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Childs Play,the new slasher reboot of theChuckyfranchise, directed by Lars Klevberg,halfworks.
Suspense is nowhere to be found in this screenplay.
A table saw to the groin is comeuppance for one particularly lecherous handyman.
(Bride of Chuckyrode theScreamzeitgeist well.)
TheChuckystories are, after all, about a pint-size doll possessed by the spirit of a Chicago-area serial killer.
This yearsChilds Playdoes away with that storyline, though, creating a framing machine with some knotted connotations.
Of course, it goes on to become the murderously devoted smart toy at the heart of the film.
There is an intriguing idea nestled within the film: How does our relationship to technology harm us?
Early moments in the movie reveal that Andy is an exceedingly lonely child in a new city.
(As a result, the bulk of the action inChilds Playis contained to his apartment building.)
Unfortunately, that Chucky is now a soulless automaton is an apt metaphor for the film itself.
