Murder mystery 2 : Torque Explosive returns
In 2020, Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston team up to be the heroes of a crime comedy: Murder mystery. Directed by Kyle Newacheck, the feature film parodied the yellow with a clear lack of subtlety. Despite some good moments, the film was forgettable, and we particularly remembered the presence of Dany Boon as an incompetent French detective. All right, is back in the sequel!
Three years later, Nick and Audrey Spitz are at the center of a new uninhibited adventure, this time directed by Jeremy Garelick. After their exciting first investigation, Nick and Audrey decided on itopen your own private detective agency. While business is not going well, the couple is invited to the wedding of their billionaire friend Maharajah (Adeel Akhtar), who marries Frenchwoman Claudette (Mélanie Laurent). Things are going wonderfully until the newlywed is kidnapped by kidnappers looking for ransom. Nick and Audrey have no choice, they will have to dive into a new mystery.
A sequel that works
While the first installment could be funny, it was still an overly classic comedy that lazily settled for parody of Agatha Christie-style crime films. So we didn’t expect much from this sequel. Nevertheless, the recipe works surprisingly better in this second part. A schoolboy and a generous comedy, Murder mystery 2 can count on a frenetic pace. 1h30 of wild filming, where the public never gets bored in front of the wanderings that always take place at 100 km/h.
Jeremy Garelick’s feature begins with a rather funny first part, where Murder mystery 2 enjoys hijacking whodunit codes – a genre that has recently come back into fashion, thanks in particular to the saga With daggers drawn. With Murder mystery 2Jeremy Garelick makes fun of the genre with delusional sequences in which the director deflect clichés with mischievous humour.
There is for example a sequence without tails or heads, where all the suspects go one after the other into the bedroom of the Spitz couple. A fun and entertaining way of return to usual situations such. And gently mock Glass Onionwhich shares an almost identical initial premise, in which the individuals end up on a private island.
A shocking duo
After this strange introduction, Murder mystery 2 moves its plot to Paris. A more muscular part where our two heroes will face a horde of bad guys determined to recover the ransom money. The opportunity to stage some surprisingly successful action sequences. We must underline the fluidity of Jeremy Garelick’s direction, which proposes rather muscular scenes well shot and perfectly choreographed. Especially the moment of this van sequence on the streets of Paris very impressive, especially for a comedy.
Finally, Murder mystery 2 He can count the dynamic between Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston. The two actors embody a loving and touching couple, to whom the public is easily identified thanks to their simplicity. Very generous in their interpretations, the two international stars give their all for this duo, which works so well thanks to aa correct writing. The two protagonists are put on the same level, have the same time on the screen and are always carried by correct writing.
What emerges is a couple that is fun, loving, egalitarian, romantic, cute enough, but also very happy, and sometimes sounds like a true love therapy. Thanks to these two characters, Murder mystery 2 it can address deeper issues of a couple’s expression after 18 years of living together.
Murder mystery 2 by Jeremy Garelick on Netflix THE March 31, 2023. Above the trailer. Find all our trailers here.
Source: Cine Serie
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