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In October 2019, it was announced that a sequel to ''[[Murder Mystery (film)|Murder Mystery]]'' was in development with [[Adam Sandler]] and [[Jennifer Aniston]] reprising their roles.<ref>{{cite news |date=October 11, 2019 |last=Kit |first=Borys |title='Murder Mystery' Sequel in the Works at Netflix (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/murder-mystery-sequel-works-at-netflix-1245969 |access-date=April 14, 2021 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] }}</ref> In August 2021, [[Jeremy Garelick]] was hired as director, from a script by [[James Vanderbilt]], with the filming of the sequel to take place in [[Paris]] and in the [[Caribbean]].<ref>{{cite news |date=August 17, 2021 |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |title=Jeremy Garelick To Direct Netflix 'Murder Mystery' Sequel; Jennifer Aniston & Adam Sandler Circling |url=https://deadline.com/2021/08/jeremy-garelick-netflix-murder-mystery-sequel-jennifer-aniston-adam-sandler-1234816631/ |access-date=August 17, 2021 |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> Sandler and Aniston had confirmed their returns during the [[Tudum Festival#Third edition|September 2021 Tudum Global Fan Event]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tvline.com/2021/09/25/murder-mystery-netflix-movie-sequel-jennifer-aniston-adam-sandler/|title=Murder Mystery 2: Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler Set to Return for Sequel to Hit Netflix Movie|first=Matt Webb|last=Mitovich|website=[[TVLine]]|date=25 September 2021|access-date=January 25, 2022}}</ref> |
In October 2019, it was announced that a sequel to ''[[Murder Mystery (film)|Murder Mystery]]'' was in development with [[Adam Sandler]] and [[Jennifer Aniston]] reprising their roles.<ref>{{cite news |date=October 11, 2019 |last=Kit |first=Borys |title='Murder Mystery' Sequel in the Works at Netflix (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/murder-mystery-sequel-works-at-netflix-1245969 |access-date=April 14, 2021 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] }}</ref> In August 2021, [[Jeremy Garelick]] was hired as director, from a script by [[James Vanderbilt]], with the filming of the sequel to take place in [[Paris]] and in the [[Caribbean]].<ref>{{cite news |date=August 17, 2021 |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |title=Jeremy Garelick To Direct Netflix 'Murder Mystery' Sequel; Jennifer Aniston & Adam Sandler Circling |url=https://deadline.com/2021/08/jeremy-garelick-netflix-murder-mystery-sequel-jennifer-aniston-adam-sandler-1234816631/ |access-date=August 17, 2021 |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> Sandler and Aniston had confirmed their returns during the [[Tudum Festival#Third edition|September 2021 Tudum Global Fan Event]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tvline.com/2021/09/25/murder-mystery-netflix-movie-sequel-jennifer-aniston-adam-sandler/|title=Murder Mystery 2: Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler Set to Return for Sequel to Hit Netflix Movie|first=Matt Webb|last=Mitovich|website=[[TVLine]]|date=25 September 2021|access-date=January 25, 2022}}</ref> |
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In January 2022, it was reported that [[Adeel Akhtar]] and [[John Kani]] would be reprising their roles from the first film, with [[Mark Strong]], [[Mélanie Laurent]], [[Jodie Turner-Smith]], Kuhoo Verma, [[Enrique Arce]], [[Tony Goldwyn]], [[Annie Mumolo |
In January 2022, it was reported that [[Adeel Akhtar]] and [[John Kani]] would be reprising their roles from the first film, with [[Mark Strong]], [[Mélanie Laurent]], [[Jodie Turner-Smith]], Kuhoo Verma, [[Enrique Arce]], [[Tony Goldwyn]], [[Annie Mumolo]], and Zurin Villanueva joining the film as newcomers.<ref name="Hollywood Reporter">{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/tony-goldwyn-jodie-turner-smith-murder-mystery-2-netflix-1235079986/|title=Jodie Turner-Smith, Mark Strong Join Netflix's 'Murder Mystery 2'|first=Mia|last=Galuppo|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=24 January 2022|access-date=January 25, 2022}}</ref> |
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=== Filming === |
=== Filming === |
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Murder Mystery 2 | |
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Directed by | Jeremy Garelick |
Written by | James Vanderbilt |
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Cinematography | Bojan Bazelli |
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Music by | Rupert Gregson-Williams |
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Distributed by | Netflix |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Murder Mystery 2 is a 2023 American action comedy mystery film directed by Jeremy Garelick and written by James Vanderbilt. It is a sequel to the 2019 film Murder Mystery, and it stars Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston.
