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Don't Breathe 2

  • 2021
  • 1 h 39 min
  • United States

Overview

Eight years after the events of the first film, blind Navy SEAL veteran Norman Nordstrom lives with his 11-year-old daughter Phoenix and his rottweiler Shadow in a Detroit suburb. Norman tells Phoenix that her birth mother died in a fire in their old house. Hernandez, Norman's only connection with society and a veteran Army Ranger, convinces Norman to let Phoenix accompany her on an errand in town to have some time out of the house. Whilst on their trip, Hernandez lets Phoenix visit her old burnt down house where her mom supposedly died. A gangster named Raylan attempts to abduct Phoenix but is scared away by Shadow. His gang follows Hernandez's van back to Norman's where they wait for her to drop Phoenix off, before proceeding to block off the road with their vans and murder Hernandez by bashing her to death with a hammer. They lure Shadow away and kill him off-screen. When Norman goes outside to look for Shadow, the gang breaks in to kidnap Phoenix. A struggle ensues between Norman and the gang, and Raylan tells Phoenix that he is her real father, confirming it by showing they both have a streak of white hair. It is revealed that Phoenix's house burned down after a meth lab explosion in the basement, and Raylan had been jailed for eight years. Norman found Phoenix unconscious in the wreckage and took her home to take the place of his dead daughter. Upon release, Raylan saw Phoenix alive when she left flowers at her mother's memorial. Phoenix is chloroformed by a henchman. Raylan sets his own dog to kill Norman, who traps the animal in the attic. The gang sets the house on fire and leaves with Phoenix. Norman befriends the dog as they escape together, and it leads him to the gang's hotel hideout. At the hotel, Raylan reveals Phoenix's real name is Tara and introduces her to her mother, who is alive but terminally ill. She explains that she triggered the explosion while cooking meth, resulting in the poisoning of her internal organs. Tara's parents have abducted her in order to transplant her compatible organs for Tara's mother. Due to a lack of drugs and facilities, Tara will be alive and awake while her heart is removed. Norman arrives and shuts the power off, preventing the procedure. Raylan's men are ambushed by Norman, who exploits the dark to pick them off one by one. Norman also kills the surgeon, and a stray gunshot kills Tara's mother. Norman gouges out Raylan's eyes and leaves him for dead. A badly wounded Norman confirms to Tara that her father was telling the truth. He confesses his crimes, including murder and rape, and tells her to flee to safety. Raylan appears and stabs Norman, only to be fatally stabbed by Tara. She attempts to help Norman, claiming she can save him, to which he replies she already has, before apparently succumbing to his wounds. Tara leaves and heads to a children's home she had seen earlier. She approaches a group of children playing and introduces herself as Phoenix.

Runtime
1 h 39 min
Released
2021-08-13, United States
Countries
United States
Original language
English

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  1. United States
  2. France
  3. Germany
  4. Iraq
  5. Hungary

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Production

In November 2016, writer Fede Álvarez announced that a sequel to Don't Breathe was in the works, and that he was set to return as director. Producer Sam Raimi called it "only the greatest idea for a sequel I've ever heard. I'm not kidding." In November 2018, Álvarez discussed sequels to both his Don't Breathe and Evil Dead, saying, "They're just ideas right now. Nothing to announce officially. We do have a script for Don't Breathe 2. That's the only difference. We don't have a script for Evil Dead 2. But we do have a script for Don't Breathe 2 that we wrote." He also said, "When I tweeted that

Reception

Don't Breathe 2 grossed $32.7 million in the United States and Canada, and $21.1 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $53.8 million. In the United States and Canada, Don't Breathe 2 was released alongside Free Guy and Respect, and was projected to gross $8–12 million from 3,005 theaters in its opening weekend. The film made $4.4 million on its first day, including $965,000 from Thursday night previews. It went on to debut to $10.6 million, finishing in second place behind Free Guy.

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