A Horrifyingly Thrilling Sequel Worth The Wait
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John Krasinski’s much awaited sequel to 2018's A Quiet Place is a scary hell of a ride. His box office hit, A Quiet Place (co-written with Scott Beck and Bryan Woods) went out of only caring about characters trying to survive in the deadly silence—it taught uneasy and claustrophobic audiences to fill the theater with silences and with momentary screams. No moviegoer wants to relive the uneasy feeling of the last movie and wants Krasinski to repeat this terror exactly for a sequel, but the clever and brash changes are thrilling as the film is bigger, faster, louder, and more typical for the horror blockbuster genre. “Part II” has got double the amount of dialogue and its horror is far more horrifying, literal and straightforward.
Krasinski has once again proved his intelligence and his straightforward priorities when it comes to being a horror genre director. He also shows his keen talent at planning tense life-or-death scenes with a flow of slow and fast, which bring a great flow to the picture. In its best moments, “A Quiet Place Part II” in a way, is more like Steven Spielberg's "The Lost World: Jurassic Park", where the director cut loose letting the beasts rampage in a new setting which made the world building significant. Though the Jurassic Park 2 was nowhere near the original, I still wanted a part 3.
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| Souce : Paramount Pictures |
While people can think Part II means the opening directly takes us to the events after the climax of the first movie, but John Krasinski craft fully gives us a detour to the events before the alien attack. There we see the true horror of the alien invasion unfold. People will already be clenching every muscle (even though they know the Abbotts survive) even before the title appears on screen.
The movie then jumps from Day 1 of the apocalypse to Day 474, the instant after Evelyn killed the first alien. The house is damaged after the events of the last night, so Evelyn is forced to head out into the unknown with Regan (Millicent Simmonds), Marcus (Noah Jupe) and her newborn baby. Soon they come across old family friend Emmett (Cillian Murphy), who reluctantly helps them and gives them shelter.
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| Emily Blunt(Left) and Noah Jupe(Right) playing Evelyn and Marcus Abbot respectively Source: The Guardian |
It's not just the bigger set pieces that make A Quiet Place Part II such an expansive sequel as Krasinski avoids grounding the family in another single location like the last movie. He cleverly branches out the story into three different plots, overlapping each other to create a tension among the audience.
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| Emmett played by Cillian Murphy Source: IMDb |
Regan's journey with Emmett is by far the movie's strongest point. Millicent Simmonds can be said as the lead of the sequel as she rises to the occasion with an emotional and powerful performance.
It's through her performance that the movie manages to land emotional beats compensating for the heart wrenching terror of the set pieces. The first movie gave us a gut punch with the loss of Lee (Krasinski's character), and Regan ensures that we feel that loss as heavily as she does.
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| Regan Abbott played by Millicent Abbott Source: Paramount Pictures |
After all the delay due to the pandemic we at last got the movie and more importantly it's in the theatres. But I think you just can't replicate the absolute silence at home as you don't really need to hear the incredible sound designs as they are not as effective in comparison.
A Quiet Place Part II matches the horror, terror and tension of the first movie and does a great job in expanding the world. If you had any doubts about the movie, it will be met with satisfaction.
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