![]() ![]() They fall in with Emmett, and Regan wants to take her squealing hearing aid to an island redio transmitter in order to mess up the critters' hearing. Brisk, crisp, efficient, and full of masterful sequences of suspense, A Quiet Place 2 is an ideal follow - up to the outstanding opening chapter of what is clearly designed to be a trilogy.Īfter a brief flashback to Day 1, this film picks up from where Part 1 left off, with newly widowed Evelyn tiptoeing away from her burning house with her kids, deaf Regan, Marcus, and strangely silent baby The Baby. This is a marvel of a sequel that smartly avoids any attempt to recapture the original, instead expanding its world in every way possible. Marcus has also clearly grown in height over the 2 year gap between the movies being made, but there's not much the producers could do about that. The only concession I'll give to the naysayers is that, yes, for extended periods, the baby is unusually quiet. Cillian Murphy hits the right acting notes too, in his portrayal of Emmett, a former apparently close friend of Lee's, who is now a hardened, reclusive survivor, but proves vital in helping the various Abbott family members. We see vastly more after effects of the invasion and also again to satisfy the grumblers, get to see the creatures in greater detail. I loved the way Krasinski expands the story outwards. The real life hearing impaired Millicent Simmonds is perfect in the role. She is convinced, she has the means and know - how to save humanity, as she tries to explain to her mother via the medium of ASl. It's not just a convenient contrivance to move the plot along that she heads out by herself. But this is consistent with her behaviour across both films. She's extremely clever, determined and yes, quite wilful. Similarly it's fundamental to recognise that Regan is not an "annoying, naughty teenager". Those people saying the characters behave unrealistically are I'm afraid, just clueless. This is why she heads back on a dangerous solo effort to the chemist to pick up further treatments for Marcus's injured foot. ![]() She knows a lot about specific medicines and equipment to salvage from the town pharmacy and was obviously prepared and wanted to have another child, after the early events we saw in the previous film. Similarly we should assume from visual hints provided, that wife Evelyn, played by the wonderful Emily Blunt, is likely to have some sort of professional medical background. Lee, the dad was a clever guy and in the time span from Day 1 up to the events in the first film, you can see from his depicted work area, that he has sussed out a lot of things about the aliens and taken steps around his property to help protect his family. Seriously hard to believe people haven't worked that out yet. The sand is there to reduce sound on the Abbot's property when walking between there and town barefoot* (*also to reduce noise). I do admit though, you probably do need half a brain, a short term memory capability of more than 10 seconds and also be not constantly looking at your phone, to fully appreciate the subtleties of Krasinski's work. It's very clear many of the complainants just haven't really watched the movie closely. It also has the dual function of reintroducing his character into the story, which I personally found very satisfying. He also cleverly begins with an absolutely gripping prologue, that gives us a little more information about the alien arrival, which is something many of the whiners, moaned for, after seeing Part 1. He has delivered a sequel which really enhances the story he introduced in Part 1 but this time, is played out on a much broader canvas. ![]() You have to give it up to writer/producer/director and actor John Krasinski. It obviously follows similar themes but builds on the story and further develops the characters. Just ridiculous! I have to wonder whether they saw the same A Quiet Place Part 2 that I saw. Cannot believe the number of people who are claiming this movie is the same as the first. ![]()
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