Movie Review: M3GAN...

Earlier today, I watched the Gerard Johnstone-directed sci-fi horror flick M3GAN at AMC theaters.

Co-written by James Wan of The Conjuring fame (with assistance by Akela Cooper), M3GAN is an entertaining film...even though it was more twisted and emotional than it was scary (which may have to do with the fact that a lot of the frightening moments were, surprise, surprise, already shared in the theatrical trailers).

M3GAN (which stands for Model 3 Generative ANdroid) was no doubt inspired by Chucky in the Child's Play movies—probably moreso by the robotic, Mark Hamill-voiced incarnation of the doll in the 2019 reboot of Child's Play. Amie Donald, the young actress who portrayed M3GAN (with Jenna Davis providing the voice), did a wonderful job as this caretaking-turned-murderous toy...and looks to have her career take off after this exciting role.

Allison Williams was great as Gemma, the creator of M3GAN who realizes that her goal of moving up in her toy-making career might have disastrous consequences—especially for her niece Cady (wonderfully played by Violet McGraw), who obviously needed major guidance following the accidental deaths of her parents earlier in the film.

The rest of the cast was commendable...with Jen Van Epps (Tess), Brian Jordan Alvarez (Cole), Jack Cassidy (Brandon), Ronny Chieng (David), Lori Dungey (Celia) and Stephane Garneau-Monten (Kurt) playing the hapless characters who would be unfortunate enough to get on M3GAN's bad side during the movie.

The final shot in M3GAN suggests that this flick might have a sequel, but I said the same thing about last month's Violent Night when one of the characters just mysteriously disappeared at the end of that film. We'll see.

The bottom line is, M3GAN is another intriguing flick about evil dolls (the other one, of course, being Annabelle) that was produced by James Wan! Well done.