18. M3gan; movie review
M3GAN
Cert 15
102 mins
BBFC advice: Contains strong threat, violence, bloody images
Oh, blimey - a cross between Chucky in Child's Play and Yul Brynner's robot in Westworld. There's not much original thought about M3gan but it's made heaps of cash at the box office.
Gerard Johnstone's thriller is set in the ultra-competitive toy industry whose researchers are under huge pressure to come up with the next big thing.
Gemma (Allison Williams) thinks she has changed the world with the development of the ultimate children's companion - the first life-sized doll with artificial intelligence.
Despite the instruction of her boss (Ronny Chieng) to drop the project, she 'pairs' her with her niece (Violet McGraw) who has recently been orphaned after a mountain car crash.
Initially, M3gan is perfect therapy for the vulnerable young girl because sets the perfect tone between listener and instructor.
And, on seeing the evidence of her honed development, Gemma's bosses are desperate to market her creation.
But we all know what comes next... the doll takes on a warped mind of her own and anyone or anything who crosses her path is in danger.
The problem with M3gan (Amie Donald) is that despite her being cutting-edge technology, the movie is based on very old ideas.
Consequently, each key scene can be predicted five or even ten minutes before it happens.
The first time I saw Westworld I was transfixed because it was so original and exciting. M3gan is just one of the movies it has spawned and the effect has long since been diluted.
The true brilliance of M3gan has not been the film itself but its marketing and THAT dance.
Reasons to watch: If you haven't seen films of this ilk
Reasons to avoid: seen it all before
Laughs: None
Jumps: One
Vomit: None
Nudity: None
Overall rating: 4/10
Did you know? Videos tagged with #M3GAN have surpassed one billion views, ranging from people dressed as the doll imitating her iconic dance to videos of the studio’s marketing effort, like a team of M3GAN dolls dancing at the movie’s premiere.
The final word. Gerard Johnstone: "I wanted her to be a horror icon but not clearly something we’d seen before. I always thought of her as a perfect creation, and therefore I wanted her to be beautiful, hypnotic." Film Stories
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