I Didn't Need Ready Or Not 2 To Happen. Why I'm Now All In On A Trilogy

In an era where creating the next big franchise can mean billions of dollars in business, it’s not exactly a shock to see every successful movie get a sequel, even sequels we never needed. Honestly, it's a bit surprising that any movie is made today without a post-credits teaser at least leaving a door open to more stories, just in case.

In some cases, however, a single film is all we need. I was a big fan of Ready or Not when it came out back in 2019. I wrote the CinemaBlend review and gave it a perfect score because I thought it was exactly that, perfect. And while I loved the movie, that didn’t mean I needed to see more of it, at least, not until I did.

I Really Wasn’t Sold On Ready Or Not 2

As much as I absolutely loved Ready or Not, and was maybe open to a sequel happening, I wasn’t really excited by the trailers for Ready or Not 2. What I found most fun and interesting about the first movie was how much it wasn’t like any movie I had seen before. It was a movie that tried to balance multiple genres together in an intriguing way, and became something unlike any of them in the process.

By comparison, Ready or Not 2 looked like the same movie all over again. By definition, the one thing it could not be was original. If the sequel had gone in an entirely different direction, we could have gotten something as original as the first, but that wasn’t this movie.

That’s not to say Ready or Not 2 was a bad movie. It is still well written. It has several great performances, including a pair of co-leads in Samara Weaving, who should still be a bigger star than she is, and Kathryn Newton, who is a welcome addition. In this case, just getting more of a thing I like, while it might not have blown me away like the original, was still fine.

And yet, the most surprising thing for me was that after seeing Ready or Not 2, I was ready for Ready or Not 3.

Ready Or Not: Here i Come’s Ending Has Me Hoping For Part 3

Ready or Not 2 does leave itself more or less wrapped up the same way the first movie did. There’s certainly no need for a sequel based on where things leave off, and yet, there was one part of the ending that I will admit left me intrigued.

While Samara Weaving’s Grace was the only survivor of the first movie, and the sequel lets the sisters walk away, there is one other character who survives the new movie. Elijah Wood plays the role of The Lawyer, a man who works on behalf of Mr. Le Bail, who is, for all intents and purposes, Satan. The Lawyer is the one other character who doesn’t get turned into a red mist at the end, and when we last see him, he’s smiling.

He’s got this grin on his face that I kept thinking about as I left the theater. The Lawyer’s job is to enforce the rules of the game. He takes no apparent sides throughout the story, which sees multiple members of the High Council attempt to murder Grace. But in his final scene, he is clearly impressed.

The Lawyer’s smile could just be that, it could just be a look that says, “Well played, Ms. Le Domas.” It is certainly impressive that Grace has survived two battles to the death mere days apart. But it’s a look that could also give us another movie if what’s actually saying is “We’re not done with you yet.”

I find myself actually hoping it’s this later situation. After one movie, simply escaping from the Devil was fine, but after two movies, it does feel like there’s unfinished business here. I would love to see a Ready or Not 3 happen where these two sisters finally have it out with the devil himself.