‘M3GAN 2.0’ Reviews Say the Sequel Is Both Too Much and Not Enough

‘M3GAN 2.0’ reviews say the sequel is both too much and not enough

She's baaaaaack. Everyone's favorite viral dance craze-creating android goes from villain to (anti)hero in M3GAN 2.0, the follow-up to 2023's breakout horror hit. Once again produced by genre titans Jason Blum and James Wan, the sequel introduces a T-1000 to M3GAN's T-800 — a military-manufactured A.I. powered weapon named AMELIA. Other returning players include Alison Williams as M3GAN's maker, Gemma, and Violet McGraw as her niece, Cady. Direc…

M3GAN 2.0: Jason Blum on Expanding the Franchise and Fighting AI

Jason Blum had a vision for M3GAN 2.0 that grew the world in which the iconic AI figure lives — and left the audience completely on their toes. “We set out to make a movie that really expanded on the first movie and didn’t kind of rip the first movie off,” the M3GAN 2.0 producer, 56, exclusively told Us Weekly at the film’s NYC premiere on Tuesday, June 24. “I feel like a lot of sequels are so similar to the first movie that it’s like, ‘Why do t…

Review: ‘M3GAN 2.0’ Turns Up The Dial To 11 But Unfortunately Lacks Substance

In 2022, M3GAN danced into our hearts with its Terminator-meets-Child’s Play energy. It turned into a box office sensation too, pulling in over $180 million from a $12 million budget. Predictably, a sequel went into production, even though it wasn’t necessary if we’re being entirely frank here. But does M3GAN 2.0 justify its existence or turn into yet another retread of the funny killer doll genre? Mild spoilers for M3GAN 2.0 to follow. Set two …

M3GAN 2.0 Review: A Sci-Fi Genre Change Makes for Uneven Upgrade

Unlike Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees, Frankenstein, or plenty of other horror icons, M3GAN didn’t burst onto the scene like a lumbering, silent menace. No, this gabby doll strutted across our screens like a goddamn diva. The key appeal 2022’s M3GAN is the camp quality of being killed by a machine who is just as lethal with a mean-girl putdown as she is a machete. Still, she had a machete. She also made for a clever metaphor about the way parents…

M3GAN 2.0 Movie Review – The Dancing Queen Returns in a Fun But Shallow Sequel

M3GAN 2.0 multiplies the mayhem at the cost of the story. M3GAN 2.0 Movie Review – The Dancing Queen Returns in a Fun But Shallow Sequel Written by Sergio Pereira for Fortress of Solitude