Every film fan knows the pain of a sequel not living up to the original release’s brilliance.

Rear view of the spectators in their seats watching a movie at the cinema.
These films proved a flop with some audiences (Picture: Getty Images)
It stands to reason that when you create a hit film, bringing back the beloved characters with some new twists that make it stand out from its predecessor is the recipe for an instant hit.

However, practice doesn’t always make perfect when it comes to cinema with the second, third, or fourth plus films in a franchise just not hitting the mark like the first movie did.

Sequels garner strong opinions, especially when the first film is a certified smash hit, with some receiving more backlash than others from fandoms.

With Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes and Bad Boys 4 both coming to cinemas this year, Casino.ca has studied IMDB reviews containing negative keywords such as ‘disappointing’, ‘boring’ and ‘trash’ to find out once and for all what the worst sequel of all time is.

Transformers: Age of Extinction came in at the top spot, with 55% of its reviews containing negative wording.

A robot in Transformers: Age of Extinction
Transformers: Age of Extinction has been dubbed the worst film sequel (Picture: Paramount Pictures/Splash News)

Josh Brolin as Thanos in Avengers: Endgame
Despite amassing millions, Avengers: Endgame appears on the list (Picture: Marvel/Disney/Kobal/REX)

Daniel Craig and Dame Judi Dench in Skyfall.
This hit James Bond film is also in the top three (Picture: Col Pics/Everett/REX/Shutterstock)
It is followed by Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi at number two, and classic James Bond flick Skyfall at number three with 45% and 36% of their reviews respectively being negative.

Avengers: Endgame is the highest-earning film on the list, raking in a whopping $2.79 billion (£2.23 million) worldwide, however, it comes in as the 15th worst sequel proving once and for all that box office success doesn’t always translate a positive public opinion.

For every gem of a sequel, there’s a dud that cinemagoers loathe – and here are 10 of the worst, according to Casino.ca.

Transformers: Age of Extinction

Bumblebee in Transformers: Age of Extinction.
This is one battle the Autobots didn’t win (Picture: Paramount/Everett/REX/Shutterstock)
In the top spot on this damning list is Michael Bay’s Transformers: Age of Extinction, with 55% of its IMDB reviews containing negative wording.

Data found that the fourth sequel in the Transformers franchise gained 559 mentions of ‘boring’ and 273 of ‘waste’.

Starring Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, and Stanley Tucci, the film sees a new group of humans led by Cade Yeager (Wahlberg) help Optimus Prime and the Autobots face a new evil trying to take control of Earth.

Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi

Daisy Ridley as Rey in Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
The Force wasn’t with us (Picture: Lucasfilm/Disney/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock)
In second place is the 2017 release of Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi, totalling 45% negative wording in their reviews.

Despite earning $1.3 billion (£1.04 billion) worldwide, 735 reviews included the wording ‘terrible’, and a further 800 stated it was a ‘waste’.

The eighth film in the world-renowned Sci-Fi franchise sees Luke Skywalker’s (Mark Hamill) peaceful life upended when Rey (Daisy Ridley) seeks him out to learn the ways of The Force as the First Order plans an all-out assault on The Resistance.

Skyfall

Daniel Craig as James Bond in Skyfall.
Fans were left shaken and stirred by this sequel (Picture: Danjaq/Eon Productions/Kobal/Shutterstock)
James Bond blockbuster Skyfall comes in at third place with 36% of its reviews being negative.

Coined ‘the most boring Bond movie of all’ by Esquire, its IMDB reviews don’t fare much better ‘trash,’ ‘disaster,’ and ‘garbage’.

The 2012 action movie sees Daniel Craig’s 007 embark on a calamitous assignment where undercover agents all over the world are exposed, with Bond going undercover to follow the trail of the man behind it all.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

A scene from Transformers: Dark of the Moon
The Transformers franchise is featured twice in the top 10 (Picture: Paramount)
Rounding off the top four, we have another movie from the Transformers franchise.

Dark of the Moon gained 34% negative wording in their reviews, with 92 reviews containing the word ‘terrible,’ and 90 with the word ‘boring’.

In the 2012 blockbuster, Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) and his girlfriend Carly (Rosie Huntington-Whiteley) join the Autobots when the Decepticons renew their longstanding war.

