Everything Fans Should Expect From ‘The Family Plan 2’

Mark Wahlberg and Michelle Monaghan reunite for an action-packed European Christmas adventure in “The Family Plan 2.”

Sequel to 2023’s “The Family Plan,” one of Apple TV’s most popular movies, it sees Wahlberg reprising his role as Dan Morgan, an elite hitman turned devoted family man.

When his daughter Nina (Zoe Colletti), who is studying in London, announces that she is not coming home for the holidays, Dan decides to bring the family to her.

Dan’s meticulous vacation plans are immediately thrown into disarray when he meets Nina’s boyfriend, Omar (Reda Elazoar). Things take a turn for the worse when a person from his past (Kit Harington) shows up, sharing secrets from Dan’s past life and exposing the family to new dangers.

“It felt like there was an opportunity for some unfinished business for the Morgans,” said Monaghan, who plays Dan’s wife Jessica. “I thought they were very smart to think of an overseas adventure and I’m so glad we got to work together again.”

For “Game of Thrones” star Harington, the main draw of the project was playing an “evil villain” who, he said, had to be likable and unlikable.

“I looked at the ‘Die Hards’ genre and these bad characters, they’re a little bit larger than life,” Harington said.

Many of the action scenes were shot on location, including a carefully choreographed fight on a moving London tour bus and a car chase through the cobbled streets and steps of Montmartre in Paris.

Portraying the growing pains of parenthood came easily to mother-of-two Monaghan and Wahlberg, who has four children.

“I’m going to go on a little vacation with my family,” Wahlberg said. “Some of them will bring boyfriends, girlfriends. I don’t think we’ll see that much danger, but I’ll definitely be working as a detective, finding out new things for my kids.”

“Family Plan 2” premieres on Apple TV+ on November 21.