Top Gun: Maverick
The release ofTop Gun : Maverickthis month come nearly on the nose 36 geezerhood after the originalTop Gunwas released in theaters back in 1986 . So far , it ’s get fantastically electropositive reviews from critics , although audiences wo n’t be able to see it for themselves until May 27 .
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Top Gun : Maverickis far from alone in terms of releasing long after its original film . With its long disruption fromTop Gunand the acclaim it ’s already received , it beg the doubtfulness : what are the best 2nd films in a dealership released at least a tenner after the first ?
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps - 6.2
Gordon Gekko ’s " avaritia is good " spoken language is one ofthe most recognizable movie quotesof all prison term , and Oliver Stone’sWall Streetas a whole encapsulates the 1980s fiscal sector mindset just as the 1987 inventory market crash hit , which , while coincident ( it pass off only two calendar month before the picture released ) , madeWall Streeteven more relevant .
There was no better clock time to make a continuation than the 2008 recession , it seemed , which yieldedWall Street : Money Never Sleepsin 2010 . Though the continuation did not dwell up to its predecessor , IMDb raters still consider it one of the best long - look sequels .
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again - 6.6
seldom does a film surpass the original when that first film was as critically dislike as 2008’sMamma Mia!was . Based on the musical centre around songs by ABBA , critics found pile to pan about the film , especially Pierce Brosnan ’s singing power .
Even for IMDb raters , the sequel was a safe outing , withMamma Mia ! Here We Go Againnetting a 6.6 in compare to the original ’s 6.4 . It also does n’t hurt that the film is one ofCher ’s best movies , as the iconic singer definitely adds a circle to the motion-picture show .
Mary Poppins Returns - 6.7
Disney has gotten plenty of pom-pom for their CGI - centrical remaking of their animated classics , with many finding it a cynical hard currency snatch ; consideringThe Lion King , Aladdin , andBeauty and the Beastall crossed the billion - dollar marker , the evidence is in that opinion ’s favor .
But bringing back the Mary Poppins character forMary Poppins regaining , 54 age after the archetype , seemed to shoot audiences differently , perhaps because it was a sequel rather than a remaking . The film does n’t outdoMary Poppins , but it does respect what the original did , and there ’s some warrant appreciation for that .
Tron: Legacy - 6.8
Tron : Legacyannounces its purport in its subtitle , to establish off of the legacy of the first film while dealing with the in - population bequest ofTron ’s principal fictitious character . Fittingly enough , it ’s one ofReddit ’s best-loved legacy sequels .
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle - 6.9
Although the firstJumanjifilm was n’t a pop - culture phenomenon , it did have a notable carrying out by Robin Williams and was remembered enough for Sony to bring out a sequel . Whereas the original involves a fictional circuit card game , Jumanji : Welcome to the Jungleinvolves a fictional video game .
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What makes the subsequence so gratifying is the fact that the main cast has to play against eccentric , since they ’re play incarnation for people from the real world who have been drawn into the game . It was popular enough to produce a franchise .
The Color of Money - 7.0
What ’s funny is that while Tom Cruise plays the legacy character to the entrant forTop Gun : Maverick , he himself was the newbie inThe Color of Money , a 1986 subsequence to 1961’sThe Hustler , with Paul Newman repeat his role .
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The great thing about the motion picture , however , is the fact that it can stand on its own , without spectator needing to watch the first one . It ’s a young Tom Cruise act across the legend Paul Newman . It acts as a engrossing mirror toTop Gun : Maverick , asThe Color of Moneycame out the same year the firstTop Gundid .
Clerks II - 7.3
The originalClerksfilm from 1994 established Kevin Smith ’s directing panache , and help him go on to not only take bigger films , but also be involved in the worlds of comics and idiot box .
The continuation , Clerks II , released in 2006 and was jolly positively received , although now it ’s been mostly forgotten by the movie - go away populace . For a moving picture free 12 years after the original , and aim by the same illusionist behind the original , it ’s a pretty good result . by all odds deserving a watch for Kevin Smith lover .
Finding Dory - 7.3
Pixar has never been shy about taking time to consider whether a continuation is the right call ; aside from its flagshipToy Story , which received its subsequence , Toy Story 2 , only four years later , no Pixar motion-picture show received a second outing until 2011’sCars 2 .
AsFinding Nemocomes from Pixar ’s golden historic period , a sequel of any variety was highly - anticipated , and 2016’sFinding Dorycrossed a billion dollar mark thanks to that . The film manages to find a heartfelt center with Dory ’s retentiveness personnel casualty and how it relate to her and her parent , which meet flop at habitation withFinding Nemo ’s paper .
Incredibles 2 - 7.6
Only two eld afterFinding Dory , however , Pixar managed to outdo themselves with the long - anticipated subsequence toThe Incredibles . The first cinema was released at a time before the superhero boom , but in some ways provides a better Fantastic Four movie than audiences have gotten straightaway .
Incredibles 2follows directly from the tease at the death of the first photographic film , and takes aWatchmen - like approach to questioning the part of the superhero in gild . It ’s definitely one of Pixar ’s near sequel , and has the studio apartment ’s trademark all - age appeal .
Blade Runner 2049 - 8.0
Coming 35 years afterBlade Runner , the sequelBlade Runner 2049was helm by the visionary theater director Denis Villeneuve , who proved his sci - fi chops with this andArrival ; no surprise he was granted the winder toDune .
The only disappointment aboutBlade Runner 2049is its hapless performance at the box office , because it ’s easily one of the best films of 2017 , and one of the best sci - fi movies of the 2010s . Even if theBlade Runnerfranchise is cursed to never earn its rightful box - bureau success , it ’s at least create two cinematic masterpieces .
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