Movie Review - Bible Based: Ready or Not 2: Here I Come

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Plot Overview

Gambler's Royal Flush happy family When Grace MacCaullay (Samara Weaving) aged out of the foster care system, she abandoned her 15-year-old sister Faith (Kathryn Newton)—whom she could have taken custody of—to head for greener pastures in New York. An idyllic 1½ year romance with an unknown Alex followed, setting her up to meet his in-laws. As recounted in “Ready Or Not, Here I Come” (2019) they played a customary game in the family mansion, in which she drew the “bad card” meaning they were playing for blood. Surviving, while a little worse for the wear, she was transported to St. Johns Hopkins Hospital. A visitor Faith showed up shortly being her emergency contact. They bicker for the rest of the film.

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SOS lathe old book Alex's family's satanic cult in order to fill a power vacuum, instigates a rematch using obsolete weapons per some ancient bylaws, officiated by an underworld shyster (Elijah Wood). The two sisters use machine shop tools to remove their handcuffs. An attempted call for help is intercepted by a grabber. The mano a mano fighting takes its toll on our heroine along the lines of a Marcus Sakey novel:

It had been a lot of years since his last fight, and he'd forgotten the layers of aches that followed a serious scrap, the symphonic balance of pain: a dull soreness across his body, a wobbly necked pounding in his head, blood-warm throbbing at his swelling left eye, a sandpaper raggedness on his knuckles. None of it was overwhelming, but it all put him in mind of his age. When he'd been eighteen, man, you could hit him with a locomotive and he'd just bounce. But bodies in their thirties weren't build for street fighting. (272)

winner Daniel's accusers fed to lions In this satanic game there's to be a grand winner and there will be hapless losers.

Ideology

card players The heavy homicidal action lends itself to comparison with one of Kenny Rogers's songs concerning a chance encounter with “The Gambler” on a train bound for nowhere. He offered his companion the advice that “the secret to surviving is knowing what to throw away and knowing what to keep.” The refrain of the song goes:

You've got to know when to hold 'em, Know when to fold 'em, Know when to walk away, Know when to run. You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table. There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done.

This wisdom of the gambling man's repertoire is old as the hills and was passed on by a raconteur, Agur in Proverbs 30:1, whose four metaphors offered the same life advice as did Rogers's Gambler. That we find in, (Prov. 30:29-31) “There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going: A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any; A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.”

wedding ring We have Agur's “lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any,” and we have Rogers's “know[ing] when to hold 'em.” In our movie Grace settles on a loophole that will allow her & her sister to escape. Though it's not without its downside, she sticks with a technical interpretation that the cultists would not have foreseen.

We have Agur's “king, against whom there is no rising up,” and we have Rogers's “Know[ing] when to fold 'em.” A king who knows when to give in to his subjects doesn't experience any uprising. Invited to play the unsavory game Grace at first demurs (“I'm not playing”) until she's shown the consequence (“Kill the sister.”) She doesn't want that.

dwarf goat We have Agur's “he goat also” and we have Rogers's “Know[ing] when to walk away.” Once the dust has settled the sacrificial lambs may walk away, both capric & human.

We have Agur's “greyhound” and Rogers's “Know[ing] when to run.” The starting signal sounds with the sisters semiconscious on the ninth green, being rushed by homicidal maniacs. They've got to boogie for cover post haste.

The gambler gave the advice:

You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table.
There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done.

The starting scene takes up where the prequel left off, it being not over.

Production Values

“” (2026) was directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. It was written by Guy Busick, R. Christopher Murphy and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin. It stars Samara Weaving, Kathryn Newton and Elijah Wood. The cast all gave a stellar performance. The sisters' parts were played with finesse and frisson.

MPA rated it R for strong bloody violence, gore, pervasive language and brief drug use. The exploding bodies were cool. The prelude didn't waste any time. The makeup & costumes were awesome. The weapons were a mixed bag. The one-liners really worked. The biblical names were a stab at Irish Catholics. It was filmed on location in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Runtime is 1 hour 48 minutes.

Review Conclusion w/a Christian's Recommendation

This sequel was every bit as good as the original. The good-natured girls distinguished themselves from the satanic cultists while not rising above the evil malaise that afflicts mankind. The film was without detraction if you like this sort of thing. I recommend it to horror hardened audiences.

Movie Ratings

Action factor: Edge of your seat action-packed. Suitability For Children: Not Suitable for Children of Any Age. Special effects: Amazing special effects. Video Occasion: Fit For a Friday Evening. Suspense: Keeps you on the edge of your seat. Overall movie rating: Four stars out of five.

Works Cited

Scripture quoted from the King James Version. Pub. 1611, rev. 1769. Software.

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