The Original: Michael Bay's first film is a likeable buddy cop affair partnering Will Smith's laid-back womaniser with Martin Lawrence's irritable family man as they go after a posse of drug traffickers with very '90s wardrobes. Despite a good helping of gunfights and car-chases, it feels remarkably restrained for Bay, something he would put right in the belated sequel…
The OTT Sequel: With seven times more budget to play with, Bay gets stuck into the set pieces with gusto, an eye-popping freeway chase proving the pick of an overblown bunch. Sadly, the script is far more leaden this time around and the chemistry between Lawrence and Smith sputters when it should crackle. Still, it is very, very loud.
Most Insane Moment: The boys take a brief trip to Cuba where they manage to reduce an entire hillside to a pile of smouldering rubble. All in a day's work.
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marc96
May 11th 2012, 8:37
i'd also include battle royale 2 & mummy returns on the list... good mix of OTT films though
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ChrisWootton
May 11th 2012, 9:20
Regretting that glowing for star review for the Hangover 2 now?
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ChrisWootton
May 11th 2012, 9:20
Ha I meant "Four"
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FBLFerguson
May 11th 2012, 9:41
FFS can total film please stop spoiling films in these countdowns, Piranha 3DD was only released today and now i know Gary Busey is gonna die hilariously...
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Hadouken76
May 11th 2012, 10:52
I would add The good, The bad and The Ugly, Road Warrior and The Dark Knight. Rambo 4 was even more bonkers than the second one, he goes from troubled ex-army drifter to Burmese angel of death.
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huntjo1
May 11th 2012, 15:59
@FBLFerguson: again, no one forced you to read it. Even though I do agree that spoiling a film when many people will not have seen it is wrong, you could have had more self control and thought to yourself, 'uh oh, i want to see this film and don't want to be spoiled. I better not read the 'most insane moment' bit at the bottom of the page!' It's not hard...
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FBSHarrigan
May 12th 2012, 8:14
Some of the films on this list were awesome, while others were rather unfortunate. Rambo does not seem to belong at the top of this list. There are much crazier sequels than that. I am just wondering why Gremlins 2 did not get a place on this list. The second one, topped the first in ridiculous cartoonish silliness which is an impressive feat. http://www.videodetective.com/movies/gremlins-2-the-new-batch/1125
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Hadouken76
May 12th 2012, 23:26
Is that piranha pic interactive? Uhuh-huh-huh-huh
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FBJRider
May 13th 2012, 13:11
There's no reason to complain about spoiling Piranha 3DD, at least they didn't spoil a good film
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Redfield4ever
May 14th 2012, 20:51
Gremlins 2 is the first thing I think of when I hear "OOT Sequel" other than that? A pretty solid list.
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MrScary
May 18th 2012, 17:45
So in your "Worst to First Threequels" you say Blade 2 is slicker and better than the original, but here you say it is OTT? Well...which one is it???
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MrScary
May 18th 2012, 17:51
******PIRANHA 2 SPOILER WARNING***************** A bunch of small, quick fish eat a bunch of chicks with big, fake boobs. If you don't know that is the plot, then there is no hope for you.
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