Review of Child's Play (2019) by Jluis_001 — 01 Jul 2019

Child's Play for the Netflix generation. Why do I say this? Because frankly the movie feels that way.

First of all, I'm still quite confused about why the decision was taken to revive this franchise, especially taking into account that in the times in which we lived, it would be difficult for someone to find a homicidal doll of little more than 50 or 60 centimeters scary.

The fact that it's a doll corrupted by technology instead of voodoo may sound updated and yet it takes away the strong supernatural element of this saga.

And worse, you cannot be scary when the damn doll makes you laugh. I mean the redesign is appalling and despite being a great voice actor, Mark Hamill is unable to live up to Brad Dourif's achievements.

At least Andy is no longer as useless as he was in the original film.

Disappointing and forgettable.