M3GAN 2.0 was the inevitable sequel to a rather surprising hit horror, sci-fi movie from a couple of years ago and an almost inevitably mediocre one.
Gerald Johnstone serves as writer and director with a shared story credit with Akela Cooper. Returning cast members include Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Amie Donald, and Jenna Davis. Ivanna Sakhno joins the AI madness as a new rival construction known as AMELIA.
Basically, another Artificial Intelligence high-powered doll goes on a killing blitz, and M3gan is resurrected and upgraded to go after her. M3GAN also has gone through something of a personal growth and decides that maybe she overreacted a bit in her previous life by killing several people and a dog. Anyway, more blood is spilled, more sass is uttered by M3gan, and second chances are given.
The film isn’t really that much of a mess. There are some interesting and amusing moments in the midst of the gore. Allison Williams is actually an interesting lead. M3GAN does get a few pretty witty moments, which are delivered effectively by Jenna Davis. Jenna Davis provides the voice while Amie Donald is the body. Donald is actually a teen-ager which lends a little more credibility to M3GAN’s appearance. Of course, there is another distinctive dance number where Donald gets to display that talent. Davis does also deliver the barbs quite well as M3GAN throughout.
Sakhno did well as AMELIA. Of course, she is a beautiful Ukranian woman with a great impassive demeanor. It is kind of fun when the two killer dolls go head-to-head.
Most of this was pretty predictable though. Not much really stood out creatively. The visual effects were fine.
It’s a reasonably enjoyable film but keep the expectations pretty low.
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