Review of A Quiet Place Part II (2021) by Muldjord — 20 Aug 2021

The movie might be quite silent, but I certainly wasn't while watching it. Rarely have I found myself be so annoyed with the characters in a movie. The boy is just a useless wimp who can't even commit to the simplest tasks. And he screams - a lot! You might argue that most people would, if they had a bear-trap clamp up around their foot. But I would counter-argue that if the life of your entire family was on the line when it happened, you would at least try to keep the screaming to a minimum. But noooo - this guys screams from the top of his lungs for as long as he can until someone finally shuts him up.

And a baby in a box with an oxygen mask? What the hell!? I realize that the baby was probably a carry-over "character" from the previous movie (which I haven't seen). But believing they survived for several hundred days out and about with a baby? No... Unless they kept the baby in the box 99% of the time, which is just not something I want to think about. It's a friggin' coffin!

But I digress. I wish the movie did something to explain the monsters or their constant need to kill things that make noise for seemingly no reason other than just to terminate other lifeforms.

And why can they jump around like crazy like acrobats, but still not see moving targets? Nothing makes sense. It seems to me like they are able to see very well the world around them. But they can't detect moving lifeforms unless they make noise? I don't buy it. It's a paper-thin premise and I am too logically thinking to do a complete suspension of disbelief.

The only cool thing about this movie is the girl and "new dad". And somewhat intelligent editing that lines up several shots to synchronize the stuff that moves the plot forward.

The last thing I have to complain about, is the "evil other humans" they meet at the dock. Why are they evil? What do they gain by attacking "new dad" and girl? NOTHING! There's no reason other than them "looking evil" so they must be maniacs. Well, in that case, they probably wouldn't have survived that long, right?

Ugh... What a horribly plain movie.