Sequels in different settings
 

This thread is inspired by Jeritron's thread about sequels that aren't as bad as their reputation and some conversation about Gremlins 2. Good or bad, what are some sequels where they changed things up by putting the protagonist in a completely new setting. I'm really glad Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian never got made.

Ernest Goes To...

Highlander 2.

Seems like there's a difference between something like the James Bond series where each adventure is episodic and a sequel that just throws the characters into a new locale. Also seems like an occurrence like Back to the Future III would be exempt from this because there was a reason to go back in time.

Karate Kid 2
Home Alone 2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
Jason Takes Manhattan
Jason X
Ace Venture 2: When Nature Calls
The Fast and the Furious 3: Tokyo Drift

The critters film where they go into space.

Leprechaun in Space
Leprechaun in The Hood

Halloween III : Seasons Of The Witch


It didn't even feature Michael Myers and was set in a completely different place.

Granted originally Michael died in Part 2 and the Halloween series was going to continue in a different direction. Most people don't know that..most people just think its a shitty sequel.

But if you watch the movie without considering it a Halloween movie you will enjoy it.

They should have completly movie for the sequel of ID4. You could turn into the modern day Gone with the Wind. I'm telling you.

Instead of Post Civil war reconstruction you have Post Alien invastion reconstruction. It could be this sprawling Epic that we talk for years to come. I'm telling you this could work.

Now for the topic at hand Predator and Predator 2.

Fuck you CSL for naming my movie 36 hours before I did.

3 Ninjas: Knuckle Up

Which Karate Kid took place in Japan? 3?

No it was the 2nd the 3rd was the one that was pretty much a repeat of the first.

Die Hard 2 & 3

Really the opposite of the topic but...

Back to the Future Part II was pretty brilliant because it revisited the ACTUAL setting and events of the first movie.

I agree. That's what makes it one the most unique and creative sequels ever

Would have been better with Crispin Glover.