March 21, 2024

Well, I was right, I enjoyed this a lot! It had a nice balance of new and old characters that worked very well. It actually went by faster than I thought it would. I probably should have rewatched Afterlife before this since I had to remind myself of who some characters were and if they were in the previous movie. But I didn’t mind that. Also the effects and music were great!

The cast did a great job, McKenna Grace was essentially the lead, and she certainly had the most screen-time. Most everyone else in the cast took, maybe not a back seat, but a passenger’s seat? But it still felt fine. I would hope for more even character development in the next movie since I do enjoy all the cast members. I wouldn’t say no to some of the cast having less time if perhaps some kind of series could be spun out of this. Doing so would give each set of character extra time to be developed. I doubt anything like that is planned, but it would be a fun idea.

The plot is essentially as simple as the trailer shows, and they didn’t deter much from that story. The solution was a little bit quick once that one thing happened, but I didn’t mind too much. I would have liked to see some references to the past when a certain moment happened, but perhaps something like that could happen in a future movie.

Not too much more to say really, I just had a good time with this movie. I have the same positive feeling now, that I did after I watched the previous movie. It’s a good time!

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Mid-credit scene: Yes, just a funny little scene.

End-credit scene: Nope.