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A stunning frame from M3GAN (2022)
Hold on to your
vaginas!
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M3GAN (2022) poster
M3GAN (2022)
Following a
horrible car accident due to heavy snow falling that kills both her parents,
young girl Cady [Violet McGraw from Doctor
Sleep (2019)] is taken under the custody of her aunt Gemma [Allison
Williams from Get Out (2017)] who is
a brilliant robotics engineer that works for a massive toy company, and amidst
her new project M3GAN which is a human-like android learning and adapting in correlation
with its surrounding environment, namely the kid that it identifies as the
user. M3GAN (played by Amie Donald and with the aid of some excellent special
effects of every kind) is a stunning design that advances both Gemma’s career
(just before its commercial launch she is named the company’s most valuable
asset) and her role as a parent as she becomes Cady’s best friend and
protector. However, the robot doll gets out of control and will go as far as
murder to protect her best friend.
Based on a story
by Akeka Cooper (who also penned the screenplay) and James Wan (who also
produced, with Jason Blum), this was directed by Gerard Johnstone, and it is
fun, eerie, and outright entertaining science fiction horror, so lively in fact
that it can only be compared with the genre’s biggest hits from the 1980s. A
refreshing and thrilling ride that was made on a modest $12 million, it went on
to gross $181 million (a sequel has already been expectedly announced),
becoming a filmgoer phenomenon and a meme-producing global trend. Many films
from Blumhouse make a lot of money on conservative budgets, but this is an
outstanding work that will stay with audiences forever. If you can see only one
film from this article, do yourself a favor and let it be this one.
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M3GAN 2.0 (2025) poster
M3GAN 2.0 (2025)
Big tech
corporations with connections to secret military agencies steal precious code
and create Amelia (Ivanna Sakhno), an AI robot that goes on a murder spree,
seemingly on her own accord, leaving no choice to Gemma (Allison Williams, who
aso produced with James Wan, and Jason Blum), but to resurrect M3GAN (returning
Amie Donald) in order to protect her and Cady (returning Violet McGraw).
Built on the
riches of the first film’s popularity and with a $25 million budget, this is a
massive upgrade on the original – with the scope change echoing a certain James
Cameron franchise, that bears similarities to plot as well – but whereas
everything is indeed bigger and better (especially when it comes to the
cutting-edge CGI employed), it lacks the eeriness of its predecessor, so much
that the end result cannot really qualify as a horror movie, but rather as an
action sci-fi opus. However writer/director Gerard Johnstone feels very
confident with the material and provides some brilliant staging, especially
during the spectacularly-choreographed ballet-styled action sequences.
Blumhouse Productions and Atomic Monster were hoping that this would elevate
them to bigger studio status, but the audiences didn’t fell for the plan and
the film grossed a mere $39.1 million