College student Ryan Phan (Phi Vu) finds himself repeating the same day, eventually running into a different version of himself. Ryan and some classmates working on a secret project try to fix this issue, resulting in Tree (Jessica Rothe), another student, reliving the same day she did in the original film. The difference for Tree this time is that she has crossed into a parallel dimension, so her life is not quite what she is accustomed to. Now the gang has to figure out how to stop the loop, while Tree decides which dimension she wants to stay in.
I'm going to really dive into the plot of this movie, so be warned: Much of the rest of this review will be filled with spoilers. Tree's main dilemma is this: Does she remain in this alternate universe, where her mother is alive, but they do not share the same memories together, and Carter (Israel Broussard), her boyfriend in the world she is used to, is dating her roommate instead of her? The other option is to go back to her original world, where she's dating Carter, but her mother is dead. We know what she is ultimately going to choose, so there is no real suspense here--that's not my issue...this is: Tree and Carter are very clearly falling for each other in the alternate reality, so that SHOULD have made the choice an easy one. They even kiss before she inevitably goes back to the world she knows, negating truly the only reason she was going back to her actual reality, where, by the way, Tree was still less than a friendly person, and her former friend/roommate was still dead/tried to kill her. Staying where she was would have resulted in her still having her mother, still being with Carter, still having her friend, and still being in a world where the nerds who created the quantum reactor that caused all the problems know what they are doing. This isn't even to mention the fact that the creepy doctor, his wife, AND the psycho killer guy are dead in this dimension. All this nonsense truly made this movie almost unbearable for me.
Happy Death Day 2U is far more science fiction and less horror than the first film--not to say that movie was crammed with horror, but that element is even less abundant here. Similar to the original flick, this movie is filled with comedy, and this is once again very hit or miss. The acting and writing are what you expect from a PG-13 rated Blumhouse outing. There's really not a lot more to say about this movie--it entertains enough to keep you watching, and moves at a fast pace, but there's not a ton of substance, and at the end of the day, it's just an average movie.
On A Scale Of One To Ten: 5
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