Budget: $55 million
Directed By: John Krasinski
a follow up that no one really wanted or expected after the pretty much flat ending of the second film.
Now if that makes me sound negative please trust me when I say that's not what I trying to convey with this film at all.
It again stars and is directed by John Krasinski as the father of the family.
How I hear you all cry in your multitudes, in flashback. We get a usual second movie in a series trope of going back to the past to explain how everything happened.
But it works, it tells us how the death angels got here, now there's a few things there that are a bit eeerm? But if you forget some of those thing's (which I will go over) it is a good prelude.
It flicks back to exactly where the first film stopped, the wife, daughter and son along with the new baby are standing in the charred ruins of their destroyed house.
with new baby they have to be creative, Evelyn makes a soundproof baby box with its own air supply. Regan lights a fire to signal to others who respond with their own fires. The three family members set off towards a designated meeting point.
Along the way they come to the end of the sand path and have to traverse on more noisier ground. On the way there Marcus gets caught in a deliberate bear trap, he screams which does attract the D angels. There are all then saved by Emmett played by the always great Cillian Murphy.
He's reluctant to help but when Regan heads off on her own to broadcast the signal he goes to help. While away Evelyn has to go get supplies and leaves the baby with the still debilitated Marcus. The story turns into a three way for a bit as the three groups each get into different scuffles and danger along the way.
They do come to a pleasing head at the end but this time please just leave it there, leave whatever this ending is to the imagination as a third film I'm sure can go only one way. So yes these super tough aliens came to earth after floating about in space for god knows how long on a meteor.
This was the one thing I found a little far fetched, also the fact something so invincible, yet with a glaring sonic weakness could survive like that in the vacuum of space, or even in the cold/heat of things. Like I said this sequal wasn't needed but is a welcome addition to the mythos now.
THN awards A Quiet Place PT2 4 out of 5 stars
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