Thanks in large part to its smart simplicity and the lead performance of Taissa Farmiga, The Nun II does its job. It scares us. It delights us. It leaves us wanting more, even if it doesn’t quite stick the landing.
and director Michael Chaves keeps things moving. One story gives us all the scares and kills we want, the other all the intensity and mystery we want. Each bounces beautifully off the other, creating tension, drama, and fear. There are even hints of romance, thanks to a school teacher played by Anna Popplewell, whose daughter Sophie befriends Maurice.
With all that on the table, eventually, the two stories come together and things get taken up a notch. There are new terrors, new surprises, bigger scares, and some truly gross, sick, awesome stuff. This all works even better because the film embraces and buys into Irene as an almost superheroic demon slayer. We’re not quite talking Ash from, but that’s sort of the vibe. Farmiga uses what you remember of her character from the first film and evolves it to a whole new level.
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