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Plenty of movies have sequels , but it ’s a rarified treat that a moving picture will only identify itself as such deep into its runtime , revealing a concealed subsequence . The good sequelstake reward of the set - up of an full previous celluloid , and even if they typically fall short of the original , they ’re one of the most guaranteed way to find success at the box spot . But not every pic manufacturer takes advantage of this , or else preferring to stealthily release subsequent films that are n’t advertised as sequel at all .
Thesehidden follow - up motion picture can reveal their handwriting in a sort of ways . Sometimes , the connector to a previous entry is more subtle , with a single persona , location , or line tie in two films in a sort ofmini - cinematic universe . In other cases , the link is more obvious , with the turn of events of a association to a old well - screw movie being vital to the overall narrative
share movie universes are democratic now but they ’ve actually existed for decades , with some movies on the Q.T. connect to others .
10Brightburn (2019)
Is in the same cinematic universe as Super (2010)
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Superhero movies have become such common cash cows of the film industry that the musical style has been examined in nearly every different mode . Director James Gunn has become famous for his superhero movie supremacy , heading boththeGuardians of the Galaxytrilogyand kicking off the nascent DCU withThe Suicide Squad . Yet before the manager worked for the " with child two " comic company as a filmmaking auteur , he penned his own take on a cinematic superhero universe .
SuperandBrightburnare both musical genre blending of superhero motion picture and other category , with the former being a comedic parody and the latter being a fascinating horror story . Yet the end ofBrightburnactually confirms that the two film , however different in whole step they may be , take place in the same continuity , asSuper ’s Crimson Bolt makes a brief appearance in the video uploaded by Michael Rooker ’s fibre . Even if the Crimson Bolt and Brightburn could n’t be more dissimilar in footing of power levels or personality , it ’s fun to opine them interact in costume .
James Gunn ’s Brightburn set the stage for more superhero horror film in the future and here ’s everything we fuck about Brightburn 2 .
9Machete (2010)
Is a spin-off of the Spy Kids trilogy
For all his eccentricities , notorious director Robert Rodriguez ca n’t be said not to have mountain range . After putting out baby ’s hits like theSpy Kidstrilogy andShark Boy and Lava Girl , Rodriguez is just as contented to calculate a pulpy grindhouse gorefest with movies likeMacheteandPlanet Terror . But despite tonic whiplash even more severe thanBrightburnandSuper , two of these franchise actually divvy up a exclusive overarching canon .
In theSpy Kidsmovies , Danny Trejo stars as the lovable Uncle Machete , proportional to the titular child extra agent , the Cortez siblings , and a genius inventor , sort of the Q to the Cortez ’s James Bond . But in 2010’sMacheteand 2013’sMachete Kills , Trejo render to prove the character is far more than a good-hearted mentor , remorselessly chopping up forged guys with his namesake arm . The gas constant - rated antics of theMachetemovies and the kid - friendly , cartoonish CGI of theSpy Kidsmovies seem diametrically opposed , yet they share a coarse plasm via Trejo ’s amazing character .
Machete is just as imperative to the Spy Kids franchise as the Spy Kids themselves , but does Danny Trejo reprise his function in the young Netflix movie ?
8Collateral (2004)
Is in the same cinematic universe as The Transporter (2002)
Collateralis a by - the - numbers crime thriller with a stacked cast of young stars , including Jamie Foxx and Tom Cruise , an improbable duo of a taxi gadget driver and the assassin who coerces him into complicity in his offence . The extended cast of the picture show is no - less headliner - studded , rounded out with the likes of Mark Ruffalo and Jada Pinkett Smith , but it ’s a single cameo by Jason Statham that puts the story in a whole new linguistic context . Screenwriter Stuart Beattie has since confirmed that Statham reprises his role from theTransportertrilogy , formally linking the two moving-picture show .
InThe Transporter , Jason Statham plays Frank Martin , essentially a in high spirits - stakes courier for dangerous criminal component . Just like Tom Cruise ’s character inCollateral , Martin is beholden to his employers , andit makes sentiency for the two to interact while work under similar circumstances . Jason Statham’sCollateralcameomay be abbreviated , but it assuredly places the two moving picture along a unmarried cinematic timeline .
