‘Murder Mystery 2’ review: More crap from careless Netflix
31.03.2023 - 14:35
/ nypost.com
Netflix has padded its catalog of cinematic background noise some more with “Murder Mystery 2,” the instantly forgettable sequel to its rancid whodunit comedy starring Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler as married crime solvers. Running time: 89 minutes. Rated PG-13 (violence, bloody images, strong language, suggestive material and smoking).
On Netflix.In the first film, the Spitzes (who, in an early indicator of James Vanderbilt’s script’s level of humor, a pilot calls the Sh-tzes) stumbled into amateur sleuthing like Miss Marple. Nick (Sandler) was an NYPD officer and Audrey (Aniston) was a hairdresser.
This time they’re pros like Hercule Poirot. They’re summoned to the luxurious private island of their uber-rich friend from the last movie, the Maharaja (Adeel Akhtar), to attend his wedding to girlfriend Claudette (Mélanie Laurent). Set at a stunning resort, the start of the movie is “The Slight Lotus.” At the ritzy ceremony, complete with fleeting choreographed dancing and an elephant, the Maharajah’s bodyguard is murdered and the Maharaja is kidnapped. The Spitzes start clumsily questioning the suspects, each one more boring than the last.There’s Francisco (Enrique Arce), a former soccer player and lothario who announces, “I have made love to 10,000 women”; the bride Claudette, who was forced to sign a suffocating prenup; his sister Saira (Kuhoo Verma), who loves attention; Countess Sekou (Jodie Turner-Smith, so much better than this) and the colonel (John Kani), who the Maharaja denied a promotion.When Colonel Miller (Mark Strong) from MI6 shows up to take over the case, the anonymous kidnapper calls and demands $60 million delivered to the very unassuming Arc de Triomphe in Paris in exchange for their captive.
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