Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston chemistry aside, not even worthy of being a guilty pleasure.


Directed by: Jeremy Garelick

" You've done hostage negotiation ?
I'm married to this lady. Everything's a negotiation. I got it.”

Nick and Audrey Spitz arrive at Maharajah's wedding, set in an Indian theme, in Murder Mystery 2 with fireworks in the background

Spoilers ahead...

Plot of Murder Mystery 2: Another Whodunnit

Nick Spitz (Adam Sandler) and Audrey Spitz (Jennifer Aniston) have been struggling to make money out of new cases and their failed detective agency after getting famous in their previous chance detective case at their 15th-anniversary vacation. They couldn't have asked for a break at a better time when Maharajah (Adeel Akhtar) invites them to his wedding. We already know what happens when the Spitzes attend an invite; in this case, Maharajah gets kidnapped, and we have another whodunnit.

Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston at an Indian Wedding

It was adorable to watch Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston try to dance to Indian wedding songs, with some good music choices like the 'Ghungroo' track from War or some Punjabi ones. Audrey tries to fill her plate full of food and then feels guilty later. Nick and Audrey remember how they gifted flip-flops at their wedding while they are getting new iPhones here. I wish this film had stayed based on the Indian wedding setting and didn't shift to the Paris locales, Eiffel Tower, etc., which it sadly does after 10 or so minutes.

Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston are once again great to watch for their amazing chemistry and comic timing, yet they are offered poor dialogues and situations. The laugh-out moment for me was when Audrey is worried that Colonel (John Kani) is going to have no arm left the way he keeps trying to save people, and when she mimics that weird laughter of one of the characters.

Few Likeable Characters in Murder Mystery 2

If I felt the other characters were not interesting enough in the last film 'Murder Mystery', then this one is even worse in that regard, with not a single likeable character except for Francisco (Enrique Arce), who plays a lusty guy and keeps coming onto Audrey, giving some awkward yet fun moments. Just a reminder, Enrique is our very own Arturo from Money Heist. What's worse this time around is that the case is sillier, and it won't take long before you can deduce the possible killers.

Some fun moments I found were Nick using whale noises as his alarm tune. I even liked the ringtone he had set, 'an Indian Punjabi track,' for Maharajah, who probably must have helped him with that. The puzzle way of suggesting to pick the damn gun and shoot in the van from Nick was another funny sequence. Also, how last time around Nick missed driving a Ferrari, and it's a Lamborghini this time.

Verdict on Murder Mystery 2

Overall, Murder Mystery 2, I would mainly remember for the Indian wedding scenes. It is way below average and not the kind I would even want to watch again for guilty pleasures. I would prefer a better lighthearted whodunnit movie than this.

Rating: 4/10

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