The sequel to the horror-comedy hit “M3GAN” takes a bold turn into action territory. “M3GAN 2.0” opens at the Turkish-Iranian border with a violent military scene, signaling a massive shift from the original’s intimate setting. The film features two AI robots, global stakes and high-octane sequences like car chases and martial arts fighting.
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0.” This image released by Universal Pictures shows director Gerard Johnstone on the set of “M3GAN 2.0.” This image released by Universal Pictures shows Violet McGraw, left, and Allison Williams in a scene from “M3GAN 2.0.” This image released by Universal Pictures shows Brian Jordan Alvarez, left, and Jen Van Epps in a scene from “M3GAN 2.0.” This image released by Universal Pictures shows Allison Williams, left, and M3GAN in a scene from “M3GAN 2.0.” This image released by Universal Pictures shows Allison Williams, left, and M3GAN in a scene from “M3GAN 2.0.” This image released by Universal Pictures shows director Gerard Johnstone on the set of “M3GAN 2.0.” This image released by Universal Pictures shows director Gerard Johnstone on the set of “M3GAN 2.0.” This image released by Universal Pictures shows Violet McGraw, left, and Allison Williams in a scene from “M3GAN 2.0.” This image released by Universal Pictures shows Violet McGraw, left, and Allison Williams in a scene from “M3GAN 2.0.” This image released by Universal Pictures shows Brian Jordan Alvarez, left, and Jen Van Epps in a scene from “M3GAN 2.0.” This image released by Universal Pictures shows Brian Jordan Alvarez, left, and Jen Van Epps in a scene from “M3GAN 2.0.” sequel has on the original, look no further than the very first scene. “M3GAN” was mostly set in a Seattle house, but “M3GAN 2.0” starts at the Turkish-Iranian border — with a murderous rampage in a secret military installation and the presence of Saudi intelligence, with U.S. Defense Department officials covertly watching.Most of the same team that gave us the refreshing horror-comedy original two years ago have not only gone super-big, but also changed the franchise’s genre, turning “M3GAN 2.0” into an action movie with two AI robots, two villains, FBI units, wingsuits, neural implants, a “Mission: Impossible”-style vault heist, exosuits, a 250-mph street chase in a supercar, a power grid disaster, a countdown clock,If the evil doll M3gan in the first movie was responsible for the deaths of four humans and one dog, this time the screen is littered with the corpses of shootings, decapitations, severed limbs and laser slayings. There are double-crosses, impalings, blood splatter, cattle prods, tactical military soldiers, self-destruct sequences and insane close-combat martial arts. You can be forgiven for expecting a What you won’t get is much of the vibe of the original, which fused horror, cultural commentary and humor. This time, that’s muted in favor of an overly ambitious, horribly convoluted plot that sometimes feels like the moviemakers just threw money at the sequel and tried to ape other franchises by going massive. The first had a bedroom feel; the new one starts, like we said, on an international border. The original’s $12 million budget has been tripled.in which the robot killer in the first movie becomes the robot hero of the second. M3gan, it will come as no surprise, wasn’t killed at the end of the original. She’s just been laying low, waiting for her time to seize the day — and dance. Now she is reborn to fight another, better AI robot, played with sinister lethality by Ivanna Sakhno.like ChatGPT was beginning to go mainstream. Director and screenwriter Gerard Johnstone turns Allison Williams — who plays M3gan’s creator, Gemma — into a high-profile author and advocate for government oversight of artificial intelligence as the sequel opens. One of the more intriguing questions the movie explores is if parents are gradually outsourcing their responsibilities to technology. Her niece Cady — the fabulous Violet McGraw — is now a budding computer programmer and rebellious. She has learned aikido and has a strong affinity for Steven Seagal, a running gag. Her protection is still the single focus of M3gan, who has apparently been in cloud networks between movies.Facing a global existential threat, Gemma is convinced to build a body for M3gan to go toe-to-toe with the military-grade AI killing machine known as Amelia. “Everyone deserves a second chance,” Cady tells her aunt. But whose side is M3gan really on? And what does Amelia really want? Some of the movie’s best parts are when M3gan and Amelia face off. “You’re not family to them,” the new AI model says to the old. “You’re just the help.” There’s some cool robotic dancing — a highlight of the original — and a return of M3gan’s camel-colored silk sateen dress that became popular at Halloween.Johnstone has smartly kept the offbeat humor of the original, this time with clever nods to “Knight Rider” and a surreal use of the Kate Bush song “This Woman’s Work.” Jemaine Clement from “Flight of the Conchords” has fun as an arrogant tech billionaire, while Brian Jordan Alvarez and Jen Van Epps return as Gemma’s tech teammates, this time crawling through ducts or getting choked almost to death.character in the original movie: “I want you to take this cyborg puppet show and put it in a dark closet where it belongs.” Not after grossing $180 million worldwide. “M3GAN 2.0” was inevitable, but it didn’t have to be so inevitably too much. “M3GAN 2.0,” a Universal Pictures release in theaters Friday, is rated PG-13 for “strong violent content, bloody images, some strong language, sexual material and brief drug references.” Running time: 120 minutes. Two stars out of four.Kennedy is a theater, TV, music, food and obit writer and editor for The Associated Press, as well as a critic for theater, movies and music. He is based in New York City.What’s next for birthright citizenship after the Supreme Court’s rulingFans criticize Beyoncé for shirt calling Native Americans ‘the enemies of peace’
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