The
surprisingly entertaining Scream-meets-Groundhog Day millennial slasher-comedy
‘Happy Death Day’ made a killing at the 2017 box office, raking in
$125 million on a meager budget of $5 million after all the slaughtering is
done as part of the low-budget Blumhouse slate.
So now we are treated to ‘Happy Death Day 2U,’ the cool sequel which
seeks to cash in on the phenomenal success of its predecessor. The answer to the million dollar question we're all "dying" to know is, what new
twist will H2D2U have in store to make it stand out from the original?
(Still)
unknown actors Jessica Rothe (Tree), Israel Broussard (the guy who plays her boyfriend) and his
archetypal Asian roommate Phi Vu reprise their roles this second go-round as
they find themselves caught not only in a time-loop – like Tree did in in the original –
but also in a parallel universe thanks to a quantum reactor science experiment
gone awry (or I should say too successful) by the Asian roommate and racing
against time to stop the baby-masked killer known as "Babyface" from the first movie,
which also happens to be the mascot of the fictional college they attend. Oh boy, Kyle Hill of ‘Because Science’ is
going to have a field day with this one.
Suffice it to say that one should watch this film with a mind wide open
not prone to asking too many logical questions.
While I didn’t quite enjoy H2D2U as much as H2D, it didn’t suck either and actually earned a respectable 67 percent fresh Rotten Tomatoes score. It’s funnier and more sci-fi than the original, and should appeal to those who like BBT and YS (that’s ‘Big Bang Theory’ and ‘Young Sheldon’), even if it isn’t the least bit scary.
Grade: B
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