Ready or Not: Here I Come 2026
Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett
- Horror, Comedy
- 108 min
- R
Double or nothing.
Moments after surviving an all-out attack from the Le Domas family, Grace discovers she’s reached the next level of the nightmarish game — and this time with her estranged sister Faith at her side. Grace has one chance to survive, keep her sister alive, and claim the High Seat of the Council that controls the world. Four rival families are hunting her for the throne, and whoever wins rules it all.
- Graphic violence
- Body horror
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- Vinicius Monteiroon TMDB · Jul 20266/10
Returning to a universe that worked perfectly because of its simplicity is always a risk. Watching the main character go from a desperate victim to a bulletproof survivor completely changes what hooked us in the first place. This sequel definitely ups the body count, but it forgets how to build real tension or make us care about the characters. The directors try to expand the lore by bringing in four rival families and secret, bloodthirsty hierarchies. It sounds cool on paper, but the story ends up dragging. The second act grinds to a halt just to dump a bunch of complicated rules on the audience, over-explaining a premise that worked best when it was simple and absurd. Worse still, underneath all this new mythology, the movie just recycles the exact same beats from the first one—the same repetitive hide-and-seek, the same cheap conveniences, and a super predictable third act. You can tell directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett got a bigger budget this time around. They use it to amp up the gore with some awesome, old-school practical effects that don't rely on cheap CGI. But they kind of trip over their own ambition. The action scenes become a frantic, dimly lit mess, a
Read the whole review on TMDB - CinemaSerfon TMDB · Mar 20267/10
Having barely escaped from her nuptials alive, poor old “Grace” (Samara Weaving) finds her recovery in hospital brought to quite a violent end. It seems that the fraternity that had assumed she would be eliminated by their previous game of hide and seek is now having to fill a gap in the upper echelons of it’s leadership. Unfortunately for her estranged sister “Faith” (Kathryn Newton), she was still listed as her emergency contact and so she, too, is soon embroiled in the next stage of this recruitment process. Under the supervision of lawyer-cum-master of ceremonies (Elijah Wood) they are offered the opportunity to take over the whole shooting match - but only if they can survive the hunting process that is now going to ensue at a swanky golf course owned by the squabbling “Danforth” siblings “Ursula” (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and “Titus” (Shawn Hatosy). I know Mark Twain thought golf a waste of a decent walk, but I think he might have preferred it to what comes next as the two women have to un-handcuff themselves and then survive attacks by machete, rifle, pistol and even the axe - and, of course, they prove no slouches when it comes to weaponising a tumble dryer or even a marriage
Read the whole review on TMDB - Manuel São Bentoon TMDB · Jun 20266/10
Check out my full review @ https://www.manuelsbento.com/ready-or-not-2-here-i-come-2026-a-blood-soaked-return-to-the-hunting-grounds-that-proves-its-demonic-worth/ Rating: B- READY OR NOT 2: HERE I COME is a blast. It avoids the typical lazy sequel traps, expanding its demonic lore naturally with a genuine desire to entertain. The action is delightfully bloody, the dark humor is on-point — especially during a hilarious ballroom brawl — and Samara Weaving proves once again she was born for this. The novelty is gone, and Kathryn Newton's frustratingly bland performance creates a jarring contrast against Weaving's incredible expressiveness, but it's still an incredibly fun, worthy companion to the original.
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Cast
- Samara WeavingGrace MacCaullay
- Kathryn NewtonFaith MacCaullay
- Sarah Michelle GellarUrsula Danforth
- Shawn HatosyTitus Danforth
- Nestor CarbonellIgnacio El Caido
- David CronenbergChester Danforth
- Elijah WoodThe Lawyer
- Kevin DurandBill Wilkinson
- Olivia ChengWan Chen Xing
- Varun SarangaMadhu Rajan
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- Matt Bettinelli-OlpinDirector
- Tyler GillettDirector
- Guy BusickWriter
- R. Christopher MurphyWriter
- Brett JutkiewiczDirector of Photography
- Sven FaulconerOriginal Music Composer
- Jay PrychidnyEditor
- Tripp VinsonProducer
- James VanderbiltProducer
- Bradley J. FischerProducer
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