New addition Cillian Murphy, the GOAT of Danny Boyle's apocalypses (28 Days Later and Sunshine) is a good replacement for Krasinski's character- similar but different - a survivor that's slowly losing it. Just like in the first movie, the younger brother was one dimensional and had a constant freaked out look like he was going to crap his pants at any second. And it puts a spotlight on the stupid decisions the teens make that puts everybody in jeopardy. Unfortunately, the drawback of having the first and third acts be non-stop action, the middle arc drags and feels like a slog.

The budget was clearly increased significantly so we get many more of those scenes. In fact every scene that features an encounter with the 'sound-monsters' is gripping and intense. The opening sequence once the 'apocalypse' begins is just fantastic. I normally would talk about 'the experience of WATCHING a movie,' but since I've started reviewing actively and losing my hearing, it's become the experience as a WHOLE - in my ability to be both immersed and entertained.Īnd boy was this entertaining. That personal experience was brought to life in the excellent use of sound - normal sound, no sound and the 'sound of silence,' sound from the perspective of someone that is completely deaf. Nine months ago I lost a chunk of hearing in that good ear and have since started wearing hearing aids. 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.

That was the biggest impression I had from the opening sequence of A Quiet Place 2.

The quiet place 2