Tom Cruise wo n’t be able-bodied to do Mission : insufferable picture forever , but one of his onetime movies may have paved the elbow room for his acting future .
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7Enemy Of The State (1998)
Is a sequel to The Conversation (1974)
underestimate among the works of Francis Ford Coppola , The Conversationis a brilliant piece of neo - noir dramatic event whose protagonist manages to vagabond his fashion into another film . Gene Hackman star as Harry R. Caul , a fertile " sodomist " pry for his power to sneakily obtain recordings of private conversations while espy on people . When his latest line calls his beliefs into question , he ’s left shinny to figure out how to mitigate his natural endowment with his own guilt .
Caul seems to re - seem in all but name in 1998’sEnemy of the State , despite the two picture show sharing no director or manufacturer . Though he goes by a new name , Edward Lyle , Gene Hackman seems to reprise his office , having the same closet , workshop , and even photographs directly lifted fromThe Conversation . Considering that Lyle already proceed by another alias within the account ofEnemy of the State , it ’s not a stretch to suppose he ’s play the same surveillance expert .
Enemy Of The State is a 1998 thriller star Will Smith and Gene Hackman , and some buff feel the latter is reprising his role from The Conversation .
6The Invisible Man (2020)
Is a prequel to Upgrade (2018)
While the success ofThe Invisible Mangave Leslie Townes Hope that theill - fated Universal Dark Universecould at last gain impulse , the scientific discipline fiction revulsion motion picture was actually already a religious sequel to a similar harbinger . Unlike its Hellenic Universal namesake , The Invisible Manchronicles the terror of an abusive ex - husband who manipulate his own death and use a cutting - bound invisibility suit to ruin the life of his escaped former lover . Two year in the first place , Upgradetold a cautionary tale revolving around an artificial intelligence able of perfect and controlling the human body .
InUpgrade , protagonist Grey Trace ’s wife , Asha , works for Cobalt , a cut - edge technical school party responsible for manufacturing the insidious STEM chip . The company shows up again inThe Invisible Man , whose nominal villain acts as its CEO and laminitis before faking his own death . Both films were written , directed , and produced by Leigh Whanell ofSawfame , definitively placing them within the same timeline , albeit at different point in technical development .
Leigh Whannell ’s Upgrade and The Invisible Man have unlike contexts , but they have one brilliant connection that set them in the same macrocosm .
5Out Of Sight (1998)
Shares a character with Jackie Brown (1997)
Out of SightandJackie Brownpresent an interesting eccentric for a distich of mystic sequel considering the two movie were evolve at about the same time , and released later . Both film are based off of books from writer Elmore Leonard , Out of SightandRum Punch , severally . The two Word of God act as direct sequels to one another , and even if the crime drama adaptations they inspired do n’t explicitly submit it , they , too deal connective tissue .
Director Quentin Tarantino worked with conductor Steven Soderbergh to cast the same thespian in a character that appears in both stories , Micheal Keaton ’s ATF Agent Ray Nicolette . While Keaton goes uncredited inOut of Sight , he does indeed recapitulate the eccentric , however briefly , inexorably tie the two films . bewilderingly enough , however , Samuel L. Jackson plays a distinct character in both movies , uncommon but not unheard of for a apportion cinematic timeline .
Steven Soderbergh ’s Out of Sight is one of the best crime pic of all sentence , thanks mostly to the sizzling interpersonal chemistry between George Clooney and J.Lo .
4Split (2016)
Secretly continued the Unbreakable trilogy
In its advertizing , Splitveiled the fact that it was a continued story , focusing or else on the wide-ranging and frightening personality of James McAvoy ’s Kevin Crumb . WhileSplitdoes indeed focus primarily on work up the tension with Crumb ’s many alters , particularly the cannibalistic and superhuman " Beast " , a last - second Bruce Willis cameo links it to previous Shyamalan filmUnbreakable.2019’sGlassofficially wreak together the two movie , picking up whereSplitleft off .
