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That and the actions of the characters, who once again do everything possible to put themselves in danger.Ī Quiet Place Part II begins with a flashback to the very first day of the alien invasion that has annihilated most of human civilization, but there’s absolutely no reason for us to see this except as an excuse for Krasinski to again portray the soon-to-be deceased Lee Abbott one more time. Yet A Quiet Place Part II, which on the surface is a tense and often effective ride, gets dragged down like its predecessor by the thinness of its story and its world-building. Since A Quiet Place made a gazillion dollars against a sensible budget, a sequel was naturally put on the fast track with Krasinski directing again and writing it solo as well (he rewrote the first film’s original screenplay, which was penned by Bryan Woods and Scott Beck).

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But it also did achieve a certain amount of suspense through its premise and Krasinski’s taut direction, making audiences think they were watching something fresh, even as the movie relied on tried and true tricks the more it went on.

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Does anyone else think the first A Quiet Place was overrated? Upon its release in 2018, the John Krasinski and Emily Blunt-led movie was greeted warmly by critics and audiences, but when you stripped aside the fact that Jim Halpert from The Office directed it (and starred too as an extremely competent alpha survivalist dad, doing his damnedest to erase poor, mild Jim from our memory), it was a pretty conventional B-horror movie.īased around a single gimmick- blind aliens who hunt their human prey by sound, thus making staying quiet essential-the film was full of contrivances designed to get its central Abbott family from one terrifying predicament to another (the worst offender being the Abbotts conceiving and having a baby-yes, a crying baby-in the midst of an apocalypse).

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