Overview
After the underlying tech for M3GAN is stolen and misused by a powerful defense contractor to create a military-grade weapon known as Amelia, M3GAN's creator Gemma realizes that the only option is to resurrect M3GAN and give her a few upgrades, making her faster, stronger, and more lethal.
But it's as if a near-action comedy suits this franchise more than a near-horror thriller.
even if he went a little bit away from the direction of the first part, it was still cool. comedic buns really only decorate. it seems like everything is serious at the same time and the topics about morality are pushing, but with such inserts it's only good.
there is no horror as such. It's just a fast-paced entertaining action game.
yes, both the visual and the picture are cool. if there is a sequel, I will definitely watch it;)
Not that I was thrilled with the first part, but it was definitely better. This creation was torn in half with grief. Snot mixed with comedy.
P.S. Ivanna Sakhno is very similar to Elizabeth Olsen.
"If it's any consolation, I also walked the path of disappointment towards personal growth."
Usually, a horror franchise needs 4-5 or even more sequels before it has an identity crisis, its creators freak out, make a square in the nearest salon and send the main villain into space. Now it is no longer customary to launch villains into a vacuum, but, apparently, with the acceleration of time and widespread ADHD, the producers of the fantastic slasher "M3GAN" rushed into experiments much earlier than required by the rules of etiquette and the endurance of the audience.
That is, of course, "M3GAN2.0" it's not a bad entertainment for the evening, but I came to watch the horrors, which, by the way, I hadn't been given yet in the original. It's hard to say what exactly and who exactly was guided by, changing the genre of the series, but now we have not a horror, but a fantastic spy thriller. Although as for those responsible for forgery: judging by the interview, James Wang himself... Yes, he's a producer here too. How the hell else? More than one movie about a doll possessed by demons or an overly intelligent AI will not pass him by. In short, James Wang claimed that he knew where the franchise needed to go. And, apparently, he decided to send him to hell. Well, what's the big deal? Wang has up to one place in his production portfolio of these horror films - one more, one less. I even decided to check just in case, but how am I the only one at a loss? But seeing the fees (181 million for the first part versus 38 million for the sequel, and this is almost twice the budget for the second part), it seems to me that the robot doll does not have a bright future.
Moreover, I'll make a reservation, I liked the sequel as a whole. As a separate movie, not a sequel. Yes, of course, it's overcomplicated from scratch and shies away in terms of plot and presentation of material between the second "Terminator", "Spy Kids" and "Mission: Impossible" (and if you take into account the local jokes from M3, then in some places it all smacks of the parody adventures of Austin Powers). But not without charm. Plus, it was shot quite well. I should note, however, that the cameraman was clearly inspired by another AI thriller, Upgrade. Well, the one that Lee Whannell, James Wan's sidekick, directed a few years ago, so it's not stealing, it's quoting, yeah.
Plus, any movie in which Jemaine Clement makes a fool of himself ("Real Ghouls," "Men in Black 3," "Flight of the Concords") cannot be considered absolutely bad - this is the LAW!
At one time, Citizen Chucky from "Children's Games" also shied from side to side with varying success, but, firstly, there were seizures when left-wing people were allowed to join the franchise, and secondly, when the original author of the series took over, then the vector changed smoothly: and then within the scale of from "serious horror" to "kick ass, what a self-mocking horror movie." It's too abrupt and irrelevant here. Moreover, even within the framework of the same introductory and climax, it was possible not to make a spy thriller, but to remain in the horror/slasher genre. Even Cameron, who was obviously the equal of director-screenwriter Gerard Johnstone (again, the question is, why does the almost sole author of the original allow such extremes?), who twice made an action movie out of virtually pure-blooded horror ("Aliens" and "Terminator 2"), did not forget about the genre roots of the first parts and did not go overboard - neither with humor nor with action, leaving atmospheric horror segments.
And the secondary horror film itself has finally lost its face. It seems to me that if Tom Cruise continues his Ethan Hunt franchise, sooner or later it will come to this (if it hasn't already, I missed the last couple of parts).
In terms of the quality of the performance (picture, special effects, that's all), it's still not inferior to the original, but this is a completely different movie. It's just some kind of foundling. Maybe Johnstone was running down the hallway with his script, bumped into another screenwriter, and the pages of their scripts got mixed up in the air, and there was no time left to sort, so they took down what they took down. I don't know. Not bad, but there is a feeling of fake Chinese Christmas tree toys that sparkle like real ones, but do not bring sincere joy.
Rating: 6 leather bags out of 10
The plot is interesting and even surprised at times.
the first one was much better.
I've fucked up a lot in places. The official dubbing is great, it's extremely unexpected that for a category B film, the translation of the text has become so difficult.
P.S. I watched the dubbing from RHS, I don't know how original it is, but it's done perfectly.
The sequel to "m3gan" turned out to be quite driving and humorous. If the first part claimed to be horror, but related to it only to Silicon Valley, but in general for me it was like a film on the surreal hee-hee ha-ha and with an interesting development of the theme of "freedom of AI development", then the decision to change the genre benefited the series. Purely "there it is". The action movies, production, and filming were great for me. We were also pleased with the development of the central characters from the first film, everything is understandable and realistic. At the same time, the topic of "AI development" remains. The plotters weren't exactly WOW, but at a good level, if you already guessed, it was still served well enough not to get caught. A confident 4-4.5, in general, could be expanded into a maximum of one more part, but this one also feels like a good ending to the series. They started as "mmm, it'll go for beer" and ended up for good health.
P.S.
They could have shot a horror movie of terrible quality with "oh no...It's back....we're going to die...", but seriously, I repeat. The decision to radically change the genre is truly brilliant in this case.
The film immediately makes it clear that no one is going to scare you. M3 is no longer a creep doll, but almost a superhero with an upgrade. She runs, fights, jokes, and at times looks like a character from teenage sci-fi rather than a source of nightmares. The voltage level is zero. The maximum is a light "okay, something's going to happen now."
At the same time, surprisingly, it's not boring to watch. Yes, the plot is frankly dumb in places, the logic is lame, the characters' motivations fall apart, but the film doesn't seem to care about it — it just entertains. Some scenes are really fun, the action is brisk, the rhythm is normal. This is the movie where you see the shoals, but you're too lazy to find fault with them, because he doesn't pretend to be something smart.
There's only one problem: it's no longer "M3GAN" as a horror franchise. It's anything from a fantasy, an action movie, a comedy, a popcorn movie for the evening, but not a horror movie. If you wait for the continuation of the first part in terms of tone and atmosphere, you will be disappointed. If you perceive it as an easy one—time attraction, it will do just fine.
The result is simple:
a movie for one evening, watch and forget. Without fear, without tension, without depth — but sometimes it's fun and not boring. Such a safe, glossy, sterile upgrade, where the doll has become too "cool" to be scary.