Firstly, the problem with this new Chucky is he is no longer a doll possessed by a serial killer but one with a programming glitch - a more intelligent reboot would have made something of the idea a doll doesn't need special psychotic programming when all around, moulding the brains of children (and dolls) are bullying, cheating, voyeuristic lunatic men and horror movie-watching, app-athetic kids; but secondly, I am repelled by the way revolters (not horrors) like this (and IT, recently) are steadily lowering the age of their buzzsaw-wielding, blood-splattered protagonists - it is unpleasant/disturbing from the get-go; and thirdly, this reboot just isn't very intelligent because friends who help dispose of heads suddenly cease being allies, a woman in distress out the front of her bingo parlour is bereft of helpers, video-cam voyeurs don't notice the hard-to-overlook spectacle of cat murder or head-delivery, and - especially silly - by making Chucky a Google Home-like product, more Omni Consumer Product than possessed psycho doll, this reboot really shoots, no, stabs itself in the foot - Chucky is just an interface we need never see again.
★★☆☆☆
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