Vacation Friends 2

8/25/20231h 46m

Digital Release (US)

~ Time for another round. ~

Overview:

Newly married Marcus and Emily invite Ron and Kyla, who are also newly married with a baby, to join them at a Caribbean resort, where Marcus is meeting with the owners about a construction contract for a Chicago hotel. But when the party begins the couples' relaxing vacation quickly becomes a wild adventure.

Director:

Clay Tarver

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

drug dealer
married couple
job interview
honeymoon
father-in-law
vacation
sequel
park ranger
group of friends
ex-con
tropical island
hotel manager
immaturity
buddy comedy
new parents
caribbean
adventure comedy
frustration
tropical resort
hilarious
construction company owner
tropical vacation
caribbean resort
ridiculous

Cast

Lil Rel Howery

~ as ~

Marcus

Yvonne Orji

~ as ~

Emily

John Cena

~ as ~

Ron

Meredith Hagner

~ as ~

Kyla

Steve Buscemi

~ as ~

Reese Hackford

Carlos Santos

~ as ~

Maurillio

Ronny Chieng

~ as ~

Yeon

Arnold Y. Kim

~ as ~

Goe

Jamie Hector

~ as ~

Warren

Lovensky Jean-Baptiste

~ as ~

Jerome

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Reviews (1)

r96sk
Written 10 month(s) ago
4
Tough watch!

The original movie narrowly worked for me, I mentioned in my review of it that I wasn't sure how that was the case and any follow-up would very likely fall flat on its face. Unfortunately, I was spot on. 'Vacation Friends 2' is such a drag, the actors disappoint and the attempted humour is pretty terrible - not even a smirk was produced at any point.

I watched 'Dashing Through the Snow' recently and mentioned that Lil Rel Howery almost made that fellow 2023 release work. On this occasion, though, even he couldn't save this one. Yvonne Orji is alright but doesn't get given all that much, even moments after watching I can't recall anything major about her character.

John Cena, who is an actor I enjoy, and Meredith Hagner are quite annoying in this, they aren't too dissimilar to what they do in the first film, admittedly, but here their schtick just grates more than it works (which it doesn't at all). Steve Buscemi (big fan) isn't any good either, while Carlos Santos feels pointlessly tacked on.

The 2021 flick had five writers attached, this had just the one in director Clay Tarver. That probably explains the drop-off. At least the sequel has the better poster, that's something...