M3GAN

Chucky kann nicht mithalten. Diese kleine Terminatorin würde ihn mit einem Blick ausschalten. Sie ist eher mächtig als furchteinflößend. Ihr Streifen ist zwar ein Horrorfilm, das Publikum hat aber keine Angst. Der Film ist nicht spannend; er enthält keine Schreckmomente. Er passt aber auf seine Dialoge und die Logik auf, er ist nicht lächerlich und hat ein gutes technisches Niveau. M3GAN ist eigentlich schön. Eine Art Barbie von Tesla, going mad. Fans von großen und kleinen Robotern werden zufriedener als ich sein. (03.04.2023)

A harmless, well-made popcorn horror flick for young cinema-goers, enjoyable and designed to be a success. I had fun too, but higher ratings should go to films that try to do something; something slightly bolder, more daring, more surprising or less comfortable for the audience. I was kind of expecting at least a more exciting ending – the film raises the expectation for a bigger, off the rails carnage considering what the plot is leading to. But in the end it was nothing; I felt betrayed. (12.01.2023)

This year's first mainstream horror genre film is just your average high tech affair. Although M3gan has received good reviews overseas (Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB are both overwhelmingly praiseworthy), die-hard horror fans are certainly not overflowing with enthusiasm. M3gan is a modern variation on Chucky for Gen Z, so to speak, highlighting the dangers of modern technology and how treacherous it can be. Unfortunately the film is hurt by the PG-13 rating and it's all too family friendly and safe. It rambles on for over an hour and getting to know the characters isn't much fun, in short it's more of a drama about a little girl's relationship with a doll that classically starts to turn into a killer monster. It's a shame the premise didn't live up to its potential, it aimed for big things, butthe few murders probably wouldn't have been much even with an R-rating (we might have got 2-3 small gore scenes), which, compared to the new Evil Dead  is a mockery. The atmosphere doesn't work very well and the scares aren't there either, so it plays more on a disturbing note, but I wasn't too impressed with that either. Some even claim it's a comedy, but you must have a very obscure sense of humour. The finale at least saved it from being average for me. The battle in the house is very well filmed. M3GAN is properly creepy there for the first time in the film (her moves are admittedly copied from demons in traditional exorcism genre movies, but it looks even cooler in a robotic way) and her final appearance is also decent, It’s not worth going to the cinema, it's watchable, but the movie would be more fitting on VOD. 55% (14.01.2023)

Horror for the TikTok generation. It mostly blew me away at the end because it's basically a rip-off of Aliens, where instead of a space monster there's a futuristic doll, the adult heroine learns to be a mother, and the little girl is the ultimate badass. It’s also a critique of the marketing frenzy that drives technology against humanity using emotional coercion. I had fun, but I find it ironic that it's the kind of consumerist and faddish product taking advantage of modern trends that it actually warns against (13.01.2023)

Routine Kopierer des kürzlich erschienenen Remakes Dětské hry, unauffällig, unspannend, nicht erschreckend. Einmal habe ich mich erschreckt, als der Hund in einem unerwarteten Moment gebellt hat. Gute Schauspieler und manchmal gibt es emotionale Momente, aber ansonsten ein sehr B-Movie und ziemlich dummer Horrorfilm über das klassische Thema der Verbreitung irrationaler Angst vor moderner Technologie bei Menschen, die keine Ahnung haben, wie künstliche Intelligenz funktioniert. Ich verstehe nicht, warum es so viel positives Feedback aus dem Ausland gibt. (12.01.2023)