Aldis Hodge—star of Clemency and What Men Want—lets some famous paintings inspire his moviemaking memories.
Related lists from IMDb editors
Related lists from IMDb users
Title: Feliz Dia Para Morrer 2 (2019)
Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.
Happy Death Day 2U stars Jessica Rothe and Israel Broussard talk switching genres and reveal details of the third film in their cult series.
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Jessica Rothe | ... | Tree Gelbman | |
| Israel Broussard | ... | Carter Davis | |
| Phi Vu | ... | Ryan Phan | |
| Suraj Sharma | ... | Samar Ghosh | |
| Sarah Yarkin | ... | Andrea 'Dre' Morgan | |
| Rachel Matthews | ... | Danielle Bouseman | |
| Ruby Modine | ... | Lori Spengler | |
| Steve Zissis | ... | Dean Roger Bronson | |
| Charles Aitken | ... | Gregory Butler | |
| Laura Clifton | ... | Stephanie Butler | |
| Missy Yager | ... | Julie Gelbman | |
| Jason Bayle | ... | David Gelbman | |
| Caleb Spillyards | ... | Tim Bauer | |
| Jimmy Gonzales | ... | Police Officer | |
| Peter Jaymes Jr. | ... | Police Officer | |
Having survived the farcical but utterly life-threatening events in Feliz Dia Para Morrer (2017), the feisty sorority sister, Tree Gelbman, finds herself in the same college dorm, thankful to be alive. However, this time, it's Carter's roommate, Ryan, who claims that he is reliving the same paradoxical day over and over again, as a mysterious paranoid killer in a single-toothed baby-faced mask with a big kitchen knife has made a habit of murdering him. Under those circumstances, a valiant but vain attempt to face the challenge, once more, will send Tree back to square one, trapped in an all too familiar and blood-drenched time loop. How many deaths separate Tree from a truly happy birthday? Written by Nick Riganas
Seen the first film? Of course you have, but if it's not fresh in your mind there could well be moments in this follow up that'll seem a mite confusing. The whole new scientific explanation for the Groundhog Day phenomenon certainly takes a bit of following and a lot of swallowing: the convoluted time travel exposition covered in the first half of the film travels at breakneck speed and doesn't make a whole lot of sense. And let's not forget about the overall uneven tone, the film frequently veering from its horror roots into sci-fi and absurd comedy territory. It's quite a departure from the original, and to be quite frank I don't think that it was very successful.
A hot mess of a movie for the most part, the chaos that unfolds is reasonably fun for a while despite the preposterous story developments. Unfortunately, the repetitive nature of the plot eventually takes its toll, and the final act really labours the point, taking its merry time to wrap up proceedings in a not too tidy fashion. The cast are fine and do what they can with the material, but the slapdash script and seemingly random approach taken by director Christopher Landon ultimately makes for a disappointing sequel.
Still, Happy Death Day 2 U is so silly at times that I can see it gathering a cult following, even though, if truth be told, it's not all that good.