One of my most highly anticipated films of the last two years was Baby Assassins 2. I chased this follow up to 2021’s delightful action comedy from festival to festival, missing it at every turn. Now that the film is hitting home video and I finally caught up with it.
The film this time out tells a dual story. We still are following the ladies from the last film. They are pretty much in the same situation, broke, trying to make enough money to pay the back money they owe, but they are also in trouble for using their skills for stopping a bank robbery outside of work hours. At the same time the girls are being hunted by two part time assassins who were told that the best way to get into the assassins guild would be to take out two members, guess who they chose?
While BABY ASSASSINS 2 has some great set pieces, it doesn’t live up to the sheer unbridled joy of the first film. Blame the construction of the script which gives us two unlikable assassins to split time with. Basically the guys are male versions of the ladies but dumber, they are amusing in small doses. While they do produce laughs they are nowhere as charming as the rest of the cast and one wonders how it is that they manage to stay alive in their action sequences.
It doesn’t help that the writing and direction of the rest of the film aren’t as sharp as the last film. There is a sense that this film is a contractual obligation rather a labor of love. While it isn’t bad, it pales in comparison to the first film. I suspect if I saw this first I would have liked it more.
Worth a look, but just be prepared for a film that isn’t as good as what has gone before
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