Don't Breathe 2

“There may be fewer truly gory moments in Don’t Breathe 2 than in typical slasher fare, but they are just twisted enough to stick in the mind like a festering wound.”

Jude Dry, IndieWire · 75

“Álvarez and Sayagues have delivered a blood-spattered potboiler that’s no work of genius but is much better than average.”

Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times · 70

“The increasingly ornate violence (much of it taking place in a newer if no less creaky location) fuels an effective thrill machine, and if that machine can’t match the unexpected sweetness of the T-800’s relationship with John Connor, well, maybe that’s for the best.”

Jesse Hassenger, The A.V. Club · 67

“It’s too pretty for a midnight showing, but far too gross and skin-crawling for when the sun’s up. It could have either been a wonderful gourmet action-movie meal, or a greasy joyful mess that cult audiences love more than they should. Instead, it’s somewhere in the middle — a pretty good meal that doesn’t measure up to its individual ingredients.”

Austen Goslin, Polygon · 65

“The film’s gore is just as likely to invoke fear as to serve as a killer punchline to one of Rodo Sayagues’s set pieces.”

Derek Smith, Slant Magazine · 63