{"id":824841,"date":"2026-03-14T08:09:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T08:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/824841\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T08:09:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T08:09:14","slug":"ready-or-not-2-has-bloody-rowdy-sxsw-premiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/824841\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Ready or Not 2’ Has Bloody, Rowdy SXSW Premiere"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe directors known as Radio Silence had some parting words before the world premiere of \u201cReady or Not 2: Here I Come<\/a>\u201c: \u201cHope you guys have a fucking loud, weird ride.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe comedy horror sequel starring Samara Weaving as a bride trapped in a murderous game brought blood, blood and more blood to SXSW<\/a>, where the crowd squealed and laughed at each grisly killing.<\/p>\n

\n\tCast members Kathryn Newton, Elijah Wood, Shawn Hatosy and Sarah Michelle Gellar took the stage at Austin\u2019s Paramount Theatre to introduce the film alongside directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. Weaving, who could not be in attendance, waved hello and blew kisses on FaceTime, and she also welcomed the audience with a video showing off her pregnant belly. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe made this movie for you, the fans,\u201d she said, wishing everyone a fun and \u201cbloody ride.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cReady or Not 2\u201d takes place right after the first movie, with Weaving\u2019s Grace now caught in a twisted game of hide and seek run by Devil-worshipping global elitists. Making a memorable cameo is David Cronenberg, who is seen early in the film watching a violent conflict unfold on the news.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cApprove the ceasefire,\u201d he says into a phone, and the news chyron instantly changes: the war is over.<\/p>\n

\n\tWood plays a lawyer who lays out the rules of the game: a representative from each family will hunt Weaving and her sister (played by Newton), and whoever kills her will inherit the seat of the high council. Essentially, that means they control the world. Presenting the golden symbol of power to the families, the \u201cLord of the Rings\u201d star holds onto yet another powerful piece of hand jewelry.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cReady or Not 2\u201d is a series of laugh-out-loud murders (and murder attempts). In one scene, a child wields akimbo pistols. In another, a woman holding a bazooka declares, \u201cHi, cunt. Bye, cunt.\u201d Many times, bodies spontaneously combust and spray blood everywhere.<\/p>\n

\n\tHatosy told the crowd that he first watched the film on a small screen and couldn\u2019t wait to see it again at SXSW.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI was so regretful I wasn\u2019t sitting in an audience,\u201d he said. \u201cYou guys lived up to it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The directors known as Radio Silence had some parting words before the world premiere of \u201cReady or Not…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":824842,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3935],"tags":[77,3943,198785,24476,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-824841","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-movies","10":"tag-ready-or-not-2-here-i-come","11":"tag-sxsw","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116226514366617325","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=824841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/824842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}