Review of A Quiet Place Part II (2021) by Unclewillard — 14 Jul 2021

Meh. Nothing new really happens in this mediocre sequel. Still looks great and no issues with acting or directing, but the plot is a non-starter for me. If there's a third they should go much bigger, and this should have been the bridge to that. Instead we just get more of an epilogue to the first movie.

The deaf girl in this new world premise (not to mention the friction between her father in the first installment), is still stale to me. It's nonsensical that a deaf girl would be able to survive in a world with monsters that have super hearing. That was a plot hole for me in the first one. Along with that, this contrived conflict with her parents over the obvious disadvantage she has. I get the gist that there's a subtext about enabling people with limitations, but this is the worst one they could pick. Maybe a girl on the spectrum would have been better. That could have been an advantage to her in this world.

And why does every post-apocalyptic universe portray humanity as resorting to savages when the walls come down? There always seems to be more **** left than cool people? Walking Dead was the same. Maybe disasters weed all the **** out. And why didn't they just take the boats out? Instead of that elaborate trap. Seems like they would have to watch it all the time. That would explain why they looked so dirty.

I didn't get why the son decided to go exploring, what with an injury so bad his mother risked a pharmacy run either. Again, contrived just to set up the dual, "kids beat the monsters" ending.

A bit disappointing tbh. I went in with a lot of generosity from the first one, whose plot holes I was willing to overlook because the story was so good. It wore off quickly and I honestly got bored.

I still.look forward to more movies from John Krasinski, but I hope they're better than this.

I like the way they got Cillion Murphy's character in, but I'm not sure why he hadn't just sought out his friends.