Tree was a horror-film final girl who kept pushing the limits of her own finality.

Happy Death Daywas just clever enough to make you feel like you werent being ripped off.

Unfortunately, the newly-arrived follow-upHappy Death Day 2Udoesnt seem to know what to do for an encore.

Film Title: Happy Death Day 2U

Credit: Michele K. Short/Universal

As seconds go, these are pretty sloppy ones.

Misery loves company, I guess.

Happy Death Day 2Udoes hint for a while that there could be some geeky, hi-IQReal Geniuslaughs.

But those hopes are quickly squashed by the premises baked-in repetitiveness.

It almost plays like a satire of the first film than an extension of it.

Look, no one is expecting much from a movie calledHappy Death Day 2U.

Certainly not air-tight logic.

But this chapter feels phoned in.