Under Wraps 2 is the kind of sequel that feels less like a movie and more like a contractual obligation accidentally edited into 80 minutes. It’s a Disney Channel Original Movie where the scariest thing on screen isn’t the mummy, or the evil mummy, or even the hypnotized goon—it’s the sheer volume of plot shoved into a story clearly designed to entertain children with the attention span of a goldfish on Halloween candy.
If you ever wanted a movie that asks, “What if we did Monster High, but with fewer brains and more dad-wedding drama?” this is… still not quite it, but it’s trying.
The Mummy Cinematic Universe Nobody Asked For
The movie takes place one year after the events of the first Under Wraps remake—because naturally the world was begging to know what happened next to the suburban kids and their undead bestie. Amy’s dad, “Pop,” is getting married to Carl in a big Halloween-themed wedding, because subtlety is illegal here. Everyone’s talking plastic skeletons, pumpkin décor, and emotional growth.
Meanwhile, in what feels like a B-plot from a completely different movie, a museum worker accidentally revives Sobek, an evil mummy who used to be Harold’s best friend back in ancient times—until they both fell in love with Rose, and Rose picked Harold. Sobek, apparently the original “nice guy,” has spent 3,000 years stewing in rejection and is now ready to come back from the dead purely for revenge.
It’s like The Mummy crossed with an extremely petty high school drama. “She chose him over me so now everyone has to die” is a wild eternal motivation, but sure, let’s roll with it.
Emotional Stakes: Wedding Rings and Mild Jealousy
Our three human leads—Marshall, Gilbert, and Amy—return with the exact same personalities they had before, just slightly taller and more overburdened with awkward subplots.
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Marshall is spiraling over his mom’s boyfriend Ted and apparently also over being a third wheel.
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Gilbert and Amy now spend a lot of time together making videos for the school paper.
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Amy is consumed with making sure her dad’s wedding is absolutely perfect, as if the entire emotional fabric of the universe depends on floral centerpieces and ring security.
This leads to what the movie very much wants us to treat as real emotional conflict: Marshall is jealous that Gilbert and Amy have a thing going on (platonically, romantically, school-newspaper-ly, who knows) and feels left out. Amy is stressed about the rings. Pop and Carl just want to get married without Egyptian necromancy ruining their buffet.
These would be fine, small-scale stakes—if the movie didn’t also involve resurrected ancient monsters, mind control, and attempted mummy murder. Instead, it tries to juggle both, which results in conversations like: “I lost the wedding rings and also the evil mummy is going to kill our undead friends, but mostly I feel guilty about the rings.”
Harold and Rose: Couple Goals, If You Ignore the Curse
Harold and Rose, our favorite bandaged couple, get pulled back into the land of the living using sunlight on their amulets. (There is an explanation involving Egyptian magic; it is not worth your time.) They’re still sweet and physically expressive in that “we can’t talk, so we’ll flail adorably” way.
Once resurrected, they immediately do what any self-respecting immortal beings would do: go to a Halloween carnival and dance. This is objectively the best part of the film: two mummies vibing in public while nobody realizes they’re actually… mummies. It’s one of the few times the movie embraces its own ridiculousness in a charming way.
Then Sobek shows up with a stolen Egyptian scepter, some hypnotized goon energy, and all the personality of a mid-tier video game boss. He wants Rose, or Harold dead, or both dead, or just to ruin everything because he’s still mad about losing at ancient love triangle bingo. His motivation is less “villain arc” and more “petty ex with god powers.”
Sobek, the Least Intimidating Immortal Ever
T.J. Storm does his best under the bandages, but Sobek is somehow both overdramatic and underwhelming. He spends most of the movie:
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Glowering in the museum
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Hypnotizing a guy named Larry into being his “goon”
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Chasing the kids in the most slow-motion way possible
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Losing control of the rings, the amulet, and the plot
He and his thralls manage to steal the wedding rings and cause some chaos at the party, but his big evil plan boils down to: “Crash a wedding and force a woman who long ago chose another man to hang out with me or die.” It’s less supervillain and more toxic ex-boyfriend energy with a curse budget.
In the climax, he uses the scepter to revive a bunch of extra mummies in a warehouse mini-Egyptian exhibit—because nothing says budget sequel like “third act fight in one (1) set with reusable props”—only for Gilbert to crush them with a fake moon prop. That’s it. The undead army, undone by stage design.
Sobek is finally defeated when the kids use shields to reflect the scepter’s power back at him, shattering both the scepter’s jewel and his amulet, breaking his spell on Larry and presumably returning him to the long, lonely afterlife he probably deserved centuries ago.
Larry, the Hypnotized MVP
Sobek’s human henchman, Larry, spends most of the film under mind control, shambling around doing villain errands. When Sobek’s spell breaks at the end, he instantly becomes the most likable character on screen. Suddenly he’s just a confused, apologetic dude who happens to have the wedding rings. He gives them back to Amy and then… becomes Buzzy’s date to the wedding.
This is both very weird and somehow the most Disney Channel thing that has ever happened.
“Sorry I helped an evil mummy try to ruin your lives, kids. Want to go slow dance?”
The Wedding: Love, Family, and Mild Property Damage
Despite all the chaos—stolen rings, ruined decorations, mummy-related mayhem—Pop and Carl get married. In the film’s defense, the gay dads are portrayed with warmth and zero tragedy; their relationship is steady, affectionate, and accepted. That’s genuinely nice to see, especially in a DCOM.
But the emotional beats meant to surround their wedding are handled with all the grace of a dropped piñata. Amy’s meltdown about losing the rings is played like an apocalypse, only for Pop and Carl to shrug and tell her they don’t need everything to be perfect—just each other. It’s a sweet sentiment, delivered in the flattest, most on-the-nose way possible.
Marshall’s confession that he’s jealous of Amy and Gilbert’s friendship also lands with a thud. It’s resolved within minutes and never truly felt high-stakes to begin with, especially when there are ancient curses flying around. It’s less character arc and more checkbox: “We gave the protagonist feelings, right? Okay. Moving on.”
Theme Park Horror, Without the Thrills
The biggest issue with Under Wraps 2 is that it’s constantly trying to be four things at once:
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A family comedy
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A supernatural adventure
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A friendship drama
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A heartfelt story about love and blended families
In theory, those can coexist. In practice, the movie never commits fully to any of them. The jokes are mild, the danger is toothless, the emotional arcs are rushed, and the horror is about as scary as a party store display.
The pacing is all over the place. Scenes that should breathe—confessions, reconciliations, even the final goodbye to Harold and Rose—are rushed so we can get back to another mildly chaotic set piece. Meanwhile, minor logistical moments like “let’s go here, then there, then maybe over there” drag on like side quests in a low-budget RPG.
Final Verdict: Rest In Peace (Please)
Under Wraps 2 isn’t offensively bad. It’s not even memorably bad. It’s the cinematic equivalent of a Halloween store candy mix: brightly colored, aggressively inoffensive, and mostly made of sugar and air.
Kids might enjoy the slapstick mummy antics, the colorful costumes, and the safe, sanitized sense of “danger.” Adults will likely find themselves checking the time, wondering why the villain has less intimidation factor than a yard inflatable, and quietly rooting for Harold and Rose to just go back to their sarcophagi and get some rest.
If you loved the first Under Wraps remake and absolutely need more of these characters, this will give you another dose. But for everyone else, this is one mummy that really should’ve stayed under wraps.
