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  In an early scene in "Smile 2," the fictional pop superstar Skye
  Riley is in her drug dealer's apartment. "Do you believe in weird stuff?" he asks her, between doing lines of coke.
  
  
  You certainly will after this horror romp - writer-director Parker Finn's second movie that suddenly opens up
  the franchise with the promises of multiple directions in the future.
  
  Not for that drug dealer, though: He soon smiles at her demonically as he repeatedly slams a 35-pound gym weight
  into his head, making it hamburger.
  
  "Smile 2" lands as unsettling grins are plastered on pumpkins and politicians alike as
  we approach Halloween and Election Day, and the
  psychotic, overly made-up leads of "Joker: Folie à Deux" have
  been putting up a brave face at their terrible box-office numbers.
  
  
  So it's the perfect time for a sequel to 2020's "Smile," which
  bridged the gap between elevated art horror and straight-out, unapologetic slasher.
  Finn this time takes on fame, a better tonal fit than the generational trauma of the first.
  It's a meditation on breakdowns in the public eye, with a side dish
  of body horror.
  
  We start six days after the last movie but they are
  barely connected - a single character for a few minutes -
  as we watch a demon that forces its victims to smile before meeting a gruesome
  end working its way into the low-level drug game.
  
  
  
  The evil entity will eventually glom onto our heroine,
  Skye, a fictional Grammy-winning pop superstar akin to if Lady Gaga
  and Miley Cyrus had a baby. We meet her a year after a horrific car crash she was in that killed her
  famous boyfriend and left her with a Vicodin addiction and
  rumors about whether she had anything to do with it.
  
  That drug dealer has now infected Skye, but she has no idea what's in store
  (or in score, the terrific work of Cristobal Tapia de Veer).
  
  
  
  
  
  This image released by Paramount Pictures shows Naomi
  Scott in a scene from "Smile 2." (Paramount Pictures via AP)
  
  On thing to really beam about is leading lady Naomi Scott going for it
  all-out, all snot, smeared blood and wide-eyed, full
  on-fear. Scott manages to pour her humanity into the part - diva, whimpering, defiant, strung out, panicked.
  
  She even sings on the soundtrack - songs that are credible hits.
  
  
  
  The smile demon collides with Skye as she's about to launch
  a comeback tour and the pressure is on. Finn is at his best here,
  mocking confessional TV interviews - a Drew Barrymore cameo, a nice touch - full of
  self-work and apologies: "I let you down and I promise this will never happen again." Her management demands
  that she show up "smile and read from the teleprompter." Skye's mom - on the payroll - is little help:
  "You need to stay hydrated," she tells her after Skye is clearly in torment.
  
  
  Finn has become a much more assured filmmaker and uses humor so well
  here, from nasty gangsters enjoying pumpkin Frappuccinos to our heroine Googling "Does vomit have DNA?" He's still fond of jump-scares and blood spurting and
  gross-out tricks, like a body dragged by a truck until it's just a
  smear with entrails. One delightful moment has Skye chased by demonic backup dancers, a Bob Fosse-meets-"Thriller" sequence.
  
  
  
  Finn also has a ball putting his heroines into cringe-worthy situations.
  In the first movie, a murdered cat got bundled into a kid´s birthday present.
  In this one, it's a impromptu speech in front of music industry types that goes horrifically off the rails.
  He's got a deeper target: How do we quiet those voices in our heads
  that say we're no good?
  
  Finn's script sometime lags as he searches for an ending for "Smile 2," seemingly in two minds, before basically delivering both, kicking up dream sequences and alternate timelines like a squid pumping out ink
  to cover its tracks. Over two hours ends up being too long.
  
  
  
  But he has found a great satirical target, given life to a third film
  easily and showcased another rising star to watch. That's
  a reason to, well, smile about.
  
  "Smile 2," a Paramount Pictures release that lands in movie theaters on Friday, is
  rated R for "strong bloody violent content, grisly images, language throughout and drug use." Running
  time: 127 minutes. Three stars out of four.
  
  
  
  
  
  This image released by Paramount Pictures shows Ray Nicholson in a scene from "Smile 2." (Paramount Pictures via AP)
  
  
  
  
  
  Lukas Gage, from left, Naomi Scott and director Parker Finn pose for
  photographers upon arrival at the premiere for the film
  'Smile 2' on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024, in London. (Photo by Scott
  A Garfitt/Invision/AP)
  
  
  
  
  
  This image released by Paramount Pictures shows Lukas Gage in a scene from "Smile 2."
  (Paramount Pictures via AP)
  
  
  
  
  
  Lukas Gage, left, and Naomi Scott pose for photographers upon arrival at the premiere for the film 'Smile 2' on Tuesday, Oct.
  
  8, 2024, in London. (Photo by Thomas Krych/Invision/AP)
  
  
  
  
  
  Naomi Scott poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere for the film 'Smile 2' on Tuesday,
  Oct. 8, 2024, in London. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)
  
  
  
  
  
  Lukas Gage, left, and Naomi Scott pose for photographers upon arrival at the premiere for
  the film 'Smile 2' on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024, in London. (Photo by Thomas Krych/Invision/AP)
  
  
  
  
  
  This image released by Paramount Pictures shows Dylan Gelula,
  left, and Naomi Scott in a scene from "Smile 2." (Paramount Pictures
  via AP)
  
  
  
  
  
  This image released by Paramount Pictures shows Rosemarie
  DeWitt in a scene from "Smile 2." (Paramount Pictures via AP)
  
  
  
  
  
  This image released by Paramount Pictures shows Rosemarie DeWitt, left, and Naomi Scott
  in a scene from "Smile 2." (Paramount Pictures via AP)
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