Ready or Not 2: Here I Come
Director: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett
Writer: Guy Busick, R. Christopher Murphy
Sequel to: Ready or Not
Cast: Samara Weaving, Kathryn Newton, Elijah Wood, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Shawn Hatosy, David Cronenberg, Dan Beirne, Olivia Cheng, Nestor Carbonell, Kevin Durand
Seen on: 18.4.2026

Plot:
After having just survived Hide and Seek with her in-laws, literally, Grace (Samara Weaving) is ready for some recuperation time and for leaving all of that behind her. But the game is far from over, and Grace’s win has left a power vacuum that needs to be filled – with yet another game. Grace has very little choice but to participate in the game, and her estranged sister Faith (Kathryn Newton) is pulled right into things as well.

I really enjoyed Ready or Not, so I was looking forward to this sequel that I could hardly believe was still coming. But it was worth the wait, Ready or Not 2: Here I Come was a good continuation and expansion of the world that is very entertaining.

I re-watched Ready or Not before going into the film, which was a good idea. The transition between the films is seamless – the second one starts with the last scene of the first. At the same time, we do get a bit of a recap at the beginning of this one, so if you haven’t seen it in a while, you should be fine, too.

In any case, the second film takes the first film as an off-ramp to expand and explore the larger world it created. Along the way it criticizes toxic masculinity and the rich, which I always appreciate (and found a little lacking in the first film). But above all, it gives us gory, bloody fun.

A huge part of that is the committed cast that has been expanded in several fantastic ways, with Gellar and Hatosy being stand-outs, and Wood just doing what he has been doing these past few years in a consistently entertaining way. They are grouped around the always excellent Samara Weaving who enjoys excellent chemistry with Kathryn Newton, making the bitter sisterhood feel very real.

The film moves at a good pace, even though it does have a couple of lengths here and there. The story has a couple of moments where I wondered if it actually made sense, but I was too busy enjoying things to wonder too hard. It all culminates in an ending that made me very happy. As did the entire film.

Summarizing: really good work all around.