US Edition‘Ready or Not 2: Here I Come’ Review: More of the Same, but Still some Bloody Good Fun
Grace Le Domas must protect her estranged sister and claim the High Seat while facing four rival families in a deadlier hunt, with 250 gallons of stage blood used in production.
- Searchlight Pictures releases "Ready or Not 2: Here I Come" tomorrow, March 20, 2026, continuing the nightmarish game after the 2019 original, with Grace protecting her sister Faith.
- Picking up where the first film ended, Grace collapses and is hospitalized, only to face a deadlier tier of the hunt by four rival families vying for the High Seat.
- New cast members include Elijah Wood, Gellar, and Kathryn Newton, with production notes indicating 250 gallons of stage blood were used, and directors Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett returning.
- Navigating the deadly game, Grace must protect her estranged sister, Faith; Elijah Wood teased an "insane death within the first five minutes," setting a dark, violent tone.
- Rated R by the Motion Picture Association for gore and violence, the sequel reportedly offers a darker, heavier experience in a new Newport, Rhode Island setting.
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'Ready Or Not 2' Could Be "The Definitive End" For The Franchise
Searchlight PicturesWhen the credits rolled on Ready or Not, nobody expected there to be any unfinished business between Grace MacCaullay (Samara Weaving) and her deceased, devil-worshipping in-laws. Our bloody bride survived an intense game of hide and seek, which nearly culminated in her sacrifice to Satan himself, aka “Mr. Le Bail,” but instead saw the destruction of the entire Le Domas family. After they all literally explode, Grace’s troubl…
The Independent
The Independent (US)Sarah Michelle Gellar is back to her best in the very violent Ready or Not 2 – review
The ‘Buffy’ star slinks back into the venomous skin of her ‘Cruel Intentions’ character, as she hunts down Samara Weaving’s bruised and bloody heroine in this action sequel
‘Ready or Not 2: Here I Come’ Review: More of the same, but still some bloody good fun
'Ready or Not: Here I Come' provides enough trashy genre thrills and terrific lead performances from Samara Weaving and Kathryn Newton, so if you were a fan of the first game of hide-and-seek, it’s worth going for a second round.
The Toronto Star
Movie Review: A really, really bad wedding night gets worse in ‘Ready or Not 2’
When we last left our new bride, Grace, at the end of 2019’s “Ready or Not,” she was smoking a well-earned cigarette, having survived a night of slaughter. She sat on a stone step as a mansion went up in…
Samara Weaving on 'pressure to top' “Ready or Not”, almost headlining “Scream”, and her secret for choosing roles
Weaving explains the "hell yes or hell no" mentality that continues to serve her well.Samara Weaving and Kathryn Newton in 'Ready or Not 2: Here I Come'Credit: Pief Weyman/Courtesy of Searchlight PicturesSamara Weaving lives by a simple rule when it comes to role selection: "If it's not a hell yes, it's a hell no."But even that "is quite terrifying to do," she admits, speaking with Entertainment Weekly on a rare rainy day in Los Angeles over Zoo…
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