Why Is American Psycho Bad

Sometimes films don't need sequels, such is the case with American Psycho. But due to its popularity we got this clunker. Everyone hates this film, as it was widely panned, holds an 11% on Rotten Tomatoes and even the lead actress Mila Kunis. Whom has expressed embarrassment over the film. Now I'm going on record here and saying that while American Psycho 2 is terrible, it's not that bad. In fact if you ignore the connections to the first film, American Psycho 2 becomes entertaining and that film should have just remained its own thing. American Psycho 2 is only as bad as everyone seems to be making it out to be when you compare it against American Psycho. Which let's face it, sets the bar rather high.

American Psycho 2 opens with a flashback
Not super bad, but just bad enough to be annoying. The only actor in the film who I actually thought they did a good job is William Shatner. This might be a fanboy thing, but even if he is walking through the role he's still doing a better job than anyone else. Mila Kunis's acting is middle of the road, resulting in a rather bland performance. But nothing I feel she should be ashamed of, it's not like its Jupiter Ascending.
The tie in the original is at be tenuous. To the point where you can really tell that it was added in last-minute to create a sequel. The main issue is how they handled Bateman killing him off in a really weak way and should have taken more care as how he was handled. This is one of the rare films where the sequel actually weakens the source material.
Final thoughts, if you like bad movies like me, this film is worth watching. But if you're a fan of films with substance and beautiful visuals, don't. It would be best to just stick with this films predecessor. American Psycho is bad, but it's never so bad that it become unwatchable and occasionally dips a little into being good. American Psycho 2 might be deserving of the level of hate that it gets, but personally I don't think so.