With so many Remakes out there these days, I might as well cover one. In this case, it's one for a Series that I've never really *loved.* Will I be on board?
This one is modern and syncs up to your 'Smart' Devices.
A young Mother (Aubrey Plaza) gets a defective version of the doll that was programmed without safety features by a disgruntled Employee in Asia.
It befriends her partially-deaf son and all seems well.
The programming that would keep Buddi- who decides to name himself Chucky for no clear reason- from going all Single White Female aren't there, so he gets a bit...possessive.
When Chucky starts killing people, our Hero gets rid of him.
Hey look- a Chucky Film that realizes that he's just a doll and you can smash him!
Of course, he won't stay down...
Will Chucky 2.0 get his revenge? Will he unleash more than just his own terror on the people around him? Will he make Uuber seem even less safe?
To find out, stream the Film on Amazon Prime (or somewhere else).
It has to get points for creativity, at least. Many Remakes are just 'here's the same Film, but with new effects and younger Actors.' That works...for Studios but about nobody else. In this case, the Film takes the core premise- Chucky is an evil doll who terrorizes a family- and chucks everything else. No Voodoo. No Brad Dourif. It is the kind of change that is guaranteed to offend some and please others. I do feel the need to diagram the argument for hardcore fans being against this. If it was a blatant Remake like mentioned before, would they have been happy? No. They would have said that it was, well, a blatant cash grab remake. So why is there such outrage against this one, when it changes so much to become a fresh update? Oh right- it's different, so it must be evil. I'm just saying that the logic doesn't hold much weight to me. As far as this Film goes, it worked pretty well for me. It isn't great per se, but it does work. The Acting is fine, especially Plaza playing to her strengths here. The new Chucky looks good when it needs to and the Film makes sure to lean into how much the face goes into the 'uncanny valley.' I like Hamill here as the Doll too- it just worked. If you liked the original Films and didn't see this, give it a chance. I mean, it won't kill you to try something a little different, no?
A pretty by-the-numbers Films that at least tries to be new. It also leans into the new gimmicks, so they were trying here.
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