Murder Mystery 2 was released by Netflix on March 31, 2023.
Plot
Four years after their escapade in Monte Carlo,[a] Nick and Audrey Spitz work as full-time private detectives. Accepting an invitation from their friend, Vikram "The Maharajah" Govindan, to attend his wedding on his private island, they hope their association with him will lend their failing detective agency some professional credibility.
There, they meet Vik’s French fiancée, Claudette Joubert, his flirtatious business partner, Francisco Perez, his former fiancée, Countess Sekou, Sekou's lady-in-waiting, Imani, Vik's reticent sister, Saira, his ruthless bodyguard, Lou, and the couple's old friend, Colonel Ulenga, who is now missing his left arm after saving Vik from an assassination attempt in Mumbai.
At the wedding, Audrey notices a cloaked figure following Vik's elephant. A dead body falls from the elephant and turns out to be Vik's bodyguard, Lou. Nick suspects that it is a diversion and watches Vik's abduction by a mysterious figure. Realizing that they are once again ensnared in a conspiracy, the couple determines that at least two perpetrators must have been involved: one to create the diversion and the other to kidnap Vik.
The next morning, the group is joined by a team of professional detectives, led by former MI6 hostage negotiator Connor Miller. The kidnapper calls and tasks Nick to deliver a ransom of $70 million to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris in exchange for Vik.
Traveling to Paris, Miller takes Nick and Audrey to the exchange point. The kidnappers force the couple into a van at gunpoint. Inside, the couple fights them, ending with the kidnappers dead and the van crashing into Café Procope. They realize they are being framed for Vik's abduction with footage of Nick running out of the tent brandishing a knife; Miller then arrives and clarifies that the footage is a Deepfake. After taking the briefcase of money and asking them to meet him at the La Madeleine, Miller is seemingly killed when his car explodes. A mysterious figure steals the briefcase, only to be robbed of it when hit by a truck.
With the assistance of Inspector Laurent Delacroix, Nick and Audrey trace the truck to a countryside château where they are ambushed by Sekou and Imani, who insist they are not the kidnappers and only want the money. Sekou shoots Imani and attempts to kill the couple by knocking over a candle to ignite the room, but is shot dead by a dying Imani. Nick and Audrey escape and call Delacroix and the others, requesting Vik be brought to the Le Jules Verne restaurant at the Eiffel Tower. Vik appears at the rendezvous, strapped into a bomb vest. Nick reasons that the killer would never jeopardize the ransom; as suspected, the bomb's countdown is suspended, and Miller, the mastermind of the abduction, appears; he had faked his death by hiding in a bomb-proof titanium chamber within the car moments before the explosion. He attempts to kill the group, along with Susan, a lonesome widow who was looking for her long-lost lover Gary, but Audrey clings to his harness and is pulled to the top floor.
Nick pursues them, subdues Miller's men, and destroys the detonator. Miller throws Audrey, who is still connected to his harness, off the tower. The two men engage in hand-to-hand combat, culminating with Nick opening the briefcase and dispersing the money into the wind.
Meanwhile, the group helps disengage Vik's bomb, and Susan tends to Delacroix, who was shot by Miller. Susan and Delacroix instantly fall in love after Delacroix shows her how to make circles with smoke.
Up on the top floor, Audrey reappears and Nick helps her tie Miller's harness to the tower's elevator mechanism, throwing him into the rotor blades of his getaway helicopter, which explodes and crashes into the Seine.
Returning to the restaurant, Audrey mistakes Saira's darkened arm for blood, but Saira insists that her henna smeared during the commotion. Audrey remarks that once dried, henna does not smear and remembers that Saira was not present when Vik's elephant was ushered into the reception ceremony, and realizes that the clothes of the cloaked figure who killed Lou had a wet henna stain not blood. Saira ends up being the second conspirator; she was upset that Vik's parents gave him sole control over the business, and she had previously tried to kill him in Mumbai. Exposed, Saira attempts to shoot Vik, but he is shielded by Ulenga, who takes the bullet in his right arm; Claudette then knocks her out with the briefcase.
With the commotion concluded, Vik and Claudette give Nick and Audrey $10 million and the use of Viks helicopter. On a honeymoon in Greece, they are accosted in air at gunpoint by their supposedly European helicopter pilot who turns out to be American; he steals the millions and jumps out of the helicopter, leaving them scrambling for the controls.
