Murdering the murderer: Is American Psycho 2 the worst sequel of all time?

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Nope: William Shatner and Mila Kunis in ‘American Psycho 2’ All American Girl filmmaker Morgan J Freeman, an indie wunderkind who trained under the great weirdo visionary Todd Solondz, also saw Craig’s script as a “mere starting point” to what he wanted to do with the rest of the film. “I’ve even heard that they were thinking about doing American Psycho in LA, American Psycho in Las Vegas and making a whole franchise out of it,” Ellis told the New York Post. “If they’re not careful they could end up with something like the Pink Panther movies.” And so, American Psycho 2 became a prime example of corporate Hollywood in a microcosm: a screenwriter having her movie made but bearing little resemblance to what she first put on to the page, a film that only exists to eke more cash out of an established property, and a director fresh off two well-received indies making his studio debut on something cheap and trashy for a nice paycheque. open image in gallery Original: Christian Bale in ‘American Psycho’ “American Psycho 2 is a puzzle,” Freeman told a film website.