Pasha's Film Reviews Etc.

6/10 Everybody knows the story. A single mom gives her son a present that didn’t turn out to be exactly what it seemed. His name is Chucky and he is your friend to the end. Only in this version the boy doesn’t want the doll, he wants his mom and the mom only gives it to her son to compensate for something else. Here comes a remake of a horror classic that takes a definite new turn. Preceded by a cheeky social media campaign the film looked a wicked new version of everyone’s favorite murderous doll. I promised myself to keep my expectations in check but I didn’t. All I wanted form CHILD’s PLAY remake to be something that will take my mind off the original and let me enjoy it on its own merit. I did manage to switch off… at least for a while. One thing you have to give to the new version – it is quite a different take on the story we know. Sacrificing the woodoo angle, this Chucky is AI gone rogue. With its limits to harm humans hacked and removed he is still a creatur...