliens (1986) won 2 oscars and earned 5 other nominations. Fantastically, the nomination earned by Aliens (1986) included the category of Best Actress for Sigourney Weaver. Best actress nomination in this kind of movie? Only in James Cameron movie that could happen.
4. Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987)
Actually there’s still debate until now, was Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn really a sequel or just a remake. Considering that only about the first 10 minutes of the movie was similar to the first one, I’ll put it as a sequel
Why there’s a longlasting debate about it? Because the basic story of both movies, Evil Dead (1981) and Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn (1987), were really the same. But the details and especially the approach from Sam Raimi (who directed both movies) were admittedly different. Evil Dead (1981) was deadly serious while Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn was pretty damned psychologically funny.
Evil Dead franchise continuing the cheap horror movies culture during its era. Especially the first one. Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn tried to change that with different approach. It consisted of strange and psychological comedy/horror that really stole the show. You can’t help but stare at the movie since the first “supposedly scary but turned out to be funny” scenes appeared on your screen.
5. X2: X-Men United (2003)
Beside Spider-Man 2, this is one of few examples on how the sequel of superhero movies can surpass its predecessor. X-Men (2000) was a success. Obviously there would be a sequel. And the sequel was made. Directed by exactly the same director, the highly acclaimed director, Bryan Singer.
The high point for X2 was that it was visually more astonishing. Especially the scene involving Magneto as the leader of “bad mutants”. There were some great visual effects as well visualizing some more interesting mutants with their unique capability compare to the first movie.
X2: X-Men United (2003) also dealt more with the character compare to X-Men (2000). Jean Gray, as among the strongest “good mutants” showed her emotional conflict in X2: X-Men United (2003).
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Only those 5 movies that I can think about. I left some other great sequels for some reasons. Please find the following details :
a. The Lord of The Rings, Star Wars, and Kill Bill movies.
I left all of them out because I believe they aren’t really sequels. All The Lord of The Rings and Kill Bill movies were made in one shot so they can be considered as one package. While Star Wars movies can be considered as a full package of trilogy movies.
b. The Godfather Part 2 (1974), Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990), Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989), and Dawn of The Dead (1978). That’s because eventhough they are great movies they still can’t beat or equaling the first movies. The Godfather (1974), Die Hard (1988), Raiders of The Lost Ark (1981), and Night of The Living Dead (1968) were arquably the best movies for each genre: drama, action, adventure, and horror.
c. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981), because I haven’t seen it 
d. Harry Potter movies, because I’m not really impressed So far what I like from Harpot movies is Emma Watson. She’s cute isn’t she
That’s my version about best movie sequels. Do you have your own version? Feel free to share it here
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At first I thought that there’s a bit discrimination here since u didn’t put any Indonesian movies here. However, after I read the title again (BEST movie sequel), now I know why Indonesian movies aren’t there…hahahaah…
I’ d like to suggest Jelangkung at first, fortunately I quickly realized my mistake…. 
You mean the sequel of Jelangkung was great? I haven’t seen it. To be honest I’m quite lazy to go to theatres only to watch Indonesian movies. What an unpatriotic person I am
Yipeeee….. FIRST POSITION!
yeah Iin won the race!
Die Hard 3 I think is the best of all the Die Hard movies.. and Die Hard 4 is the worst and probably the last one..
I’m not sure bro, since Die Hard 4 grossed more than $100 million in US I think they’ll still try to produce another sequel as long as Bruce Willis can handle the physical demand for it. We’ll see
Gis, where’s Catatan si Boy?
*Pura2 gak baca komennya 1nd1r4*
hehe catatan si boy 2009 kali ya n’tar
semuanya bagus2.. tapi gw paling seneng yang X2 om…
X2 emang keren boss. Kalah tuh yg pertama
Jagoan saya yg terminator1…yang musuhnya itu, Kejam dan berdarah dingin, cool man
hehe banyak yg justru ngejagoin musuhnya ya kalo pilem terminator. Mirip ama predator
pilemnya pilem ngayal semua yak
orang amrik hobby ngayal LOL
hehe yg memanjakan mata kyknya emang jenis pilem model ginian tuh
setuju untuk yg spiderman, yg lain? hmm… ga begitu inget, perasaan biasa aja hehehe
*cant wait for the sequel of kungfu panda
wah sayang gue ga begitu demen nongton kartun. Kabarnya kalo sequel kartun, toy story 2 lebih bagus ya dr yg pertama? Ga tau juga nih
LOTR LOTR LOTR!!! huhuhuh
sama HERPOT deh…
gw ga suka kill bill
bocah neraka juga
alien alienan juga
tapi suka terminator karena si Nick Stahl yang ganteng heuheuheuheuhe
hehe bener yg lo bilang dulu, ketauan nih emang sama2x hobby nongton. Semuanya disebutin
btw, kemana gerangan si nick stahl skrg yah. Koq gue jarang2x liat dia di pilem.
Noooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!! U got it wrong! maksud gw kirain awalnya segala sequel, jadi masukkin aja film Indonesia juga….barus sadar kalo judulnya ada kata BEST….hehehe…kecuali judulnya diganti from BEST to WORST….hihihi…gw juga sayang2 nonton film Indonesia di bioskop
oh gitu hehe. Iya In, keliatannya kalo ngitung pilem Indonesia kudu dipisahin sendiri. Biar keliatan ada yg bagus
The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum
good choice
I was teased to put them into the list but I was in doubt 
Sequel lokal terbaik:
- Sequel si Pitung – si Pitung Benteng betawi
- Serial Jaka Sembung
- sequel Indnsia jaman skrg gak usah dibahas deh, males.
Sequel luaran:
- Matrix 1 dan 2 gak masuk git?
- Highlander 1 bgs, Highlander 2 jg lmyn, yg 3 jelek.
- Hellboy (terlalu baru yah jd gak msk itungan?)
- Batman began-dark knight?
- Ringu (khan gak dibilang hnya Hollywood doang?)
- Superman 1-2, 3-4 jelek.
- Anti Sly Stallone yah git?
matrix 1 keren luar biasa, matrix 2 & 3 ancur bro. Highlander 1 ga bisa dikalahin ama sequel2xnya. Hellboy iya tuh gue ragu mau masukin kmrn
Buat Batman gue juga ragu, soalnya kalo uda ngomongin batman forever ke belakang keliatannya rada beda filosofi filmnya. Yg pasti batman returns ga bisa ngalahin batman yg pertama. Hehe Ringu sayangnya gue belon nongton 
Superman 2 gue ragu, keliatannya msh bagusan yg pertama. Pilem2x sly stallone yg bersequel ga ada yg menyamai pilem pertamanya bro. Inti penilaian gue cuman satu bro, sequel yg lebih bagus atau paling ngga sama bagusnya dgn yg pertama. Kalo cuman bagus doank tp ga mampu menyamai yg pertama kagak gue masukin 
Anyway, thx for the input bro 
git..sumpah aku cuman nonton gambarnya aja, mumet saya bahasa engress
hehe ngga papa ngger, gambar2xnya banyak koq buat bisa diliat
Have to agree with the Spiderman!
ok mbak Astrid, spiderman-2 was unbeatable
Dari kesemuanya itu, saya paling terkesan dengan Lord of The Ring. Dan separuh dari yang direview di atas belum pernah saya tonton
berarti mulai skrg kudu sering2x ke rental tuh pak Rafki
Why I don’t see Batman? From all of them, I like Terminator and Aliens the most.
hehe yeah the last 2 batman movies were superb. But I’m not sure if they are really sequels because Chris Nolan restarted the franchise with Batman Begins. Agree, both Jim Cameron movies were state of the art
wah film2 tsb memang keren2..
oiya mohon maaf lahir batin ya mas..
wah baru nongol nih. Sama2x ya, Taqaballahu minna wa minkum.
wah siyal… salah posting neh…. wakakakaka !!!
pokoknya best action & sequel versi gw mah..
1. band of brothers
2. bourne
3. lotro
4 sex is zero <— lucu habis.. ngakakak terus… lumayan ada yang cakepan di film ini…. kekekekeke…..
5. young guns <— nambah 1 lagi deh
huehehe ini koreksi ama komen yg tadi ya
band of brothers itu serial pren. Mestinya kategornya beda lah yaw 
Yg 3 & 4 itu gue baru denger tuh.