- Catharsis Factor: Given how the dock bandits seemed intent on killing Emmett and doing who knows what with Regan, it's difficult to feel bad when they get viciously slaughtered by two of the creatures, especially their leader.
- Funny Moments: Emmett tries to tell off Regan for running off... only to remember halfway into his diatribe that she's deaf. After several attempts to get it across to her, she finally grabs his head and speaks to him.Regan: Enunciate. Remember?
- He's Just Hiding: Since the islander played by Djimon Hounsou isn't killed onscreen after being dragged away by a monster, some fans hold out a little hope that he's still alive (as unlikely as it is, judging from the screams heard after the creature yanks him outside).
- Memetic Mutation: Many believed/joked that the movie should have been called A Quieter Place.
- More Popular Replacement: Despite the characters in-universe constantly criticising Emmett for not being like Lee, many viewers found the flawed and emotionally broken Emmet to be a more interesting and identifiable male lead than the more unrealistically over-competent Lee.
- One-Scene Wonder: Okieriete Onaodowan shows up as a cop in the opening sequence who shrugs off getting attacked by an alien and pulls off a badass Heroic Sacrifice.
- Ron the Death Eater: Marcus gets hit hard with this, even more so than in the first film. Multiple entries on this very wiki paint him as a useless burden and a screaming coward who has a panic attack every time he stubs his toe, with every action he does making things worse for everyone else. These complaints tend to ignore the fact that the reason he's out of action for most of the film is because he was injured by a bear trap, and screaming at that extreme amount of pain is an involuntary reaction, even for the vast majority of adults - much less an already sickly child. And while leaving the cellar to snoop around Emmett's place was a foolish call, Marcus does this while under a ton of stress, pain, and likely getting claustrophobic—and fully aware that his mom might not make it back at all, leaving him to fend for himself and the baby with whatever he can find upstairs.
- Tear Jerker:
- Evelyn stops at Beau's memorial site on her way into town to get medicine for Marcus, and leaves behind her wedding ring to mark Lee's passing as well.
- Marcus stuck in the kiln, panicking and running low on air, sobbing with guilt and desperation while using the baby's oxygen to stay breathing.
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