"Her aforementioned scream, in particular, remains an all-timer, feeling like it is exorcising a deep, primal fear just as it rattles you in your seat. Much as Grace had to battle her way through a nightmarish game of hide and seek where she must survive being hunted by her murderous new "family" until sunrise, Weaving was able to fight against most of that film's prevailing limitations and come out on the other side in one piece."
"One would think that another film that provided more of Weaving, her boundless charisma, sly humor, and shattering scream would be tough to fumble. Yet somehow "Ready or Not 2: Here I Come," a surprisingly safe sequel that picks up right where its predecessor left off yet goes in disappointingly few new interesting directions of its own, manages to do plenty of fumbling."
Samara Weaving established herself as a modern scream queen in the 2019 horror film Ready or Not, where she played Grace, a working-class woman hunted by her wealthy family in a supernatural game orchestrated by Satan himself. Her performance, characterized by a memorable scream and compelling action sequences, elevated the film despite its genre limitations. The sequel, Ready or Not 2, expands the cast with notable additions like Sarah Michelle Gellar and David Cronenberg, yet paradoxically becomes creatively constrained. Despite the larger ensemble and increased scope, the film takes few new narrative directions, forcing Weaving to carry more of the burden while the sequel plays it safe rather than innovating.
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