Rom 2

Rom 2 is a 2019 American superhero film directed, written and produced by David Ayer. The sequel to Rom the Space Knight it stars Mark Wahlberg, Angelina Jolie (returning from the first film), Karl

Urban and C.J Perry. The film was released in 10th July 2019 to negative reviews criticising the lighter tune compared to the first film, humour, action scenes and dialogue while the performances and visual effects received praise. It also bombed at the box office grossing 600 million dollars on a budget of 612 million dollars. A third film which was to be directed by Guillermo del Toro was cancelled and a reboot was confirmed.

Plot
A year after the events of the previous film, Rom and Brandy have settled down. Brandy invites Rom to a club in Clairton. Rom gets drunk and participates in karaoke and dance. This causes Brandy to gain feelings for Rom. A Dire Wraith Voorr meets with the human Jimmy Marks who hates Rom deeming him dangerous than the Wraiths. Voorr takes him to Galador where he is experimented on the body of the former king of Wraiths body turning him into a horrific creature dubbed Hybrid. The Presence sends Hybrid to Clairton. Agent Helix tracks down Rom just as Hybrid arrives. The two battle where much of Clairton is destroyed. Rom uses his neutralizer to send Hybrid to Limbo. Hybrid breaks free of Limbo's chains and uses its power to destroy Limbo badly damaging the Space Knight armour and injuring Rom and completely destroying Clairton where only few people such as Brandy and Helix survive. Rom is once again hunted by the military.

Hybrid and Rom fight again at Charleston where Hybrid gains the upper hand until the military arrive and Rom recovers and stabs Hybrid who flees. Rom is taken into custody and is sent back to Clairton. Brandy tries to break him out but Rom decides not to escape. While at custody, Rom finds that several Space Knights visited Earth before and their armour is with the government. Rom is given one last chance to defeat Hybrid who is located at Morgantown where a Wraith ship is located. Hybrid gains a message from Voorr to gain the ships technology so they can invade Earth.

Rom is given a Space Knight armour made out of the previous armours. Helix distracts Hybrid while Rom arrives and the two fight where Rom traps Hybrid inside the ship and destroys it. Rom is once again declared a hero and Brandy secretly tells Helix that she will confess her feelings to Rom once his war with the Dire Wraiths finishes.

At the Moon the Presence and Voorr watch as a capsule with technology arrive. The two then declare their invasion of Earth.

Crew

 * Directed by David Ayer
 * Written by David Ayer
 * Produced by Adele Romanski and David Ayer
 * Music by Michael Giacchino
 * Edited by Billy Sneddon
 * Production companies: Paramount, Marvel Studios and Entertainment One
 * Distributed by Paramount

Cast

 * Mark Wahlberg as Rom K'atsema/ Space Knight
 * Angelina Jolie as Brandy Clark
 * Karl Urban as Jimmy Marks/ Hybrid
 * C.J Perry as Agent Helix
 * Willem DaFoe as Voorr
 * Andy Serkis provides the motion capture of the Dire Wraiths
 * Tilda Swinton as The Presence

Development
Following the box office success of the first movie, Hasbro greenlighted a sequel. Jon Watts decided not to return so he could work on Spider-Man: Far From Home. David Ayer was brought in.

Filming
The film was filmed in West Virginia from 2018 to 2019. Green screens were used to film locations such as the Wraith ship.

Reception
The film received negative reviews and was a box office bomb. On Rotten Tomatoes the film gained a score of 25% based on 288 reviews. On Metacritic the film has a score of 36 out of 100 indicating generally unfavourable reviews. CinemaScore gave the score 'C' on a A+ to F scale.

Cancelled sequel and reboot
A third film was teased by the film's ending scene. Guillermo del Toro confirmed that he was attached to direct the third film which was to be released in 2021. The film's box office failure and negative reception caused the film to be cancelled. A reboot was confirmed.

Trivia

 * Wahlberg refused to do the dance scene in the club. The entire scene was portrayed by CGI.
 * Alfred Enoch who played Rick Mason was to reprise his role until Enoch read the script.
 * One draft had the G.I Joes cameo but Ayer decided to remove them as he wanted it to be standalone.