I am a big fan of Ready or Not. So there was a certain amount of trepidation when I went to see Ready or Not 2 cause I am still wary of sequels being better than the first. Despite coming out six years after the original, this film takes place immediately after the first one. As Grace survived the game the scriptwriters scrambled around for a way of rehashing the original plot and introducing her sister Faith played by Kathryn Newton. The additional aspect of the plot is that the Le Domas’ were part of a group of families and Grace now being the winner is forced into playing double or nothing/ There are suppose to be six but with the Le Domas’ were wiped out and Kevin Durand’s Bill Wilkinson and his family were wiped out so we are already down to four.
We meet Francesca (Maia Jae) who was originally suppose to marry Alex in the first film but he ditched her for Grace for some reason so this seemed to be introduced to add some drama. Her father Ignacio (played by Nestor Carbonell who is frankly chewing the scenery) seems to be lousy with a weapon and then when Francesca has a bazooka she is also rubbish with it, firing it in the opposite direction. If they wanted to they could have made her the driving force of the conflict but then again Maia Jae isn't Sarah Michelle Gellar. When Virat is killed, his brother Madhu he forfeits his position in the family to his wife who then decides to leave. She is actually the smartest of the entire cast and she drives off into the sunset and out of the movie. All the supporting characters of the supporting characters add nothing to the plot.
My main issue with the film is that its the first film but way more bloated in terms of story. Not just in terms of the cast numbers that don't do anything substantial but there are also way too many plot points where they try and get themselves out of a hole only to dig themselves into another hole. The first one was simple and effective, this time it just felt bloated and unnecessarily so. It’s not a terrible film by any means but I think that it's a classic sequel in that it does the first film but with a bigger budget so it’ll be bigger and louder and most of the time it doesn't work.
I don't think that this is a terrible film by any means because Samara Weaving is likeable as Grace and the absurdity of the whole film is used well enough but I don't think that this needed to exist. The script is weighed down by having to do too much and whilst it ends in a satisfactory way, it makes life very difficult for itself. There is potential for more if they wanted to although I think that they should stop now but I suppose it depends what happens at the box office.
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