When I first saw the original Quiet Place in 2018, I could still hear perfectly in my good ear (the other one crapped out on me 20 years ago). Where the original begins in near complete silence, 89 days after the "sound-monster" apocalypse, the sequel starts on Day One with the "noisy" daily routine of the dynamic duo of real-life husband and wife John Krasinski and Emily Blunt, demonstrating their split-second survival instincts as "shit gets real" in a matter of minutes.īut back to the use of sound in both movies. I'm already looking forward to finding out what happens next - hopefully in a dark theater, watching as quietly as I can.That was the biggest impression I had from the opening sequence of A Quiet Place 2. The movie ends on an inconclusive note, leaving the door open for another sequel, which is both frustrating and heartening. That makes A Quiet Place Part II an unexpectedly resonant film for the present moment as this country slowly emerges from a crisis that - while surely less terrifying than an alien apocalypse - has revealed humanity at its best and its worst. Some of the people they meet are as predatory as the monsters others are as brave and compassionate as Regan. As Regan and Emmett embark on a perilous journey in search of survivors, they find themselves in situations that give rise to both hope and despair. The movie seems to think they both have a point. 'A Quiet Place Part II' an unexpectedly resonant film for the present moment as this country slowly emerges from a crisis that - while surely less terrifying than an alien apocalypse - has revealed humanity at its best and its worst.
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