A Quiet Place Part II Review: 6 Ups & 4 Downs

4. Cillian Murphy & Millicent Simmonds' Strong Performances

Though the entire ensemble delivers solid work here, the easy highlights are the performances of Cillian Murphy and Millicent Simmonds.

As rugged, world-weary survivor Emmett, Murphy is an outstanding addition to the franchise, a sympathetic and yet ambiguous man who effectively becomes the stand-in for Krasinski's Lee - enough that you can almost suspect Krasinski regrets killing his own character off.

Murphy ends up carrying at least as much of the movie as Blunt, and he benefits from often playing opposite the again-brilliant Simmonds, whose deaf daughter character Regan remains the soul of the series.

Without their fine work the relatively thin premise wouldn't be nearly as engrossing.