A TALE OF TWO TITLES
These are movies where people obviously couldn't decide what the name should be....so they decided to cram two perfectly adequate titles together. I'm not talking about movies that are part of a franchise ('Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest') or tried to be a franchise starter ('Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time)....but movies that combined two titles just for the sake of doing so.
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- DirectorBoaz DavidsonStarsJoe LaraNicole HansenJohn Saint RyanAfter a devastating nuclear war, the last fertile woman on Earth joins forces with a tough renegade warrior to fight a team of deadly cyborgs and save the human race from extinction.Either title would've worked on their own in my opinion....so this is just really excessive in terms of marketing.
- DirectorIsaac FlorentineStarsJean-Claude Van DammeStephen LordNatalie J. RobbA former New Orleans cop battles drug cartels and ex-Army Special Forces who are smuggling drugs from Mexico into U.S. through a Texas border town.The movie was titled 'The Shepherd: Border Patrol' when it was released on DVD....which is pure silliness. While the former ('The Shepherd') is a bit more philosophical.... the latter ('Border Patrol') is definitely more action oriented. There was no need to combine both titles into one.
- DirectorWych KaosayanandaStarsAntonio BanderasLucy LiuTalisa SotoTasked with destroying each other, an FBI agent and a rogue DIA agent soon discover that a much bigger enemy is at work.If they would've just went 'Ecks vs. Sever'....the movie could've bumped up it's potential cool factor with an intriguing title. But tacking on 'Ballistic' just seemed like a case of redundancy to me.
- DirectorZack SnyderStarsBen AffleckHenry CavillAmy AdamsBatman is manipulated by Lex Luthor to fear Superman. Superman´s existence is meanwhile dividing the world and he is framed for murder during an international crisis. The heroes clash and force the neutral Wonder Woman to reemerge.To me....this is one of the worst titles ever. You might be asking yourself why....but here me out. 'Batman v Superman' is a fine title that conveys everything that the audience needs to know. It's simple and to the point. Why they felt the need to take more space on a poster with the whole 'Dawn of Justice' bit is inane. Everybody knew the plan was to eventually lead into a 'Justice League' movie....and it's not like someone was going to greenlight an actual sequel to this....as the movie was meant to be a one-shot deal. No one was ever going to make a 'Batman v Superman 2: The Rematch' or anything like that. Pure excessiveness.
- DirectorKathryn BigelowStarsHarrison FordSam SpruellPeter StebbingsWhen Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.Just because someone didn't want you to get confused with that other movie with 'K-19' in the title. This is a case where both titles actually suck for this kind of movie. 'K-19' sounds like the name given to a creature that was created in a lab....and then escaped and started to butcher everything in sight. 'The Widowmaker' would be a cool name for a sword in a fantasy setting....but it's just used horribly here.
- DirectorJan de BontStarsAngelina JolieGerard ButlerChris BarrieAdventurer Lara Croft goes on a quest to save the mythical Pandora's Box, before an evil scientist finds it, and recruits a former Marine turned mercenary to assist her.I know that I wasn't going to touch upon movies that belonged to a franchise....but this is utter nonsense right here. I know the first one was called 'Lara Croft: Tomb Raider' which sucks....but it doesn't suck as bad as this. Here they decided to go with three titles 'Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life'....which meant that when the time came to create a poster for it....there wasn't enough room for both it....and the star. 'Tomb Raider: Cradle of Life' would've been fine. I'm so glad that they simply called the reboot 'Tomb Raider'.
- DirectorHugh HudsonStarsChristopher LambertAndie MacDowellRalph RichardsonA missing heir of respected Scottish family, raised in African jungles by animals, finally returns to his estate only to realize that difference between the two worlds is really significant.What fu** is going with this title? It just goes on for miles. We all know who Tarzan is. There is no need to specify that he is the Lord of the Apes.
- DirectorAmir ValiniaStarsDMXWes BrownLouis HerthumIn the countryside, Alan and his friend Becky steal a creepy wooden box with a powerful voodoo stick inside from his voodooistic neighbor.What an awful title. I mean....'Lockjaw' would've been fine....but I reckon they didn't want it to be confused with the medical condition of the same name.