Picking up a year after the first movie, Steve apologizes to his kids for making bad decisions over the past year. It’s not clear what he’s done that could be worse than what got them into this mess, but the kids say they have his back and miss mom since she’s in jail.
The police tell Wendy the man she killed wasn’t actually a meter reader, but part of a plot to kill her. It seems odd it would take a year to determine this since employment records should put that to rest pretty quickly. Due to this new development, they allow Wendy to go home and finish her sentence under house arrest. Was she convicted of murder? Do they just let murderers go home when there is new evidence?
Meanwhile in another part of town, Mark plans to continue his revenge and is forcing pizza delivery man Craig to be his sidekick. Has no one noticed Craig was missing for the past year? What is keeping Craig from leaving? He’s not there by choice. Craig’s super creepy since he’s fine with kidnapping Wendy, just too cowardly to do it on his own.
When Wendy, Steve and son Hayden find a VHS tape in the fireplace with watch me written on it, they discover Mark is still after them. He’s bugged their home and calls to tell them to open the briefcase left at theri house, which is filled with C4. He also mentions he’s kidnapped their other son, which you think he’d lead with but no.
Mark demands Steve tell their boss he didn’t do anything wrong and was unjustly fired. Steve says no which brings back into focus that Steve is horrible. He’s more concerned about what his boss thinks than that his son is held hostage by a maniac.
Craig is posted outside to make sure the family doesn’t leave. He keeps walking the perimeter so they could either throw the briefcase outside or leave when he was on the opposite side of the house. Instead they sit next to the C4. Later we have an ending that could mean Mark survived again.
The strangest scene involves the briefcase. Why did Mark lock it when he wants them to know what’s inside? They have trouble getting into it because they are unable to understand the code, which is clearly written on the tag as 108. Wendy says, “Try the number 801.” When it doesn’t work, she frets and says, “It’s not working… 108?” Yes, of course it’s 108. Those are literally the numbers on the tag, you Victorian potato.
I wasn’t fond of the first movie but they did get me to watch this one by teasing Mark’s survival at the end of it. I don’t like this movie either. It’s not the worst thing I’ve ever seen. But it’s questionable to ask the viewer to root for a couple who have no problem lying to get Mark fired so they can steal his bonus and spend it on luxury items. Maybe have protagonists who are good people so we care about them.
Ridiculous dialogue
I don’t know what to do. I know what I did was wrong but I can’t tell my boss this stuff. [Said while sitting with his family next to a briefcase full of C4, while his youngest son is held by a kidnapper whose one demand is to tell the boss he lied]
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| Do they not let families into the building when they’re releasing you from jail? |
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| The VHS which somehow fell into the fireplace |
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| Amazingly they still have a VHS player in the living room |
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| “Try the number 801” says Wendy |
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