![]() The Spitzes are ready to jump on the case, until a MI6 hostage negotiator (Mark Strong) is called in. But Maharajah’s sister (Kuhoo Verma) and jealous ex (Jodie Turner-Smith) have their own motives, as well as a handful of other discardable suspects. ![]() All signs point to his bride-to-be (Mélanie Laurent) being behind the ransom due to an ironclad pre-nuptial agreement. The mystery at hand, despite its flimsy emotional development, is that returning character Maharajah (Adeel Akhtar) gets kidnapped on his wedding day. It’s little winks, like the voiceover saying the couple are praying “for a miracle that someone close to them would be killed” to get their next big professional break that makes “Murder Mystery 2” a decent enough comedy of errors. “Murder Mystery 2” is a slightly less overt excuse for Sandler and his pals to jet off to gorgeous locations (tropical private islands! Paris!) and definitely a more intact movie, tried and true to a three-act structure and the genre mystery formulas. ![]() The only problem? Their cases are dwindling and - so is the steaminess in their marriage. The Spitzes (or the “Shit-zes” as they’re called in Europe) are the type of couple you just know you’ll find at the IKEA Red Hook bickering about whether or not to buy Swedish meatballs while in line, and the everyman familiarity is laid on in just the right amount to not be as emotionally scarring as “The Wrong Missy.” Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston are back as Nick and Audrey Spitz, who have now started a private investigator agency in Brooklyn. ![]()
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