M. Night Shyamalan ’s twistsare a well - get laid signature of his writing , with consultation frequently extend into motion-picture show under his banner prepared to have their expectations subverted . However , Splitwas the first time this was done by linking a late flick with a surprisal sequel , culminating in an exclusively original trilogy 19 years in the making . That being enunciate , the sudden culmination of theUnbreakabletrilogy was a bit clumsy , with some inaccurate stigmatisation of genial health along the manner .
M. Night Shyamalan ’s 2016 film , Split , has his good twirl since The Sixth sensory faculty . But what does it really signify ? Here ’s the ending explained .
3Argylle (2024)
Takes place in the Kingsman series
Despite heavy merchandising and a kinetic blockbuster energy , Argyllefailed to impress with both critical review and boxwood office Book of Numbers . Perhaps it would ’ve done better if it wore its status as a continuation of theKingsmanfranchise on its sleeve , hand a much - needed injectant of brand realisation to its opening weekend . The Southern Cross of the film revolves around the identity of the real " Agent Argylle " , who is on the face of it unveiled in the 2nd deed only to be pulled back as a reddish herring .
It is n’t until the very remnant ofArgyllethat the real Agent Argylle exposes his identity operator . A mid - citation scene clarifies that Argylle was none other than a Kingsman federal agent , the first of Rachel ’s novels being base on his life . The meta narration of the reveal cursedArgyllewith a divisive response , even if it was a clever mode to tie the undercover agent caper into a pre - existent mesh of espionage thriller .
Argylle has multiple braid and an finish that connects to a recent spy franchise . We break down the film ’s big surprises , what ’s next , and more .
2Better Luck Tomorrow (2002)
Is a hidden prequel to The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
By far one of the most popular characters intheFast & Furiousfranchiseis the effortlessly coolheaded Han Lue . The Korean daredevil driver penned by flagship writer Justin Lin was so pop that the series brought him back multiple times due to overwhelming fan response , even retconning his death . While Han ’s first officialFast & Furiousappearance may be in the third episode , The Fast and the savage : Tokyo Drift , he in reality has his source in a one - off action moving picture four years before .
EnterBetter Luck Tomorrow , an early criminal offence drama spell by Lin himself asterisk Han for the first time . Rather than focusing on car chases , the film study a pair of wealthy Asiatic American student who rebel against their bookish expectations with high - bet crime , Han himself being the one to draw the cinema ’s protagonists into the criminal Hades . Lin has since confirm thatBetter Luck Tomorrowis something of an rootage story for Han , formally station it as a hidden prequel of the long - runningFast & Furiousuniverse .
Han is an important member of the Fast & Furious gang , but his origin taradiddle was already severalise before he joined Dom ’s squad — in Better Luck Tomorrow .
1Evil Dead (2013)
Wasn’t actually a reboot all along
TheEvil Deadseries has a lengthy horror - drollery bequest bearing a riotous relationship with persistence , with multiple termination , timelines , reboots and legal consequence muddy the waters of the titular fiend ' chronology . In 2013 , it seemed the dealership was due for a grueling reboot , with a seemingly fresh take on a group of Quaker horrifically slaughtered in a cabin rise up its head . EnterEvil Dead , a reboot that all of a sudden reveals itself to be the fourth continuous installment of the franchise all along with a special cameo show .
For the most part , 2013’sEvil Deaddoes say a wholly original story with intimate ingredient , admit willpower , an quarantined cabin , and gratuitous amounts of blood and gore . Yet careful fan could catchthe generate of intimate voices on the classical tapes warning of the Necronomicon ’s wrath , Bob Dorian as Professor Knowby and Ellen Sandweiss as Cheryl Williams from the very first film . A surprise cameo from Bruce Campbell as Ash himself seal off the mess , officially marking 2013’sEvil Deadmovie as a hidden sequel rather than a redux .
New Evil beat director Sébastien Vaniček hash out how he seeks to pay homage to Sam Raimi ’s Graeco-Roman dealership and teases raft of Deadites .
