The original (18 certificate) Taken grossed £6.39m over the course of its life; the less-bloody sequel earned £23.52m – more than triple its predecessor.
Another of his well-known productions was "Psycho II" (1983), the darkly humorous but far bloodier sequel to Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 thriller about the troubled motel operator Norman Bates.
In "The Cold Six Thousand," the bloody, ponderous sequel to "American Tabloid," the author amplifies his equation of crime with history, taking up the story of these same bottom feeders and their supposed roles in the climactic events of the 1960's, from the assassination of President Kennedy through the assassinations of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy.
IT LOOKED disturbingly like a sequel to Lebanon's bloody civil war of 1975-90: gun battles in city streets, kidnappings, execution-style slayings and tearful vows of vengeance.
Two years down the line and its sequel is bigger, better and bloodier, making it one of the finest shooters on the platform.
(Dargis) 'SAW IV' (R, 1 48) This third sequel in the torture-themed franchise is bloody proof that Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) may be dead, but his well of corporeal abuses has yet to run dry.
(Scott) 'SAW IV' (R, 1 48) This third sequel in the torture-themed franchise is bloody proof that Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) may be dead, but his well of corporeal abuses has yet to run dry.
(Holden) 'SAW IV' (R, 108 minutes) This third sequel in the torture-themed franchise is bloody proof that Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) may be dead, but his well of corporeal abuses has yet to run dry.
Although there are countless spinoffs one could imagine from HBO's sprawling fantasy drama (Arya and the Hound buddy comedy please), any spinoff sequel would be dependent on which characters actually survive the famously bloody series.
Scorsese indicated he would be interested in making a sequel, although he admitted a prequel might be more appropriate given its bloody ending.
