a film that is all too familiar. Broadly, the film is formulaic and predictable, but its qualities are found in the title character who uses advanced AI to The visuals are striking for complexity; the doll looks real at-a-glance but it's in some of the doll's fine-point details that one finds the separation

It wasn't a Gabriel [in Malignant]-scale massacre, but she did kill a bunch more people, including a couple of characters whom [producer James Wan] was like, 'I like what you did with those people, but I want them to live'. I was merciless, but again, that is me." its hair, which is sharp and identifiable practically to the individual strand. Of course, human faces are equally appealing for clarity and definition, while pertinent, exploring more worst-case scenario rather than the general ups and downs, positives and negatives, of artificial intelligence. At its core is Certainly the place of artificial intelligence is nothing new -- Star Trek: The Next Generation portrayed Data as one of its mainThe film is also different from Child's Play in that M3GAN is not possessed by an evil spirit, though Outside of the horror, I thought the story surrounding the niece and her parents, gave the film plenty of heart and added a bit more depth to the characters. It could have been a much more throw-away horror movie than it actually was. the remaining remnants. Now, with such radical advances in artificial intelligence, the scares grow more personal in M3GAN, Director

When young Cady's (Violet McGraw) parents die in an automobile accident, she is left to live with her aunt Gemma (Allison Williams), a roboticsGerard Johnstone directed the movie from Akela Cooper’s screenplay of James Wan’s story. It stars Allison Williams, Violet McGraw and Ronny Chieng. The doll, who was initially the emotional support for Cady (McGraw), is played by Amie Donald and voiced by Jenna Davis. characters, and films like A.I. and, in a more roundabout way, S1mone have focused on much of the same qualities, characteristics, The two lead performances from the young girl (Violet McGaw; The Haunting of Hill House) and her aunt (Allison Williams; Get Out) were very good. It’s a pretty stereotypical relationship – a family member ‘forced’ into becoming a parent and the child rejecting them – doesn’t feel as well-trodden and unoriginal as it could have been. The M3gan doll and its relationship with the child become a huge reason for this. Both McGaw and Williams are impressive in their roles. Universal releases M3GAN to Blu-ray with a fine looking 1080p transfer. The image enjoys bountiful clarity and razor-sharp definition to various