I've just seen the film in Leeds. I found the first half-hour very intriguing. The story of how Chucky becomes evil is almost believable. The voodoo in the first film was not my favourite part and the part about possessing the body of a six-year-old boy would probably not be allowed these days.
Instead, a man in a brutal sweatshop in Vietnam is told to finish the doll that he is working on and then he is sacked. He decides to take revenge and removes all safeguards from the doll. I can almost believe that this would happen, although it's odd how he was working in a sweatshop when he knew about computer coding.
The relationship between Karen and Andy Bradley continued the theme of a struggling single mum from the original, but Andy is older. She buys him the toy to cheer him up and he's initially not interested. Chucky is defective and calls him "Andy sup" at first, but then he learns by observing. The first half of the film actually makes an effort to explain how Chucky becomes violent (he learns by watching) but this gets ignored in the second half. Chucky somehow becomes an evil genius very quickly.
It takes a while for the killings to start, but there is a lot of blood once it gets going. There seemed to be some influence from the "Saw" films with the more creative and sadistic killings. The end of the film is very intense. Intentionally or not, there is a moment at the end that is similar to the end of "The Babadook".
Although I enjoyed the film overall, I had some reservations. The main Black child character (Omar) felt like a very crude stereotype to me, and there was also a "big momma" Black character. All the kids in the film wear hoodies in virtually every scene. I liked the strong girl (Falyn) who was needed given that Karen somehow gets bound and gagged by a doll.
Instead, a man in a brutal sweatshop in Vietnam is told to finish the doll that he is working on and then he is sacked. He decides to take revenge and removes all safeguards from the doll. I can almost believe that this would happen, although it's odd how he was working in a sweatshop when he knew about computer coding.
The relationship between Karen and Andy Bradley continued the theme of a struggling single mum from the original, but Andy is older. She buys him the toy to cheer him up and he's initially not interested. Chucky is defective and calls him "Andy sup" at first, but then he learns by observing. The first half of the film actually makes an effort to explain how Chucky becomes violent (he learns by watching) but this gets ignored in the second half. Chucky somehow becomes an evil genius very quickly.
It takes a while for the killings to start, but there is a lot of blood once it gets going. There seemed to be some influence from the "Saw" films with the more creative and sadistic killings. The end of the film is very intense. Intentionally or not, there is a moment at the end that is similar to the end of "The Babadook".
Although I enjoyed the film overall, I had some reservations. The main Black child character (Omar) felt like a very crude stereotype to me, and there was also a "big momma" Black character. All the kids in the film wear hoodies in virtually every scene. I liked the strong girl (Falyn) who was needed given that Karen somehow gets bound and gagged by a doll.