Warning: contains SPOILERS for Smile 2!
The end of Smile 2 features a wild touch from Skye Riley, and while it’s exciting, it creates potential Smile 3 much more difficult to accomplish. After the success of Smile and Smile 2third film of Smile the franchise feels inevitable, with the potential to build on the sequel’s explosive ending. However, Smile 2 creates an obstacle that is almost impossible for Smile 3 to cleanwith the third film being forced to take an entirely different path if it wants to escape this problem.
Despite being a continuation of the original Smile, Smile 2 focuses on an entirely different cast of characters, with Joel being the only main character returning from the original film. This defines the Smile the franchise becomes more of an anthology, following different characters as they become infected with the Smiling Curse. This allowed Smile 2 focus on pop star Skye Riley, hypothetically leaving the door open for a new kind of protagonist in Smile 3. However, this will be difficult to achieve due to the location where Smile 2The ending left the world of the franchise.
Smile 3 doesn’t have a clear protagonist after the ending of Smile 2
There are many options now
Smile 2 has an explosive ending, but makes it incredibly difficult to choose a protagonist for Smile 3. At the end of Smile 2the Smile Entity comes to Skye Riley in the middle of one of her shows. This causes Skye to end her own life by slamming the microphone into her head, with this occurring in front of thousands of screaming fans. THE Smile the franchise has established that anyone who sees someone die due to the Smile Entity will become possessed, which means all Skye fans should be a part of the Smile Curse now.
This creates a problem for Smile 3as it is almost impossible to decide who to focus on. With thousands of people now infected, there is no clear reason for this Smile 3 would choose to follow one audience member’s story over another. The timeline of Smile 3 you’ll probably see thousands of people going through what Rose Cotter and Skye Riley did in their respective films. While this premise is exciting, it’s difficult to justify focusing on just one of these individuals for an entire film, which means that Smile 3 you need to do something totally different.
The ending of Smile 2 eliminates the mystery at the heart of the franchise
No one will doubt the smile curse now
Having thousands of people infected with the Smiling Curse also harms the story of Smile 3 for getting rid of the mystery that has been at the heart of the franchise since the beginning. The tension of Smile films didn’t just come from the protagonists’ search for the Smile Entity but also the fact that no one believes them. Rose Cotter and Skye Riley tried to tell people about the Smiling Curse, but were considered crazy, making their situation even more difficult.
However, this mystery and tension can no longer happen due to the end of the Smile 2. Now that Skye Riley’s public death has been seen and thousands of people have been infected with the Smiling Curse, it will be very difficult not to believe in possessed individuals anymore. Many people who are not affected by the Smile Entity will begin to believe that it is real, making the situation a little easier for its victims.
Smile 3 will have to make a big change after Smile 2’s twisted ending
The protagonist shouldn’t have the smile curse
To avoid the mentioned problems, Smile 3 will have to make a big change later Smile 2The twist ending. The best path forward is to stop focusing on those possessed by the Smiling Curse and instead focus on someone who is not possessed. Smile 3 is supposed to follow someone who is investigating the aftermath of the Skye Riley incident, with them trying to understand the mass outbreak of the Smile Entity.
This would also avoid the problem of telling a similar story for the third time in a row. The horror would still be present, however, as the mass outbreak of the Smiling Curse would cause suicides and murders to occur constantly. The fall of society would be what would do Smile 3 so scary, with this kind of story being the best way to go after Smile 2.