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Everywhere you look now, you see AI. It\u2019s in our phones. Our cars. Even our goddamn emails. Not because it produces anything of quality, but because companies see it as the next big growth trend in a capitalist market that\u2019s obsessed with never-ending expansion. James Cameron\u2019s The Terminator <\/strong><\/em>warned about the dangers of AI way back in 1984, decades before most gave even a passing thought about artificial intelligence. In 2022, Blumhouse\u2019s hit horror movie, M3GAN<\/strong><\/em>, pontificated on our apparent rush to toss AI into everything, including our children\u2019s toys. But there\u2019s another film that beat it to the AI-toy-gone-rogue punch\u2026one that Stephen King himself approves of. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n That movie is the Child\u2019s Play<\/em><\/strong> reboot from 2019. Mixed reviews and a fanbase loyal to the original Chucky would have you think otherwise, but I found it to be a worthy buddy film to the series that hasn\u2019t received the appreciation it deserves. It\u2019s about time more viewers make friends with it now that it\u2019s streaming on HBO Max.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Similar to Tom Holland\u2019s 1988 original, struggling single-mother Karen (Aubrey Plaza) is in search of the perfect birthday gift for her son, Andy (Gabriel Bateman). She believes she\u2019s found it when she comes across a damaged Buddi doll, the hot new toy with AI capabilities meant to sub for a child\u2019s best friend. Dubbed Chucky (voiced by none other than Mark Hamill), the doll and Andy hit it off, becoming inseparable. That is, until an error in Chucky\u2019s programming convinces him to kill anyone who would dare come between them.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n At the time, I found Tyler Burton Smith\u2019s script to be a clever twist on the Child\u2019s Play<\/strong><\/em> franchise. Looking back on it now, it was damn near prophetic. <\/p>\n Thanks to Chucky\u2019s AI programming, his reign of terror is brought to a whole new level. Toy company Kaslan gives the Buddi dolls the ability to tap into all of the electronics we\u2019ve stuffed our homes with. Why? Who knows! But it does open the door for maximum chaos. Chucky is able to control everything from Kaslan cars to security footage and even other Buddi dolls, leading to one outrageous (and gory) finale. <\/p>\n While Klevberg\u2019s Child\u2019s Play<\/em><\/strong> may not be as scary as the OG, it does deliver on the silliness. We\u2019re talking about a movie where the killer doll literally has an \u201cevil\u201d switch\u2026more or less. And you can\u2019t watch this film without getting the hilariously creepy \u201cBuddi song\u201d stuck in your head. In a post about the film from 2019, Stephen King<\/a> called it \u201cpretty funny\u201d. For Dread, Bee Delores recently wrote a defense of it, saying it\u2019s \u201cexactly how a remake should work\u201d. Opinions on that statement are, however, varied.<\/p>\n Yep. I went in with vitriol and immensely lowered expectations and was rather pleasantly surprised. Like you said, it\u2019s its own unique take on the source material.<\/p>\n And Aubrey Plaza is excellent as always.<\/p>\n \u2014 Jason Bacon (@blackmarketwit) August 21, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n it was a fun and entertaining movie it just wasn’t chucky \u2013 it took away what makes chucky so great \u2013 he’s a person with a distinctive personality \u2013 this chucky was just a robot with a pretty robotic personality which worked but wasn’t chucky<\/p>\n \u2014 The Cranky Critic (@Bluphoenicks1) August 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n This movie was trash and had child\u2019s play slapped onto the title for an extra buck.<\/p>\nWhat\u2019s Child\u2019s Play<\/em> (2019) About?<\/h3>\n
Chucky 2.0<\/h3>\n
Here\u2019s What Others Are Saying<\/h3>\n