12 Delayed 2021 Movies That Really Weren't Worth The Wait
10. A Quiet Place Part II
A Quiet Place Part II was the third big film to be delayed by COVID-19. The first was No Time to Die and the second was Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway.
But while No Time to Die impressed and Peter Rabbit 2 was, shockingly, a good family film that blew its underwhelming predecessor out of the water, A Quiet Place Part II is a decidedly more middling affair.
Not that it's a bad movie, of course, for it offers an excellent opening, strong performances and some very tense set-pieces, but the issue is that's kind of it. It often feels like a by-the-numbers rehash of the original - which was itself pretty flawed - and it lacks substance. Worse still, it's so full of plot holes and illogicality that it gets increasingly hard to take seriously.
Factor in the criminal waste of Emily Blunt, Scoot McNairy and Djimon Hounsou, as well as a monumentally unsatisfying ending, and you've got a fairly disappointing horror sequel. It's not quite a disappointment on the level of, say, Alien 3 or It Chapter 2, but it is still a let-down that makes one feel less enthused about this burgeoning franchise.