Happy Death Day 2U Review

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4.4 • 640 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2019

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

Happy Death Day 2U is the direct sequel to Groundhog Day plot stealing slasher Happy Death Day. Even though the slasher elements take a backseat in this entry, the fun and fresh tone of the original is maintained. This film has more of a sci-fi comedy than a horror movie and tries to extend the scope of the first film while maintaining the premise of living the same day over and over again. Happy Death Day 2U Synopsis The film starts out following Ryan Phan (played by Phi Vu) on the morning after the events of the first film. Ryan was only a bit part in the original Happy Death Day, but plays a much more important role in the plot this time around. In a welcome bait and switch, after rerunning Ryan’s day a couple times, the plot switches focus back to the original protagonist of Happy Death Day, Tree Gelbman (played by Jessica Rothe). Check Out Our Review Of Silent Night Deadly Night! https://www.horrormovietalk.com/2018/12/19/silent-night-deadly-night-review/ If you’re not familiar with the premise of the original, it is simply a horror version of Groundhog Day. Tree is forced to relive day of her murder over and over again until she solves the mystery of who her killer is. This sequel throws in a wrinkle this time because despite being the same day, Tree is in a different dimension, so not everything is the same. https://youtu.be/THq6KlWgiqw HDD2U Lowdown Happy Death Day 2U maintains the fun and playful atmosphere of the original but basically switches genres. It’s much less of a horror movie, and more of a sci-fi comedy, ala Back to the Future. In trying to keep the premise fresh, they end up over-extending and there are multiple loose ends and skimmed over plot points that make this movie much less cohesive and tight as the first movie. Happy Death Day 2U is more enjoyable than the average movie nonetheless, and that is thanks to the performance of Jessica Rothe. Want To Watch It Now?Click the button below to watch on AmazonHappy Death Day 2 U Our Score 6/10 Final Recommendations for Happy Death Day 2U If you liked the first one, you will still like this one. Very light horror, so if you are going for a slasher, you might be disappointed. Bonus Trailer: Ma https://youtu.be/dvpKRSHIkzM

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0:00.0	This episode of horror movie talk brought to you by Twinder, the dating app for twins.
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0:20.9	Hello and welcome to Horror Movie talk, an opinionated and accidentally funny horror movie
0:26.9	review show.
0:28.2	Your schlubby hosts each week are Bryce Hansen, the cool collected nihilist, and David
0:34.1	Day, a cool guy who is always cool.
0:37.4	New theatrical releases get priority, but we also review older horror movies, both good and horrible.
0:44.4	I'm Bryce Hansen.
0:47.2	Wow, I'm David Day.
0:49.1	And let me tell you guys, I am so excited for today's episode.
0:53.3	Oh, my God, we got some good stuff coming over, you guys. I am so excited for today's episode. Oh my God. We got some good stuff coming over you guys.
0:58.6	It's going to be great. Yeah, it's a great episode today. Lots of stuff to cover. It's going to be awesome.
1:05.9	Today we are going to be talking about Happy Death Day to you, the latest sequel of Happy Death Day.
1:15.1	It's out in theaters right now.
1:16.8	It's a movie that expands the lore on the original movie and gets a fresh new take to Trees Day that will never end.
1:25.8	We'll start out talking about a brief syn you know, synopsis of the movie
1:30.9	and a review. And then we give the movie a score. We score on a scale of one to ten, one being
1:36.9	a miserable dredge where you're angry at how bad it is, five being perfectly average, exactly
1:43.2	what you'd expect, and 10 being just
1:46.8	over the moon, like an important movie.
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