FILMS
A QUIET PLACE PART II
Worth making a noise about
► RELEASED OUT NOW! 15 | 97 minutes
► Director John Krasinski
► Cast Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmons, Noah Jupe, Cillian Murphy, John Krasinski, Djimon Hounsou
It’s impossible to talk about
A Quiet Place Part II without acknowledging the fact that its release plans have essentially been bookends for the pandemic. Receiving its New York premiere in March 2020, the movie finally hit US cinemas on 28 May 2021, just as the world began to open up again. It’s entirely fitting for a post-apocalyptic movie peppered with the hope that perhaps life could be good again.
There’s also a good reason why Paramount held it back for a year rather than opting to push the movie out on streaming channels. It’s built for the cinema – and takes a louder, more actionpacked approach than the intimate chills of its predecessor.