"Anything that reaches a sixth version," declares actor Luke Evans on the set of the new Fast & Furious instalment, "has to be doing something right." Hmm. Really? Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country? Decent, but hardly bold new Trekkie territory. Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare? Only for fans mourning Elm Street's depreciation. Police Academy, Halloween, Saw… 6, 6, 6 – truly the number of the beast.
Any exceptions? Harry Potter, sure, albeit underpinned by the books' phenomenal fanbase. Perhaps even the freak occurrence of Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning. But, almost inevitably, series that rack up multiple episodes without a face-saving/changing reboot (Bond, Bourne, every other superhero), in their desperation to squeeze the last cents from the shrivelled udders of a knackered cash cow, end up artistically and commercially bankrupt.
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