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Vacation Friends 2

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6.3/10 • 229

2023-08-251h 46m

Comedy

Time for another round.

Newly married couple Marcus and Emily invite their uninhibited besties Ron and Kyla to join them for a vacation when Marcus lands an all-expenses-paid trip to a Caribbean resort. When Kyla’s incarcerated father Reese is released and shows up at the resort unannounced, things get out of control, upending Marcus’ best laid plans and turning the vacation friends’ perfect trip into total chaos.

Directors
Clay Tarver
Characters
John Francis Daley
Editors
Tim Roche

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Lil Rel Howery

    Lil Rel Howery

    Marcus

  2. Yvonne Orji

    Yvonne Orji

    Emily

  3. John Cena

    John Cena

    Ron

  4. Meredith Hagner

    Meredith Hagner

    Kyla

  5. Steve Buscemi

    Steve Buscemi

    Reese Hackford

  6. Carlos Santos

    Carlos Santos

    Maurillio

  7. Ronny Chieng

    Ronny Chieng

    Yeon

  8. Arnold Y. Kim

    Arnold Y. Kim

    Goe

  9. Jamie Hector

    Jamie Hector

    Warren

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r96sk

Aug 4, 2024

4/10

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...

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
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