Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (2026)

I neither loved nor hated the first Ready or Not movie. It was certainly gory, and I suppose that’s a plus. If, that is, you like cartoonish, unrealistic violence with zero emotional content.

I wasn’t going to see the sequel, but I heard a few good things about it. How bad could it be?

To me, very bad. I found almost nothing whatsoever to like about Ready or Not 2: Here I Come.

Same old crap. An implausible situation, goofy, unfunny characters, a lot of sterile violence.

The creatively bankrupt screenplay flows with endless F-Bombs and the brown word. So many it becomes not merely meaningless, but incredibly annoying. People like that stuff for some reason. The chattel audience I saw it with tittered at every utterance.

I know the Ready or Not movies are meant to be breezy fun, but the humor has no effect upon me. Especially in the sequel. I may be the lone wolf again. People seem to like it. I was near one guy who chortled and snorted laughter through the whole thing.

Picking up immediately where the last one ended, Girlboss Grace is hospitalized, but the devilish clan grabs her up and the games begin anew.

This time her sister is along for the ride. Would it be asking too much to have a little genuine chemistry, or personality, in either of them? How about some endearing vulnerability? A degree of humanity?

There’s a pervasive smarminess riding over the whole movie. Everyone is so smug, so cloying. I felt dirty watching it.

The estranged sisters survive, however unlikely that may seem. They reconcile and declare renewed love for each other. It’s about as sincere as a cheap greeting card from the dollar store.

Grace (ha!) of course has her trademark cigarette at the end. I didn’t see the old disclaimer saying the tobacco industry did not contribute to the production of the movie.

The laugh’s on me, right? They got my money. I was lured into Ready or Not 2 by David Cronenberg. The great director has an extended cameo in the movie. Seeing him for five minutes wasn’t worth the other wretched hour and forty-five minutes.

OK, I'll admit that Elijah Wood is excellent in the movie. He's the best, and frankly only, thing I liked about Ready or Not 2.

Am I just another older guy raging against movies for a new generation? I honestly don’t think so. I’ve seen a lot of movies in the past year. I sure didn’t love them all, but I only hated one or two. I had mixed feelings about things like Until Dawn, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Final Destination: Bloodline, Scream 7, The Woman in the Yard, and The Housemaid, but I found things to enjoy about them. I cannot say the same for Ready or Not 2. I wish I had never come.

Written by Mark Sieber