Grace (Samara Weaving) has not been having a banner week of post-wedding bliss. After barely surviving her Satan-worshipping in-laws’ attempt to slaughter her during a “family initiation” involving a deadly game of hide and seek, she now finds herself targeted by a broader apparatus of satanic power brokers, each eager to take their own swipe at her in hopes of elevating their status on the high council. The film itself is an escalation in scope, if not in imagination. Though Ready or Not 2: Here I Come wastes no time throwing us into one bloody battle after another, it fails to conjure the same intrigue as its predecessor, instead delivering a fairly generic and ultimately forgettable sequel that just kind of batters its way to its inevitable conclusion. The ensemble cast, led by Weaving – who remains fully committed to the trembling but ferocious final girl – does what it can, but this is the kind of sequel that doesn’t so much build on the original as it simply prolongs it like a marriage already headed for divorce. Read More