Review of M3GAN (2022) by Jonjohn048 — 30 Apr 2023

M3GAN is without a doubt one of the most overrated movies I've seen in quite a while, and that's a shame considering I was initially skeptical on whether I'll like it or not since it seemed nothing more than a Chucky knockoff but after seeing all the positive reception around it, I went in with high expectations and came out shocked it received this much praise and buzz for something I thought to be alright.

Before I dive into why I don't really like the movie however, I will say it does at least get a decent amount of things right. The actors are great at their roles and do convey great performances across the board, the gore and blood (especially in the unrated version) are wild and look gross, and M3GAN herself definitely lives up to the hype with how well she's animated, looks, and her performance is definitely enough to scare others if they ever come across her.

And that's all the positives for this movie, the rest isn't even very good B grade movie action. Like it's clearly trying to balance both humor and horror and it easily fails at both since I was left confused on what to feel since I wasn't scared nor was I laughing when the credits rolled, some characters only get around 20 minutes of screen time making their presence meaningless (especially considering they survive but then they're not brought up again almost like the director was too scared to kill them for no reason), but probably my biggest problem with the movie was that I was kinda surprised it has a lot of plot holes for characters and events KILLING rewatch ability for me.

Overall, while I don't think it's terrible, it's definitely nowhere close to the 8's 9's it got and it just has me concerned what the director's planning on doing with the sequel if they don't fix all the problems I have with this movie.

So as it stands, maybe watch it with an open mind, otherwise don't even bother.