Cast
- Adam Sandler as Nick Spitz
- Jennifer Aniston as Audrey Spitz
- Mark Strong as Connor Miller
- Mélanie Laurent as Claudette
- Jodie Turner-Smith as Countess Sekou
- John Kani as Colonel Ulenga
- Kuhoo Verma as Saira
- Dany Boon as Inspector Delacroix
- Adeel Akhtar as The Maharajah
- Enrique Arce as Francisco
- Zurin Villanueva as Imani
- Jillian Bell as Susan
- Tony Goldwyn as Silverfox
- Annie Mumolo as Mrs. Silverfox
- Myo Leong as Mr. Lou
- Carlos Ponce as the pilot
Production
Development
In October 2019, it was announced that a sequel to Murder Mystery was in development with Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston reprising their roles.[1] In August 2021, Jeremy Garelick was hired as director, from a script by James Vanderbilt, with the filming of the sequel to take place in Paris and in the Caribbean.[2] Sandler and Aniston had confirmed their returns during the September 2021 Tudum Global Fan Event.[3]
In January 2022, it was reported that Adeel Akhtar and John Kani would be reprising their roles from the first film, with Mark Strong, Mélanie Laurent, Jodie Turner-Smith, Kuhoo Verma, Enrique Arce, Tony Goldwyn, Annie Mumolo, and Zurin Villanueva joining the film as newcomers.[4]
Filming
Principal photography began in January 2022 in Hawaii[4][5] and ended on April 8, 2022 in Paris, France.[6][7]
The top three levels of the Eiffel Tower were recreated for the movie, but some stunts were actually shot on the tower itself.[8] The Indian wedding dance scene was shot in Paris and choreographed by Mahina Khanum.[9]
Release
Murder Mystery 2 was released by Netflix[10] on March 31, 2023. It reached Netflix's top 10 in over 90 countries.[11]
Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film received an approval rating of 45% based on 92 reviews, with an average rating of 4.9/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "A genially mediocre sequel to its similarly middling predecessor, Murder Mystery 2 could have been much better… and a whole lot worse."[12] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 44 out of 100, based on 29 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews."[13]
Accolades
Adam Sandler won the award for Best Comedic Performance at the 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards.[14]
Notes
- ^ As depicted in Murder Mystery (2019)
References
- ^ Kit, Borys (October 11, 2019). "'Murder Mystery' Sequel in the Works at Netflix (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
- ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (August 17, 2021). "Jeremy Garelick To Direct Netflix 'Murder Mystery' Sequel; Jennifer Aniston & Adam Sandler Circling". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
- ^ Mitovich, Matt Webb (September 25, 2021). "Murder Mystery 2: Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler Set to Return for Sequel to Hit Netflix Movie". TVLine. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
- ^ a b Galuppo, Mia (January 24, 2022). "Jodie Turner-Smith, Mark Strong Join Netflix's 'Murder Mystery 2'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
- ^ Brathwaite, Lester Fabian (February 7, 2022). "Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler are living their best lives on the set of Murder Mystery 2". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
- ^ Jakiel, Olivia (April 8, 2022). "Jennifer Aniston Wraps Filming Netflix's Murder Mystery 2 with Adam Sandler: 'Merci Paris'". People. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
- ^ Hoke, Carlie (April 11, 2022). "Murder Mystery 2 Has Wrapped, See How Adam Sandler And Jennifer Aniston Celebrated". CinemaBlend. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
- ^ Brazier, Tori (March 31, 2023). "Murder Mystery 2 one of first films allowed to do a stunt at the Eiffel Tower". Metro. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
- ^ Vergne, Charline (April 9, 2023). "Murder Mystery 2 (Netflix) : Mélanie Laurent a vécu une expérience chaotique sur le tournage". www.programme-tv.net (in French). Retrieved April 19, 2023.
- ^ Chitwood, Adam (January 18, 2023). "Netflix Sets Release Dates for 'Extraction 2', David Fincher's 'The Killer', Zack Snyder's 'Rebel Moon' and More (Video)". TheWrap. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
- ^ "Murder Mystery 2 just hit a streaming milestone on Netflix". The Independent. April 5, 2023. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
- ^ "Murder Mystery 2 (2023)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
- ^ "Murder Mystery 2 Reviews". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
- ^ Petski, Denise (April 5, 2023). "MTV Movie & TV Awards: Top Gun: Maverick, Stranger Things, The Last Of Us Lead 2023 Nominations". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 19, 2023.