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Chris Pratt in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.
This film, much like its plot, was labelled a disaster (Picture: Universal Pictures/Moviestore/REX/Shutterstock)
Jurassic World – a sequel franchise of sorts to Jurassic Park – received a second film in 2018, Fallen Kingdom.

IMDB reviewers weren’t all impressed with this instalment in the Jurassic World trilogy, with 34% of its reviews being negative.

Set three years after the destruction of Jurassic World, Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) and Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard) return to Isla Nublar to save the remaining dinosaurs from a volcano about to erupt.

Jurassic World

Dinosaurs chasing a vehicle in Jurassic World.
Two entrants in the Jurassic World trilogy are on the list (Picture: Amblin/Legendary/Universal/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock)
In sixth place, the first Jurassic Park film sits as the continuation of Steven Spielberg’s dinosaur franchise didn’t exactly go down well with all fans.

Though it fares slightly better than Fallen Kingdom, 32% of Jurassic World’s reviews on IMDB ended up being bad ones – though this is probably considerably less than the actual fictional theme park received.

The 2015 film sees the opening of Jurassic World, a luxury resort off the coast of Costa Rica where dinosaurs have been brought to life, but visitors are put in mortal danger when the genetically modified Indominus rex escapes and runs amok.

Avatar: The Way of Water

Jake Sully in Avatar: The Way of Water.
Avatar’s eagerly-anticipated return wasn’t for everyone (Picture: Walt Disney Co/Everett/REX/Shutterstock)
Avatar returned to our screens in 2022 more than a decade after James Cameron’s original film – but not everyone was impressed.

Out of more than 3,000 IMDB reviews, 31% weren’t on board with The Way of Water, just one of the four planned Avatar sequels.

Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) and Ney’tiri (Zoey Saldana) are forced to leave Pandora when an ancient threat resurfaces, with Jake fighting a difficult war against the humans.

Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens

John Boyega in Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens.
(Picture: Lucasfilm/Bad Robot/Walt Disney Studios/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock)
Just like Jurassic World and Transformers, Star Wars enters this list twice with the first film in the modern trilogy disappointing viewers.

Starring John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Carrie Fisher, and Adam Driver, Episode VII: The Force Awakens garnered mixed reviews with 30% of almost 5,000 on IMDB being less than impressed.

Set 30 years after the defeat of the Galactic Empire, a new threat in the form of the First Order rises as forces Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and the Resistance to combat a fresh evil

Iron Man 3

Gwyneth Paltrow and Robert Downey Jr in Iron Man 3.
This Marvel film wasn’t so super (Picture: Marvel/Paramount/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock)
Iron Man is arguably one of the most iconic Avengers members, but the third film in his standalone franchise didn’t prove a hit.

Released in 2013, the Robert Downey Jr-fronted film amassed thousands of IMDB reviews, with 26% found to be negative.

In it, Tony Stark (Downey Jr) finds himself as reliant on his suit as ever, with a new threat turning his personal life into chaos and forcing him to rely on instinct and ingenuity alone to save the people he loves.

The Fate of the Furious

Charlize Theron and Vin Diesel in The Fate of The Furious.
In the number 10 spot, we have a franchise notorious for its sequels (Picture: Universal/Everett/REX/Shutterstock)
Considering how derided the Fast and the Furious franchise can be at times, it’s surprising the number 10 spot is the first time we’ve encountered one.

The Fate of the Furious, released in 2017, is the eighth film in the world-renowned franchise, but 20% of more than 800 reviews on IMDB were found to be panning it.

The crew is retired when the film begins following Dom (Vin Diesel) and Letty’s (Michelle Rodriguez) wedding and Brian (Paul Walker) and Mia’s (Jordana Brewster) retirement, but they’re forced to unite in the face of the mysterious Cipher (Charlize Theron) who forces Dom to betray them all.

The 20 worst film sequels

    Transformers: Age of Extinction
    Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi
    Skyfall
    Transformers: Dark of the Moon
    Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
    Jurassic World
    Avatar: The Way of Water
    Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens
    Iron Man 3
    The Fate of The Furious
    Avengers: Age of Ultron
    Furious 7
    Captain America: Civil War
    Spider-Man: Far From Home
    Avengers: Endgame
    Spider-Man: No Way Home
    Avengers: Infinity War
    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II
    Top Gun: Maverick
    The Lord of The Rings: The Return of the King

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