Happy Death Day 2U Film Review

Written by Christopher Landon, and Scott Lobdell comes the horror movie Happy Death Day 2. The much-anticipated follow-up to the 2017 movie, Happy Death Day. The direction also comes from Landon whose previous works are Paranormal Activity and Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015.) How good can a movie about death be? Well pretty good if you ask me. But not as good as the original film. Cheating death has never been so much fun.

Lobdell, who’s been very busy on social media in recent days, was also behind the original story for Happy Death Day (2017.) He even popped into my Instagram feed and approved my excitement about seeing the newest film’s release finally arrive. For some weird fan-girl reason, I was excited about this.

Was “Happy Death Day 2U” All That And A Bag Of Chips?

I came back from seeing Happy Death Day 2U at the cinema to write the review. The hype for this film from me might be due to several things… getting out of the house being one of them. The second might be due to thinking about how cool it must be to be Scott Lobdell and create characters and get to turn it into a cool idea and story. I know he didn’t do it alone but still.

The opening scenes made me wish I’d watched the original movie Happy Death Day (2017) before seeing this. Though they do a flashback re-cap which covers it for anyone new to the game and seeing the sequel first, there are small details I want to rewatch.

Everything ties into the first movie Happy Death Day but differently, so firstly bravo for that. Not only must it have been a challenge to be creative in the same way but a hell of a job thinking of a new and exciting storyline. They did it successfully if you ask me and I am really happy.

How About That Cast For Happy Death Day 2U?

Starting with the cast for Happy Death Day, everyone is great. Jessica Rothe is a great confused white girl and even though the cast is populated to appease the general audience, I can deal with that. This is just the climate we live in now. Tree’s emotional angst made me consider shedding a tear when moments before I’d been giggling away. Sure she isn’t as edgy and cool as she was in the original film but I was invested enough to care.

Israel Broussard was again a great boy next door with Carter. He simply blends in with the group like he was meant to be there. Either the core bunch of teens got along well during their mammoth time filming two feature-length movies together or they are friends in real life.

As far as cinematography goes… you know when you’re watching a disaster film and just waiting for the tornado to pick up the cow or waiting for the tidal wave to take out the city? Well, this has two awesome scenes in reaction to a blast that I absolutely loved. There were also some other great cerebral slow-motion scenes that I found amusing.

The sequel brings in the laughs and where many will be looking for that dark element of the original slasher fare, there may be some sighs of disappointment. Happy Death Day 2 U is not 100% perfect. Let me start by saying there was less of the mystery of the original film and more of the cheese placed in laugh-out-loud moments. That doesn’t mean it wasn’t fun though.

Blatant Horror Movie Corn But I Survived

The end scenes of the movie Happy Death Day sequel were blatantly corny and came amidst music more befitting a fairy tale cartoon movie hero entrance. Introduced was the stupidity of a few of the more inane characters like Dean Roger. The Dean and those bloody tissues poking out of his nose. That whole thing with Danielle ‘distracting’ him was a scene I wish got cut.

But you know what? I think getting a film like this to retain the pacing speaks to the production team’s strength. Despite the tiny complaints I had the movie Happy Death Day 2 U was never boring.

The first film Happy Death Day 2017 was the stronger of the two for being bare-boned and un-convoluted. There is certainly nothing wrong with this excellent sequel, though. No loose ends and no questions hanging in the air. There’s also no question as to whether or not this will become a long-drawn-out franchise. I feel like I’ve watched one movie in two parts and now it’s over. The writers can move on to their next big thing. Like now, please.

Happy Death 2 U is rated

3.75 suicide by wood chipper out of 5

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The Cast of “Happy Death Day 2U”

The cast of Happy Death Day 2U has:

• Jessica Rothe
• Israel Broussard
• Phi Vu
• Suraj Sharma
• Sarah Yarkin
• Rachel Matthews

Happy Death Day 2U Full Movie Trailer

Scott Lobdell, About

Scott Lobdell is the guy behind things like the Big Hero 6 movie. I know it’s a kid’s cartoon but if you’ve not seen it, you’ll recognize his aptitude for creating compelling characters here.