25/37
Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her past
Line of Events
About to embark on a world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events.
Skye Riley: [to the Smile Entity] You’re not in control, I am!
Kyle Gallner is the only actor to reprise his role from the first film so far..
Featured in The 7PM Project: Episode dated 17 October 2024 (2024)
An improvement on the (good) original.Naomi Scott's performance is outstanding, she is so convincing and fully committed to the role all the way through – to the point that she elevates the film as a whole up a notch.
The rest of the cast are good, eg
Rosemarie DeWitt, but 'Smile 2' is very much Scott's movie.The run time is perhaps a little longer than it needs to be, though to be honest that is only a minor criticism in the grand scheme of things.
Based on the ending, the next sequel could be a lot of fun – here's hoping!
Much of what is onscreen helps nullify any potential (minor) pacing issues, the violence and gore is quite graphic but it is nicely done and is exactly what we want to see from a production of this sort, let's be real.I will say this does feature a few too many cheap jump scares, something I'm not a big fan of, but just like the above it isn't a notion that hinders the overall quality of the end result.