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Fall 2: Deadpoint Opens to Divided Reviews as Franchise Push Continues

The sequel’s move toward broader character drama and visible visual-effects work marks Lionsgate’s effort to expand a low-cost hit into a multientry series.

Overview

  • The film opened in theaters on Wednesday, September 2, 2026, and is the first sequel to Scott Mann’s 2022 survival thriller Fall.
  • Fall 2 was written and produced by Scott Mann and Jonathan Frank and directed by Michael and Peter Spierig, with Harriet Slater and Arsema Thomas leading the cast.
  • The story sends its protagonists to a perilous plank walk in Thailand where an earthquake strands them high above the ground, creating the sequel’s central survival set pieces.
  • Critics are divided, with some praising tense set pieces and franchise-minded expansion while others fault the film’s slow pacing, repetitive beats, and reliance on late twists.
  • Multiple reviews single out technical limits—notably noticeable CGI and constrained location footage—as blunting the vertigo-driven fear that made the original profitable and helped prompt Lionsgate’s plan for additional sequels.