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The Abbott family is forced to go beyond the sand path in the sequel “A Quiet Place Part II,” starring Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds and Noah Jupe. PROVIDED PHOTO
Silent terror returns in ‘A Quiet Place Part II’ Aaron Gilman Tribune News Service
A scary sequel where the very last thing you want to do is scream tops the DVD releases for the week of July 27. “A Quiet Place Part II” picks up immediately after the events of the fi rst fi lm, while also providing a tantalizing glimpse of Day 1 when the monsters fi rst arrived and ushered in humanity’s silent era. In the fi lm’s present, the surviving members of the Abbott family must leave home and fi nd new shelter from the deadly creatures with super hearing. Cillian Murphy, who joins the budding franchise in “Part II,” teams with Millicent Simmonds in an eff ort to end the existential threat posed by the creatures, while Emily Blunt and her other two children face their own dangers. John Krasinski returns as director (and also wrote the script), and though his
character heroically died at the end of the fi rst fi lm, he reprises the role in Day 1 fl ashback scene. “Krasinski’s sure-footed sequel (and, in the dynamite opening sequence, prequel) is everything you want a summer horror movie to be, made by a writer/director who is clearly both a fan and a student of scary movies,” writes critic Chris Hewitt in his review for the Star Tribune. “As Krasinski showed in the fi rst “Quiet Place,” he’s not afraid to guide the story into a situation that seems impossible to get out of, only to fi nd an ingenious way to do just that.” ALSO NEW ON DVD JULY 27 “American Gods: Season 3”: The fi nal season of the Starz series based on Nail Gaiman’s novel concerning the battle between the Old and New Gods. “Every Breath You Take”: Casey Affl eck stars as a psychologist who introduces his family to the brother of a deceased patient, with sinister results.
“Joey & Ella”: A baby kangaroo, part of a circus, gets mixed up in a jewelry heist thanks to bumbling thieves. She becomes separated from her mother for the fi rst time, and is in possession of a diamond with strange powers. “Keeping Faith: Series 3”: Eve Myles returns as Faith in the fi nal season of the BBC mystery set in rural Wales. “Midnight In The Switchgrass”: Bruce Willis and Megan Fox team up to investigate a series of unsolved murders where women are taken from truck stop areas. “The God Committee”: The members of a three-person board who decide which person gets an available organ transplant struggle with the consequences of one of their decisions, seven years after the fact. Stars Kelsey Grammer, Julia Stiles and Colman Domingo. “The Last Champion”: A disgraced former wrestler stripped of his Olympic medal returns to his hometown after the
death of his mother in this sports drama. “The Neighborhood: Season Three”: The CBS sitcom stars Cedric the Entertainer as the Los Angeles neighbor of a friendly, white Midwesterner who moves in to the predominately African American neighborhood with his family. “Unforgotten: The Complete Fourth Season”: Led by Nicola Walker’s chief inspector character, London detectives investigate cold cases in this British drama airing on PBS’ “Masterpiece.” “Devils: Season One”: A new British series set in the world of high-stakes fi nance involving a global conspiracy at an investment bank. OUT ON DIGITAL HD JULY 27 “Batman: The Long Halloween, Part Two”: This animated feature continues the story inspired by the ‘90s comic book series in which the Caped Cruasder must fi nd and stop a serial killer.
