Thanks to some truly awesome trailers, M3GAN has arrived in theaters fully formed as the next great horror icon. Before the film even premiered, the normally fickle horror movie community had embraced M3GAN as her dance numbers and catchphrases had gone viral. Our household was no different. We have been stoked to see it for months. My daughter was so excited for it that she made M3GAN buttons for our family and friends to wear opening night.
Let’s just say M3GAN did not disappoint. In fact, it’s fair to say, it exceeded our already lofty expectations. I already want to see it again.
Right out of the gate, from the very first frame, director Gerard (Housebound) Johnstone had the sold-out audience eating from the palm of his hand. I haven’t heard such rapturous applause from an opening scene since The Phantom Menace on opening night. For the next hundred minutes or so, there were several instances of howling, laughter, screams, and clapping. The movies are back, baby.
Allison Williams stars as Gemma, a toymaker who must care for her orphaned niece, Cady (Violet McGraw). Since she’s no good with kids, Gemma pawns off her latest creation, the eerily lifelike, artificially intelligent robot doll, M3GAN (herself) on the grieving kid. Once they are paired, M3GAN exceeds the confines of her programming to terminate all those who may cause Cady harm, even if that means ripping ears off, power washing faces at close range, or chopping people up.
M3GAN, like the titular character, is a movie that does everything it’s programmed to do and then some. It very much knows what it is and has no qualms delivering exactly what its audience came to see. It stays in its lane and keeps its foot on the gas the entire running time. Plus, it doesn’t hurt that it has a wicked sense of humor to match its funhouse/rollercoaster-style thrills.
Chucky better watch his back.
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