Review of A Quiet Place Part II (2021) by Theredsky — 20 Jun 2021

I feel almost exactly the same about this one as I do the first. I would probably say the first film is slightly better than this. John Krasinski feels more comfortable behind the director and writers seat now because both have improved.

The writing still isn’t fantastic but it’s slightly better than last time. However, Krasinski still fell into the trap of characters putting themselves into unnecessary danger but it felt worse this time.

There is a train car scene with one of the main characters that serves no other purpose to the story than to put one of the characters in danger. At least in the first film there was a reason. Some of the decisions the island group characters make are really stupid to me and that island scene has a MASSIVE plot convenience involving a boat.

The story this time took a two pronged approach with two plots going on at the same time and I appreciated it although was one was better than the other. The story following Cillain Murphy and Millicent Simmonds was much better than Emily Blunt’s.

Every time we cut back to her character, the story came to a halt because her story really had nothing to do with the overall story. There was definitely a lot I liked though. Millicent Simmond’s performance has improved between the films greatly and Cillian Murphy was the best part of the movie.

Krasinski did an excellent job relating him to the characters and incorporating him into the story. Emily Blunt did a good job as well. There is an action set piece flashback at the beginning that does a great job with tension and overall camerawork that I couldn’t take my eyes of the screen.

All of the other action was creative especially the boat dock scene. I did like that the story got out more and focused on the rest of the world. A Quiet Place Part II went in the right direction story wise even if the film is still pretty mediocre.

If you saw and liked the first one then check this out.