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So The Internet Loves ‘A Quiet Place Part II’

Punters reckon the sequel is so good it might even outshine the original.

A Quiet Place Part II is absolutely killing it in Australia at the moment. Debuting as number #1 in its first weekend down under, the thriller is also impressing those notoriously hard-to-impress film critics, boasting a 91% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

But just what is it about the sequel to The Quiet Place, starring Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy, Millicent Simmonds and Noah Jupe that is taking audiences by storm?

Apocalypse movies hit different during a pandemic

While The Quiet Place Part II filmed before the pandemic kicked off, critics and movie goers alike are commenting that the John Krasinski-helmed film’s alien apocalypse was extra poignant given the periods of lockdown that audiences have (and continue) to go through since the pandemic rolled into our lives 16 monthds ago.

One review from Sabrina LeBoeuf, for example, remarked: “the entire film that felt like it was about the pandemic, just disguised as an alien thriller sequel”. You have been warned!

It’s a wonderfully tense experience

Yep, the consensus seems that The Quiet Place II is edge-of-your-seat stuff, which is what you’d hope when it comes to a thriller about a family trying to survive an apocalypse on a planet invaded by literal monsters prone to killing anyone emitting decibels.

Sean O’Connell from Cinemablend tweeted that The Quiet Place Part II “finds exciting ways to further explore this terrifying environment, and is bigger [than the original], but still TENSE AS HELL.” Go figure.

And when someone pulls out this Ben Affleck meme you know that you’re in for a powerful cinematic experience.

The seamless talent of its stars

The internet is packed with people completely in awe of the acting on display in the sequel with audiences particularly enamoured by the excellent Irish actor Cillian Murphy. One fan reckons that Murphy’s brilliant performance pretty much steals the show.

18-year-old actor Millicent Simmons also blew away audiences once again after a breathtaking performance in the original film. “She 100% deserves all of the praise that she has received”, writes one fan on Twitter. I hope the success of this film means many more opportunities for her. She’s a rockstar!”

Anyway, I think you get the idea: audiences and critics were pretty into The Quiet Place Part II. Movie night, anyone?

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