Something imaginative other then just, “Movie Part 2” etc.
Two of my favorites are:
“2 Fast 2 Furious”
“Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!”
Actually all of the Sharknado sequels have funny names.
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo. So catchy, it is the source of countless parody titles.
Spaceballs 2: the Search for More Money
If You Don’t Stop It…You’ll Go Blind led to a sequel titled Can I Do It 'Til I Need Glasses?
Not catchy names, but a joke on lame sequels just named II or III:
Naked Gun 2 1/2
Naked Gun 33 1/3
ETA: wait, I just checked IMDB! They even had catchy names, which I’ve never noticed before, though I went to all the Naked Gun films when they came out and have seen them numerous times:
Naked Gun 2 1/2 - The Smell Of Fear
Naked Gun 33 1/3 - The Final Insult
The third Naked Gun film was originally supposed to have the subtitle Just for the Record, but the producers thought no one would understand the joke.
Any Which Way You Can would probably qualify for this category.
That’s a shame, because it would’ve been awesome, and shows one more time that movie business people think their customers are idiots.
The Thin Man
After the Thin Man (Takes place a week after the first movie)
Shadow of the Thin Man
The Thin Man Goes Home
Song of the Thin Man
The sequel to the 80s horror movie House is called House II - The Second Story.
It would have been regarded as a movie aimed at boomers. I imagine it was the marketing department that decided against that. Even in 1994 nobody wanted their movie to be targeted at boomers.
Since the titular “Thin Man” was not Nick Charles but was the murder victim (a fact which everyone forgets), the last two titles make no sense at all, and the one before that is only marginally possible.
Sorry if that is a spoiler for an 87-year-old movie.
That just proves my point. I’m a typical gen-xer, and I understood the 33 1/3 reference just fine.
You’re technically right, but everyone conflated “The Thin Man” with Nick and Nora Charles from the beginning.
No, no, Nick Charles is “The Drunk Man”.
Seriously, have you ever counted how many drinks Nick & Nora had? And they played it that way, acting half-sloshed for a big chunk of the films.
I liked “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”.
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Alvin & the Chipmunks II the Squeakquel
Live Free or Die Hard
and my person fave for brevity and specificity:
Aliens
The sequel to 28 Days Later was 28 Weeks Later.
The sequel to Mama Mia! was Mama Mia! Here We Go Again.
And 39 years after Rocky there was Creed.
Hot Shots Part Deux (pronounced duh)
Another 48 Hrs.