The game is bigger. The billionaires are worse. The catharsis is real.
Ready or Not 2 Review: A Cathartic Horror Comedy That Delivers
The year 2019 introduced audiences to Grace, a bride who spent her wedding night fighting for survival against her newly inherited family of Satanists. Ready or Not became an instant horror-comedy favorite, built on a simple, relatable premise: the wealthy are not just out of touch; they are actively, violently evil. Now, directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett return with a sequel that asks a terrifying follow-up question. What happens when the game expands beyond one twisted family?
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come answers that question with a bloody, cathartic bang. Samara Weaving reprises her role as Grace, but this time she does not fight alone. She is joined by Kathryn Newton as her estranged sister, Faith, creating a reluctant duo forced to endure a second round of ritualistic mayhem. The rules are new, the stakes are global, and the target on their backs now represents something far bigger than the Le Domas estate.
This sequel trades a single mansion for a broader, more damning target. The film operates on the theory that the world itself is run by a cabal of billionaires, each one more unspeakably corrupt than the last. It is a satirical lens that feels timely, even therapeutic. Where the original delivered a giddy, splatter-fueled chase through one house, the sequel unleashes its chaos on a wider stage, allowing the filmmakers to explore just how deep the rot of inherited power goes.
Weaving and Newton anchor the chaos with a sharp, bickering chemistry that gives the film its emotional core. They are supported by a stacked ensemble, including David Cronenberg, Elijah Wood, and Sarah Michelle Gellar. The result is a horror sequel that understands its assignment. It honors the spirit of the first film while expanding its world. This review will explore why Ready or Not 2 succeeds as a rare follow-up that matches the original’s energy, even as it widens its satirical scope.
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come Review
A Horror Movie Review by Hope Madden
Back in 2019, filmmakers Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett released Ready or Not. This tale of scrappy hero Grace (Samara Weaving) delivered a giddy, action-oriented, splatter-fueled horror comedy with the relatable central message that rich people are evil.
Weaving is back for the sequel Ready or Not 2: Here I Come. Grace is paired with her sister and reluctant sidekick Faith (Kathryn Newton), as both are forced to endure Round 2. Last go round, newlywed Grace had to survive until dawn on the evening of her wedding while her husband’s family tried to kill her. There were rules, specific weapons—they aren’t savages. They’re Satanists.
Well, in surviving the Le Domas family’s game of hide and seek, Grace triggered a second game. And what this game teaches us is that the entire world is run by a bunch of billionaires, each of whom is unspeakably, irredeemably evil.
Just like real life!
But in the movie, the evil billionaires face consequences. So Ready or Not 2 is a cathartic joy.
Weaving and Newton share a fun, funny, bickering chemistry. Their backstory becomes the spine of a film that, like the original, delivers series of entertaining, bloody set pieces.
Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett surround the sisters with a great ensemble, including the legendary David Cronenberg as the Danforth family patriarch.
Elijiah Wood is an understated hoot as Satan’s lawyer, reteamed for the first time since The Faculty with Shawn Hatosy, effortlessly psychotic and endlessly familiar as that white guy born into loads and loads of money. (Titus is his name.)
Sarah Michelle Gellar also stars as Titus’s twin sister Ursula Danforth. Geller’s turn is a manipulative delight, a billionaire convinced that a little evil is OK in the grand scheme of things if you do good stuff too.
Kevin Durand, Nester Carbonell, Maia Jae and the whole set of entitled hangers on are also spot on and fun. The entire film feels a little like therapy, honestly.
If you enjoyed Ready or Not, I’m hard pressed to believe its sequel won’t also leave you smiling.
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