![]() ![]() This opener is strikingly good from a technical standpoint but has little bearing on the narrative besides introducing family man Emmett, whom Evelyn (Emily Blunt) runs into with Regan and Marcus (Noah Jupe) after leaving the family’s flooded, ruined house with a new baby in tow following the first film’s dynamite climax.Įmmett has been living in a bunker all that time (his fires were glimpsed in A Quiet Place) following the death of his son in the prologue and the death of his wife eleven weeks ago from an unspecified illness. Well, it picks up there after a flashback prologue depicting the very first day when the spidery aliens came crashing down to Earth, 473 days – at least according the film’s own title cards – prior to when the rest of the film takes place. ![]() Part of the film’s appeal is that it picks up right where the first film’s rather ambiguous ending left off and works as a direct continuation of its storyline, character arcs, and themes. While it might lack that film’s sense of novelty and freshness, it inherits its precision-tooled suspense, attention to detail, and impressive performances, especially from Millicent Simmonds as Regan, who has now been promoted to the lead, and Cillian Murphy as Emmett, who largely replaces writer-director John Krasinski in the role of grizzled patriarch. You can check out our spoiler-free review by clicking these words.Ī Quiet Place Part II is one of the rare sequels that manages to rekindle a lot of what made its predecessor great. This article contains major spoilers for the A Quiet Place Part II ending. ![]()
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