Under Wraps 2

In 2022, the sequel, “Under Wraps 2,” was released. However, Harold and the gang have freedom to take the story in a new direction. Alex Zamm returns to direct, along with the main cast, this time working from a script by Josh A. Cagan.

The sequel starts a year later, with Marshall, Gilbert, and Amy being driven in Buzzy’s hearse to Amy’s hometown of Rockport, a Salem-like town that really loves Halloween. Amy is planning a scary party for her father’s (Claude Knowlton and Antonio Cayoone) Halloween wedding, but while they’re in town, they decide to visit Harold and his spouse, Rose, played by Sophia Hammons, who are on display in a nearby museum. They use the ancient amulet to bring the mummies alive to experience the nicer things (like room service and arcades), but they aren’t the only mummies in town.

Sobek, played by T.J. Storm, has been accidentally revived through a meatball falling out of his dinner sub. With museum worker Larry, played by Jordan Conley, hypnotized to carry out his evil mission, Sobek goes on a mission for revenge against his former best friend turned worst enemy, Harold, for stealing his former love.

Along with his safety and that of his friends (mummified or not), this time around Marshall has difficulty being the ignored one to Gilbert and Amy, who have become close while working for the school paper together. Alex DiVincenzo said in his review, “It’s also a pleasant surprise to see LGBTQ+ representation — in the form of a same-sex wedding — handled so matter-of-factly, especially after the recent manufactured outrage over Lightyear.”

DiVincenzo continued, “While Under Wraps is the more well-rounded movie, Under Wraps 2 admirably attempts to one-up the Halloween vibes with a huge festival in the holiday’s honor.” Along with an evil mummy as the villain other than a human also makes it more of a horror movie, even though Larry is always by Sobek’s side to help the scares with comedic relief. It’s nice to see Adam Wylie, who plays Gilbert in the 1997, make a cameo as well.

DiVincenzo ended his review by saying, “It’s unlikely that the new iteration of Under Wraps will have the same impact as the original — with smart devices and streaming services readily available in virtually every household, most kids have unfettered access to untold horrors at their fingertips — but both the remake and its sequel serve their purpose as fun Halloween treats.”

If you want to see this sequel, check it out on Disney+. Personally, I didn’t really see much of a problem, but I don’t think I will be going back to see this again. However, I think this is relatively harmless, so I don’t think it will hurt to see it. Watch it and judge for yourself.

Tomorrow I will be looking at a surprising sequel in “Disney Month 2025.”