Sequel Goes Foreign/Sandbox

A trend in movie sequels that pops up frequently. The first one is good enough to warrant a sequel and in either the second or third installment the action takes place in a foreign country.

This is because going foreign may be an easy way to spice up what could otherwise become a stale cast of characters and plotline with a drastically different location and culture. This provides a suitable setting for the usual 'everything must be bigger and fancier' form of Sequelitis.

Depending upon why the characters are in a foreign country, this may turn out to functionally be a longer Vacation Episode and/or a Busman's Holiday if the characters end up doing the same thing abroad that they would do at home.