Ready or Not 2 : Here I Come

READY OR NOT 2: HERE I COME 🩸(2026)

The one ring to rule them all… and this time, it doesn’t involve a wedding.

READY OR NOT 2: HERE I COME picks up right where the first film left us. Grace, battered, bloodied, bruised, is rushed to the hospital on life support. Sounds bad, right? It gets worse. Waiting for her aren’t doctors or concerned family members, it’s four rival families who’ve made death pacts with the devil. To earn the High Seat of the Council that rules the world, they need her dead.

Four families. One throne. Let the games begin.

I love sequels that get it. They know why fans loved the first film, and instead of holding back, they double down. This is a slasher-thriller-comedy bonanza. READY OR NOT 2 cranks the chaos up, expands the battlefield, and turns it into a full-blown battle royale. Players waiting in the lobby? Check. High-stakes hide-and-seek carnage? Double check.

The movie also nails the social commentary.

These families are elite, corrupt, and operate under a brutal “no good guys, no bad guys, just the system” code. Grace and her sister, forged by the foster system and real-world struggles, don’t care about the High Council or the throne, they just want what they’ve been denied their whole lives: stability and peace. Too bad for them, peace is off the menu.

And then there’s one of my favorite sequences of the year: the banquet room bear-mace scene, timed perfectly to the needle drop of “Total Eclipse of the Heart.” It was pure chaos, darkly hilarious, and absolutely cinematic. Moments like that show how this sequel fully embraces the absurdity and fun of the first film, while somehow making it even bigger and bloodier.

Nowhere is that clearer than when, after throwing her wedding dress back on, now blood-soaked red instead of white and paired with yellow Converse, Samara Weaving proves once again that she’s one bad-ass motherf*cker. Calling someone the Terminator when all they do is get chased and beaten doesn’t seem right. but watching Grace relentlessly run, get battered, and still push forward makes “Terminator” feel like an understatement. She’s unstoppable. Her journey through this cycle of torture is brutal to watch, but her perseverance makes you cheer her on every step of the way.

Man… what a ride. I have no clue how they’d pull off a third movie, maybe a secret bastard child? But if they do, I’ll be there front row, opening night.

If you loved the first movie, this one is a full-throttle, can’t-miss theatrical experience. Blood, chaos, comedy, and Samara Weaving kicking ass? Perfection.

Enjoy!

7.2/10 🍿 🎥

Runtime: 1hr48mins

Where: In Theatres March 20th.

The Richmond Reviewer Ready or Not 2: Here I Come Review - March 20th, 2026.

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