An exciting, fun, suspenseful and remarkably clever sequel to the original 2017 box office smash.
In essence everything that a sequel ought to be in terms of enough continuity and linkage to satisfy that indeed it is a part two, yet enough originality and freshness to feel new.
The laughs were funnier. The questions had a greater sense of urgency. The action more deliberate and yet uncanny.
What separates this film from the rest is that it understood something about revelation that similar films often fail to get. It understood that the reveal was not in who the killer was, but in the weight of making difficult decisions.
Unintentional or with absolute purpose, HAPPY DEATH DAY 2U asks questions that the deepest philosophers may have never pondered.
Scares, laughs, thoughts, it is all wrapped up nicely in a well written, beautifully directed film with a returning cast that was every bit as good as they were in the original.
