Ready or Not 2 : Here I Come – REVIEW

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After successfully reviving the Scream series with the fifth and sixth installments, and directing the horror film ‘Abigail’, directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett are back with a sequel to their 2019 hit ‘Ready or Not’. The original film, made on a small $6 million budget, earned an impressive $57 million at the box office.

The delay in releasing the sequel indicates a more expansive exploration of the world established in the first film, following Grace (Samara Weaving) after she killed the entire La Domas family and her fiancé, who were members of a Satanic cult. The sequel begins immediately after the first film ends, with Grace, still in her bloodied wedding dress and sneakers, sitting outside the burning mansion smoking a cigarette as sirens approach and she’s taken to the hospital. There, her estranged sister, Faith (Kathryn Newton), arrives to learn that Grace is under investigation for the La Domas family massacre.

Neither Ursula nor Titus realize that a new, violent conflict is about to begin. The remaining members of the Satanic council – the same group the Dumas family belonged to – plan to kill Grace in order to claim the powerful High Seat that the Dumas family once held. This involves Ursula (Sarah Michelle Gellar), Titus (Shawn Hatosy), Francesca (Maia Jae) – who used to be engaged to Grace’s deceased fiancé – and Vitaj (Nadeem Umar-Khitab), an overconfident but unskilled gunman. Several other people are also vying for the High Seat, and the entire situation is overseen by Elijah Wood, playing the council’s lawyer – a far cry from his days as a hobbit in a new horror role.

The film has impressive action and gore thanks to its large budget, but its story about the expanding universe feels weak. While it’s a high-budget action movie, it doesn’t measure up to films like Primate.

The movie has a few standout death scenes – the one involving an industrial washing machine is particularly memorable – and the explosive effects are well done. However, like the first film, it’s missing truly clever or surprising moments. This tendency for the carnage to become predictable is a common issue in the director’s work, and it ultimately makes the violence feel repetitive.

Sarah Michelle Gellar, Kathryn Newton & directors at the ‘Ready or Not 2 : Here I Come’ premiere…..

Here’s the Ready or Not 2 trailer……

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2026-03-20 12:23