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A Quiet Place Part II
Director and screenwriter John Krasinski has once again crafted an uncanny combination of unerring suspense and the immediate "Boo" as he returns to the Abbott family of Spring Creek for A Quiet Place Part II a spine-tingling sequel to the 2018 nail-biter that impresses by not going where those of us who saw the first film thought a sequel would go.
As we reacquaint ourselves with the Abbotts in this 2020 sequel, we find Evelyn (Emily Blunt), daughter Regan (Millicent Simmonds), son Marcus (Noah Jupe) and the baby Evelyn gave birth to at the end of the first film decide to leave their sanctuary and quickly learn there are other threats to their existence than the deadly creatures who hunt by sound that they met in the first film.
Krasinski's screenplay immediately challenges the viewer because the viewer immediately assumes that the ending of the first film had to be some kind of mistake and that somehow the sequel would reveal Krasinki's character, Lee Abbott, wasn't really dead and we think we're getting exactly what we expected when Lee Abbott is actually the first character we see in this film in the same store where the Abbotts were seen scrounging at the opening of the film, but, refreshingly, we find we couldn't be more wrong and Krasinski cements his place as cinematic puppet master, forcing us yo go where he wants and not where we expect.
As for Krasinski the director, he continues to hone his skills to a precise point where the story of this family and this continually evolving terror finds the viewer spending the majority of the running time jumping out of their chair or holding their breath. As he did in the first film, Krasinski heightens the terror by keeping the family apart physically and tops it off b bringing a stranger into the mix (Cillian Murphy). I also loved that Krasinski did here was equally divide the story between these defiant creatures whose path of destruction knows no rhyme or reason and a delicate overview of the aftermath of their destruction. Loved that shot of the camera following Regan walking by the train station and seeing all of the empty high heels on the platform or Marcus walking through the warehouse and seeing all of the empty coveralls and hardhats. Krasinski gives us a viable story that provides in-your-face scares, but allows a lot of the scares to come from the viewer's imagination.
Because of the story, I love the fact that a lot of dialogue is whispered and demands complete attention from the viewer and just when we've settled into whisper mode, the story goes attack mode and has us jumping out of our collective chairs. The film is a technical marvel, with standout cinematography, music, and, of course, sound. Krasinski has created a sequel as compelling as the original.
Director and screenwriter John Krasinski has once again crafted an uncanny combination of unerring suspense and the immediate "Boo" as he returns to the Abbott family of Spring Creek for A Quiet Place Part II a spine-tingling sequel to the 2018 nail-biter that impresses by not going where those of us who saw the first film thought a sequel would go.
As we reacquaint ourselves with the Abbotts in this 2020 sequel, we find Evelyn (Emily Blunt), daughter Regan (Millicent Simmonds), son Marcus (Noah Jupe) and the baby Evelyn gave birth to at the end of the first film decide to leave their sanctuary and quickly learn there are other threats to their existence than the deadly creatures who hunt by sound that they met in the first film.
Krasinski's screenplay immediately challenges the viewer because the viewer immediately assumes that the ending of the first film had to be some kind of mistake and that somehow the sequel would reveal Krasinki's character, Lee Abbott, wasn't really dead and we think we're getting exactly what we expected when Lee Abbott is actually the first character we see in this film in the same store where the Abbotts were seen scrounging at the opening of the film, but, refreshingly, we find we couldn't be more wrong and Krasinski cements his place as cinematic puppet master, forcing us yo go where he wants and not where we expect.
As for Krasinski the director, he continues to hone his skills to a precise point where the story of this family and this continually evolving terror finds the viewer spending the majority of the running time jumping out of their chair or holding their breath. As he did in the first film, Krasinski heightens the terror by keeping the family apart physically and tops it off b bringing a stranger into the mix (Cillian Murphy). I also loved that Krasinski did here was equally divide the story between these defiant creatures whose path of destruction knows no rhyme or reason and a delicate overview of the aftermath of their destruction. Loved that shot of the camera following Regan walking by the train station and seeing all of the empty high heels on the platform or Marcus walking through the warehouse and seeing all of the empty coveralls and hardhats. Krasinski gives us a viable story that provides in-your-face scares, but allows a lot of the scares to come from the viewer's imagination.
Because of the story, I love the fact that a lot of dialogue is whispered and demands complete attention from the viewer and just when we've settled into whisper mode, the story goes attack mode and has us jumping out of our collective chairs. The film is a technical marvel, with standout cinematography, music, and, of course, sound. Krasinski has created a sequel as compelling as the original.