![]() While that picture kept its monsters for the most part hidden or merely glimpsed, the follow-up commits the cardinal error of showing them more frequently, sometimes in broad daylight. At the start of the first film, the plaintive beeping of a toy spaceship was all it took to give away a child’s location, and to guarantee that he wouldn’t be back for the sequel. In both movies, carnivorous aliens roam the planet, poised to kill at the drop of a pin – these sightless predators hunt by sound alone. The original 2018 film, starring Emily Blunt and her husband John Krasinski – also its director and co-writer – was scary, successful (taking $340m) and often silent. Is this A Quiet Place Part II or Lockdown I? Audiences have seen what the creatures can do, but now that the humans are equipped to fight back, the third film could finally bring the ball back into their court.Any concerns that A Quiet Place Part II might have exceeded its sell-by date during the 15 months that its release was delayed by the pandemic are quickly dispelled by shots of deserted streets, train tracks overgrown with weeds and supermarket shelves stripped bare. The final scene in A Quiet Place Part II is open-ended, teasing a future where the Abbotts spend less time hiding and more time finding and rescuing other survivors. Emily Blunt has already teased that writer-director John Krasinski has ideas for another film and, with the final scene ringing hopeful and with a fiery fierceness as to what comes next, the potential to take the story even further is certainly there. ![]() To that end, the ending of A Quiet Place Part IIfelt more like the beginning of something more. Perhaps they will go to different places to implement the same setup the island has as well. ![]() It’s been more than a year since the arrival of the alien creatures and a potential third film could see the characters take an active stance against them - expand upon what Regan did with the radio station so that it gets to be far-reaching. Regan finding the island and using its radio station to amplify the feedback reveals that change is on the horizon and that the adults without the kids in tow would have continued to focus only on survival rather than on also moving forward to eradicate the creatures once and for all. The sequel ends in a similar way, only this time Marcus and Regans’ actions are on a bigger scale. In A Quiet Place, Marcus distracts the creature to lure it away from his dad while Regan uses her hearing aid to amplify the feedback in a bid to stop the monsters from advancing. His kids are carrying on his legacy, once again stepping up to protect parental figures in their lives. The ending of the sequel very much mirrors the end of the first film and, in many ways, is an extension of Lee’s sacrifice to protect his family and their future. As some of the adults are taken or injured, it’s Regan and Marcus who face down the monsters. ![]() It certainly suggests the children will pave a brighter future, finding solutions with the help of the adults, but also revealing how smart and capable they can be on their own. ![]() A Quiet Place II expands upon this theme of the children rising up to take charge and protect their parents as well. A Quiet Place highlighted Lee and Evelyn’s kids as needing protection, but also their need to protect each other. ![]()
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