But Simmonds is an excellent performer: bold, confident and forthright, holding her own opposite the alpha-emoting presence of Murphy. It’s a tiny shame that the film doesn’t give more screen time to the excellent Blunt and I did wonder if Krasinski considered dreaming up some Battleship Potemkin-style scares for that vulnerable little baby maybe he thought that was too obvious. In just a short time, cringing, cowed humanity has evolved into a beaten colonised life form and then evolved one step further down, into feral beings who soundlessly turn on each other. What is interesting about this film is that it quite persuasively shows us a post-post-apocalyptic situation. But this audio shriek can’t be maintained long and also alerts them to where the human is – so you have only a few moments to rack up your shotgun and let the alien have it right between where its eyes would be. And there are some jump scares that had me Fosbury-flopping out of my seat with a yelp.Īs ever, the jeopardy device is the technique Regan has discovered to counterattack the monsters: her hearing aid can be induced to go into feedback, which can be amplified through a little speaker she has to carry around with her and this causes the creatures to go into spasm.

The dual storylines are wrapped up together ingeniously with images and ideas slyly implanted at the very beginning.

The slightest noise would bring slaughter.ĪQP2 repurposes the situation as a quest narrative, intercutting with some style the nightmarish ordeals of those who venture out from their bunker, and those who have remained behind. But it’s a really effective and engrossing followup, with an absolutely sensational “prelude” sequence at the top of the movie, a barnstorming shocker equal to anything in AQP1 – showing the panic and terror that hit planet Earth when we were initially invaded by these hideous blind beasts whose supersensitive hearing meant that humans could only survive by being silent. This sequel from writer-director John Krasinski may not quite have all its focus and intimate horror, while the borrowings from Alien, Jurassic Park and Jaws are admittedly more obvious this time around. T he first Quiet Place movie emitted the most piercing silent scream imaginable.

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