# Sequels that directly continue last scene of the previous movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 10, 2013, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-directly-continue-last-scene-of-the-previous-movie/657994 "2013-05-10T13:57:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-directly-continue-last-scene-of-the-previous-movie/657994/21 "2013-05-10T19:46:46Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Yes, I believe so. IIRC both fighters are taken to the same hospital to get treated. Also, doesn’t _Rocky IV_ pretty much start right after the fight (between Rocky and Apollo) that begins at the end of _Rocky III_? The one that first came to mind was _Ben_ (the sequel to _Willard_). ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-directly-continue-last-scene-of-the-previous-movie/657994/22 "2013-05-11T01:24:42Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > _The Bourne Ultimatum_ starts pretty much immediately after _The Bourne Supremacy_ ends in Moscow. > [@sciurophobic](#): > > Almost correct. The last scene of Supremacy is Bourne contacting Landy (Joan Allen) and finding out his real name. This scene occurs again near the climax of Ultimatum. So in fact most of the last movie takes place before the end of the second! I came in here to point this out. I think a lot of folks miss this when they see it. The sequel is only a half-sequel, half…is it interquel? ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-directly-continue-last-scene-of-the-previous-movie/657994/23 "2013-05-11T01:29:53Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I came in here to point this out. I think a lot of folks miss this when they see it. The sequel is only a half-sequel, half…is it interquel? I’ll just go with annoying money grab with almost zero point. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-directly-continue-last-scene-of-the-previous-movie/657994/24 "2013-05-11T13:50:19Z")
Cameron’s \*\*\*Aliens \*\*\*pretty much starts right where Scott’s \*\*\*Alien \*\*\*ended, with Ripley (& Jonesy) in the shuttle, though it’s 57 years later! Fincher’s _**Alien[sup]3[/sup]**_ did much the same thing (without the long time stretch). The AvP sequel did too, but it sucked too much to bother mentioning… ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-directly-continue-last-scene-of-the-previous-movie/657994/25 "2013-05-11T13:52:41Z")
Most of the [serials ever made, going back to the silent film era.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_film_serials) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-directly-continue-last-scene-of-the-previous-movie/657994/26 "2013-05-11T14:06:51Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > Also, doesn’t _Rocky IV_ pretty much start right after the fight (between Rocky and Apollo) that begins at the end of _Rocky III_? IIRC, _Rocky V_ immediately follows up _Rocky IV_: in Moscow, our hero notices the just-been-inflicted brain damage because his hands are shaking in the dressing room, as surely as he’s showering off the oh-so-recent sweat of the Drago fight. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-directly-continue-last-scene-of-the-previous-movie/657994/27 "2013-05-12T00:06:38Z")
**After the Third Man** takes place a few days after the events of **The Third Man**. Only a cross-country train ride separates the action. **Mad Wednesday/The Sin of Harold Diddlebock** is a sequel to the movie **The Freshman** ; the sequel begins showing the final scenes of the first movie, though it then jumps to 20 years later. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-directly-continue-last-scene-of-the-previous-movie/657994/28 "2013-05-12T01:36:57Z")
> [@sciurophobic](#): > > Almost correct. The last scene of Supremacy is Bourne contacting Landy (Joan Allen) and finding out his real name. This scene occurs again near the climax of Ultimatum. So in fact most of the last movie takes place before the end of the second! And strangely, in between the time that scene happens in the second movie and the third, it suddenly stops being summer and becomes a cold winter. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-directly-continue-last-scene-of-the-previous-movie/657994/29 "2013-05-12T03:32:22Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > **After the Third Man** takes place a few days after the events of **The Third Man**. Only a cross-country train ride separates the action.. What film is this!? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-directly-continue-last-scene-of-the-previous-movie/657994/30 "2013-05-12T04:03:35Z")
It’s a TV miniseries based on a novel, but _War and Remembrance_ picks up some of its many plotlines moments after where _Winds of War_ ends. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-directly-continue-last-scene-of-the-previous-movie/657994/31 "2013-05-12T04:28:45Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > **After the Third Man** takes place a few days after the events of **The Third Man**. > [@Maserschmidt](#): > > What film is this!? That should be The \*Thin \*Man. > **[After the Thin Man (1936) ⭐ 7.6 | Comedy, Crime, Mystery](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027260/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)** > > 1h 52m | Approved ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-directly-continue-last-scene-of-the-previous-movie/657994/32 "2013-05-12T08:06:41Z")
[The Last Days of Patton](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Days_of_Patton) pretty much picks up where [Patton](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patton_film) left off. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-directly-continue-last-scene-of-the-previous-movie/657994/33 "2013-05-12T14:03:26Z")
Damn, I would pay good money to see a sequel to **The Third Man** … ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-directly-continue-last-scene-of-the-previous-movie/657994/34 "2013-05-12T14:11:41Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > Damn, I would pay good money to see a sequel to **The Third Man** … Well, there was a [TV series](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052515/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2). And a radio show, with Welles reprising his role. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-directly-continue-last-scene-of-the-previous-movie/657994/35 "2013-05-12T14:21:02Z")
I’m willing to bet The Hunger Games: Catching Fire will do that, at least if it’s anything like the books. With the books, the chapters end practically mid sentence. I’m sure they do that to give you that ‘can’t put it down’ feeling, but it goes from one book to the next pretty seamlessly as well. It’s like she wrote one 1000 page book and just randomly made three sections out of it. ---
**Author:** ![diggerwam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-directly-continue-last-scene-of-the-previous-movie/657994/36 "2013-05-12T16:31:59Z")
REC, Spanish horror movie. Number 2 starts pretty much where the original stopped. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-directly-continue-last-scene-of-the-previous-movie/657994/37 "2013-05-14T00:10:11Z")
They all do this. They also go from being standard popcorn horror flick to intensely creepy with a claustrophobic feeling of dread. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-directly-continue-last-scene-of-the-previous-movie/657994/38 "2013-05-14T00:35:26Z")
**History of the World Part II** (heeheehee) ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-directly-continue-last-scene-of-the-previous-movie/657994/39 "2013-05-14T15:39:17Z")
I believe the events that begin Underworld II come almost instantaneously after Underground I ends. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-directly-continue-last-scene-of-the-previous-movie/657994/40 "2013-05-14T16:25:03Z")
The last scene of **Casablanca** blends seamlessly into the start of Woody Allen’s **Play it Again, Sam**. I remember seeing them on a TV double feature where the station substituted the first scene of PIAS for the last scene of C without commercials (or credits) and it really caught me off guard. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-directly-continue-last-scene-of-the-previous-movie/657994.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-directly-continue-last-scene-of-the-previous-movie/657994.md?page=3)