Happy Death Day 2U

Happy Death Day 2U, more importantly, never loses sight of its secret weapon: Rothe, who rolls with every punch this film throws at her.

This film is basically just ridiculous nonsense. I had a ton of fun.

Along the lines of other recent inexpensive genre efforts that behave more like franchise blockbusters by building out their lore and doubling down on their nerdiness.

One of those efficiently lazy sequels that by turns bores you to death and induces chuckles.

It is instead that rarity - a sequel that is both better than the original and manages to retroactively improve that movie.

It's much more knowingly comedic... much more Revenge of the Nerds meets Back to the Future.

I don’t regret the time I invested on Happy Death Day 2U&#59; I had fairly average expectations and the film met them well. Amidst a flood of mediocre horror movie sequels, that alone is a welcome treat.

We all loved our characters from the first film, but following them for another time loop is hard. We get a few more fun kills for Tree but don't gain much else with this one.

Unfortunately, the second film, which leans more sci-fi and comedy than horror, is not quite as sharp and punchy as the first... still, it’s an entertaining enough continuation of the franchise for fans of the first movie.

Normally repetition spells disaster for movie sequels, but this film plays around with its repetition in creative ways, both tonally and with its narrative.