MRQE Ranks: Cinema's Best (or Worst) Part IVs

1

Star Wars (1977)

Cast: Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness, David Prowse, Harrison Ford

Director: George Lucas

Writer: George Lucas

Synopsis: George Lucas' mythological popcorn movie is a two-hour roller-coaster ride that has passed into movie legend. The story, for the tiny number of peo... [MORE]

2

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane, Ralph Fiennes

Director: Mike Newell

Synopsis: Directed by Mike Newell, the fourth installment to the Harry Potter series finds Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) wondering why his legendary scar -- the f... [MORE]

3

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

Cast: Harrison Ford, Shia LaBeouf, Karen Allen, Cate Blanchett, John Hurt

Director: Steven Spielberg

Synopsis: Everyone's favorite archeologist adventurer dusts off his hat and trusty whip for yet another globetrotting trek as Indiana Jones returns to the bi... [MORE]

4

Live Free or Die Hard (2007)

Cast: Bruce Willis, Timothy Olyphant, Justin Long, Maggie Q, Cliff Curtis

Director: Len Wiseman

Writer: David Marconi

Synopsis: An old-fashioned cop emerges to foil a high-tech attack on the country's computer infrastructure as Bruce Willis brings back one of the biggest act... [MORE]

5

Shrek Forever After (2010)

Cast: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas, Julie Andrews

Director: Mike Mitchell

Synopsis: A domesticated Shrek hatches a plan to recapture his mojo and discovers what life in Far Far Away land would have been like had he never existed in... [MORE]

6

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)

Cast: Roddy McDowall, Don Murray, Natalie Trundy, Ricardo Montalban, Hari Rhodes

Director: J. Lee Thompson

Synopsis: The fourth Planet of the Apes film is set in 1991, 20 years since the assassination of talking, time-traveling apes Cornelius and Zira at the end o... [MORE]

8

Predators (2010)

Cast: Adrien Brody, Topher Grace, Alice Braga, Walton Goggins, Oleg Taktarov

Director: Nimrod Antal

Synopsis: A group of hardened killers are hunted on an alien planet in producer Robert Rodriguez and director Nimród Antal's entry into the popular sci-fi ac... [MORE]

9

Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)

Cast: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Chris Rock, Jet Li, Joe Pesci

Director: Richard Donner

Synopsis: Detectives Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) and Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover) re-teamed for their fourth foray together in this buddy-cop action comedy se... [MORE]

10

Alien: Resurrection (1997)

Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Ron Perlman, Dominique Pinon, Michael Wincott

Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Synopsis: Two centuries after Ellen Ripley's death, doctors aboard the space station Auriga clone her using a blood sample taken from Fiorna 161, in hopes of... [MORE]

11

Rocky IV (1985)

Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers

Director: Sylvester Stallone

Synopsis: The third sequel to Sylvester Stallone's boxing blockbuster combines the ringside sports melodrama of the previous installments with the Cold War p... [MORE]

12

Rambo (2008)

Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Julie Benz, Matthew Marsden, Graham McTavish, Rey Gallegos

Director: Sylvester Stallone

Synopsis: When a group of missionary aid workers in Myanmar disappear into the vast green inferno, vigilante Vietnam War veteran John Rambo (Sylvester Stallo... [MORE]

13

Terminator Salvation (2009)

Cast: Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Moon Bloodgood, Helena Bonham Carter, Anton Yelchin

Director: McG

Synopsis: The fourth installment of the Terminator series follows an adult John Connor (played by Christian Bale) as he attempts to organize a human resistan... [MORE]

14

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)

Cast: George P. Wilbur, Donald Pleasence, Ellie Cornell, Danielle Harris, Michael Pataki

Director: Dwight H. Little

Synopsis: This fourth entry in the Halloween franchise focuses on Jamie Lloyd (Danielle Harris), the niece of ubiquitous masked killer Michael Myers (George ... [MORE]

15

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)

