A brilliant toy company roboticist uses artificial intelligence to develop M3GAN, a life-like doll programmed to emotionally bond with her newly orphaned niece. But when the doll's programming works too well, she becomes overprotective of her new friend… with terrifying results.
- Released: 2023-01-11
- Runtime: 102 minutes
- Genre: Comedy, Horror
- Stars: Violet McGraw, Amie Donald, Ronny Chieng, Brian Jordan Alvarez, Jen Van Epps, Stephane Garneau-Monten, Michael Saccente, Arlo Green, Kira Josephson, Chelsie Preston Crayford
- Director: Gerard Johnstone
Comments
- ankurkini-450-655463 - 21 June 2024
Annoying People
Every character is annoying. The kid is annoying, Jenna is the most annoying. There is no character development. A cliche bully. A cliche detective. A cliche lonely dog neighbor lady. The robot does not have an off switch, and for some mysterious reason, she is freakishly strong for being a "kids toy". Nothing adds up, plot holes are all over the place, the film makers did not think this through at all. What's with the random dance lol. Just a small creep factor that they wanted to sell the movie on by including it in the trailer? We can only guess. This movie is not a horror movie in a traditional sense, but depends too much on the strangeness, sudden movements and sounds to advertise itself as one. I can best describe it as an uncanny valley sci fi creep movie. - HockeyFan13 - 30 April 2024
Had Potential For So Much More
When I first saw the trailer for this, I thought it would be an absolute train wreck. A minor miracle happened and this movie is actually pretty good.
The problem it it devolves into a run of the mill slasher flick. Take M3GHAN and sub in any killer after it starts its rampage and it becomes formulaic.
There are other issues never explained in movies like this... is How and why are these things so superhumanly strong and coordinated? Its catching hammers thrown at it like a Major League First Baseman and slinging up poor victims with data cables like a Professional Rodeo guy.
Another absolutely ridiculous kill in the movie is the annoying neighbor being done in with what looks like the most powerful $50 pressure washer the world has ever seen. Its comical. You know the plastic ones that look like a water gun? It gets sprayed at the victim and she flies across the room as if hit by a truck and peels her skin off like its a firehose.
These laughable points aside what's here is a pretty good horror flick. I have seen people whine about the PG-13 violence and whine about there isn't enough blood... these people need to seek psychiatric help. If your chief complaint is "There weren't enough kills and they weren't bloody enough." Just go watch some crap like Halloween Kills or some other mindless piece of trash.
This actually is relevant with AI being everywhere now. What happens when you give AI a body and let it walk around? Is there any safe way to do that? It explores this question before going on its inevitable murder rampage.
There was a great horror movie in there somewhere. Maybe the inevitable sequel will be just that.
