{"id":4712,"date":"2015-08-12T09:59:12","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T09:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=4712"},"modified":"2021-09-17T13:56:14","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T12:56:14","slug":"7-movie-sequels-you-didnt-know-existed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/08\/12\/7-movie-sequels-you-didnt-know-existed\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Movie Sequels You Didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Know Existed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hollywood loves a sequel. It means half the marketing for a movie is done, and is usually guaranteed to rake in a few quid from people who enjoyed the first film.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, though, a sequel will fly straight under the radar. Here are 7 sequels we (and possibly you) didn\u2019t know existed!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZYa6fasrmas\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Jarhead 2: Field of Fire<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Jarhead <\/em>is one of the least conventional war films ever made, focusing on the mundane parts of serving in the marines. It was based on a memoir, directed by Academy Award winner Sam Mendes and starred one of Hollywood\u2019s biggest actors.<\/p>\n<p><em>Jarhead 2: Field of Fire<\/em> really couldn\u2019t be more different. Instead of boredom, the film focuses on a group of marines escorting a woman across the most dangerous parts of Afghanistan. Needless to say, there\u2019s a lot of shooting and US Marine banter. If anything, it\u2019s more <em>American Sniper <\/em>than <em>Jarhead<\/em> (and it was released in the same year too).<\/p>\n<p>Believe it or not, <em>Jarhead 2<\/em> is actually an official sequel with the <em>Jarhead<\/em> \u201d\u02dcbrand\u2019 presumably chosen to give it a marketing boost. By all accounts, it\u2019s not that bad either&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yYSFHaKmAFs\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Open Water 2: Adrift<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>You might not have heard of this one because it can\u2019t actually decide whether it wants to be a sequel or not. In Germany and the US, it\u2019s known as <em>Open Water 2<\/em>. Over here, though, it was released as <em>Adrift<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>To make things more confusing, <em>Adrift<\/em> was actually written before <em>Open Water<\/em> was even released. So basically, someone found another film where people are stranded in the sea and slapped a \u201d\u02dc2\u2019 on it to capitalise on the success of <em>Open Water<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>To summarise: <em>Open Water 2<\/em> is a sequel that was written before the original and may not actually be a sequel at all. Got it? Good.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V64B9WObjfg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Mean Girls 2<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Nope, we had no idea this existed either.<\/p>\n<p>It sounds like this is pretty much a remake of the first film, with a ruling roost of \u201d\u02dcPlastics\u2019 challenged by a group of \u201d\u02dcAnti Plastics\u2019. None of the original cast returned for it, with Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfreid and Lindsay Lohan off doing better things. Tina Fey was too busy to write it too, apparently.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s probably alright if you\u2019ve watched the first one a million times and fancy something different (but not too different).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d18vxSeuWIw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>I\u2019ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Having slashed his way through the people who ran him over, the <em>I Know What You Did Last Summer <\/em>killer decides to extend his killing to anyone who did anything bad during the previous summer and didn\u2019t own up to it. Apparently you\u2019re safe if you did something bad during the winter, or if the bad thing happened two summers ago.<\/p>\n<p><em>I\u2019ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer<\/em> follows a group of teens who cover up the accidental death of their friend during a summer parade, before facing their inevitable demise at the hands of the world&#8217;s most punctual serial killer.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, it\u2019s a pretty straight forward slasher with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/ill_always_know_what_you_did_last_summer\/\">a whopping 0% on Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>. That still hasn\u2019t stopped plans for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2014\/9\/15\/6154431\/i-would-like-to-talk-to-about-that-thing-i-know-you-did-last-summer\">a remake of the original next year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/afQx9EosWx4\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>WarGames: The Dead Code<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Made in the age of Anonymous and WikiLeaks,\u00a0 <em>The Dead Code <\/em>could have been an excellent cyber-thriller.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, it\u2019s just a bit silly. The plot follows a young chap who ends up getting in trouble with the authorities after playing an online gambling game based on terrorist attacks. The US government is apparently using this game to root out terrorists, with the logic being that anyone good at the game must be a terrorist. We said it was silly, didn\u2019t we?<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, WOPR from the first film has to take on a new AI in order to save the world from nuclear annihilation. It\u2019s not as fun as it sounds.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2Y5zsM9wKXQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Legally Blondes<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The cover to <em>Legally Blondes<\/em> proudly declares that Reese Witherspoon \u201d\u02dcpresents\u2019 it, even though she isn\u2019t actually in it. Instead, she\u2019s a producer and it\u2019s not exactly clear how involved she was beyond from giving the marketing team a reason to use her name.<\/p>\n<p>Filling Reese\u2019s shoes are not one but 2 legally blondes. And they\u2019re twins! And they\u2019re \u201d\u02dcEnglish\u2019!<\/p>\n<p>They aren\u2019t lawyers, though. Instead, the twins have to prove that one of them didn\u2019t cheat on a test in \u201d\u02dcstudent court\u2019, although that\u2019s pretty much just a plot point bolted onto the end of a fairly standard American high school flick.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fU-aZ7NzZbI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Jr<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In the mid-2000s, there was an odd craze for making sequels to Jim Carrey films even if Jim Carrey didn\u2019t want to be in them. This glorious era \u201d\u02dcgifted\u2019 us <em>Son of the Mask<\/em> and <em>Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd<\/em>, both of which most people have forgotten about.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Jr <\/em>seems to have slipped under the radar, though. As the title suggests, <em>Pet Detective Jr<\/em> focuses on the adventures of Ace\u2019s son (apparently Ace Sr. is lost in the Bermuda Triangle) as he tries to stop his mum going to jail for nicking a baby panda and save the neighbourhood pets from an evil rich kid.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and it\u2019s also revealed that \u201d\u02dcbeing Ace Ventura\u2019 is actually some kind of genetic trait passed down in the Ventura family because of science or something.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Want to tidy up your movie collection and make some cash at the same time? <a title=\"Sell DVDs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/entertainment\/sell-dvds\/\">Sell DVDs<\/a> with musicMagpie! Just click below to get an instant price.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hollywood loves a sequel. It means half the marketing for a movie is done, and is usually guaranteed to rake in a few quid from people who enjoyed the first film. Sometimes, though, a sequel will fly straight under the radar. 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