Cast: Robert Englund, Lisa Wilcox, Danny Hassel, Rodney Eastman

Director: Renny Harlin

Synopsis: This fourth trip down Freddy Lane was the most successful at the box-office, but although it has some impressive visuals, it is mostly an empty fil... [MORE]

16

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)

Cast: Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Geoffrey Rush, Ian McShane, Kevin McNally

Director: Rob Marshall

Synopsis: Flamboyant seafarer Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) lands himself in a bit of a bind after being lured onto Blackbeard's (Ian McShane) ship by enigmatic... [MORE]

18

Scary Movie 4 (2006)

Cast: Anthony Anderson, Craig Bierko, Carmen Electra, Chris Elliott, Anna Faris

Director: David Zucker

Synopsis: Spoof series torch-bearer and Airplane! mastermind David Zucker steps back into the captain's chair for yet another round of cinematic shenanigans ... [MORE]

19

Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)

Cast: Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Kim Coates, Shawn Roberts, Sergio Peris-Mencheta

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson

Synopsis: Experience a new dimension in action horror as director Paul W.S. Anderson uses the 3D technology pioneered by James Cameron and Vincent Pace to ta... [MORE]

20

The Final Destination (2009)

Cast: Bobby Campo, Shantel VanSanten, Nick Zano, Haley Webb, Mykelti Williamson

Director: David R. Ellis

Synopsis: The Final Destination series gets a kick-start with this fourth outing, headed up by the production team behind the second film -- director David R... [MORE]

21

Saw IV (2007)

Cast: Tobin Bell, Lyriq Bent, Costas Mandylor, Scott Patterson

Director: Darren Lynn Bousman

22

Phantasm IV: Oblivion (1998)

Cast: Reggie Bannister, A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Angus Scrimm, Heidi Marnhout

Director: Don Coscarelli

Synopsis: The concluding installment of the popular horror series brings back the principal heroes Reggie, Mike, and Jody (Reggie Bannister, Michael Baldwin,... [MORE]

23

Batman & Robin (1997)

Cast: George Clooney, Chris O'Donnell, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Uma Thurman, Alicia Silverstone

Director: Joel Schumacher

Synopsis: This was the third follow-up to Tim Burton's Batman (1989), the original revisionist look at the Gotham City legend, as well as the second in the B... [MORE]

24

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)

Cast: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Mark Pillow, Margot Kidder, Jackie Cooper

Director: Sidney J. Furie

Synopsis: Superman (Christopher Reeve) tries to save the world from nuclear destruction at the hands of Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman) in this action film featuri... [MORE]

25

Jaws: The Revenge (1987)

Cast: Lorraine Gary, Michael Caine, Lance Guest, Mario Van Peebles, Karen Young

Director: Joseph Sargent

Synopsis: This third sequel to the 1975 mega-hit Jaws returns Lorraine Gary to the role of Ellen Brody, widow of the Roy Scheider character from the first tw... [MORE]

26

The Next Karate Kid (1994)

Cast: Noriyuki "Pat" Morita, Hilary Swank, Michael Ironside, Constance Towers, Chris Conrad

Director: Christopher Cain

Synopsis: Karate Kid, Part 4 is better known by its release title, The Next Karate Kid. The sole holdover from the first three KK flicks is Noriyuki "... [MORE]

27

Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987)

Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, Michael Winslow, G.W. Bailey, David Graf

Director: Jim Drake

Synopsis: In the third sequel to the hit comedy Police Academy, Commandant Lassard (George Gaynes) decides that the police force is overworked and understaff... [MORE]

28

Critters 4 (1992)

Cast: Don Keith Opper, Brad Dourif, Paul Whitthorne, Angela Bassett, Anders Hove

Director: Kristine Peterson, Rupert Harvey

Synopsis: Sent directly to video, the fourth installment in the Critters series picks up the action with Charlie (Don Keith Opper) about to destroy the last ... [MORE]