Here’s my
problem with Child’s Play 2: Chucky’s ability to overpower people. He’s
not sneaking up on them to slice them up—no, he just magically has the strength
to overpower them. If you recall, Chucky is a doll, and a doll with that kind
of ability is so unrealistic that it makes everyone in the movie look stupid.
How was he able
to tie Andy to the bed? He tied the boy’s legs and hands and even gagged him.
Then, he managed to tie up another man in his car, binding his hands too. It’s
like Chucky doesn’t just have super strength—he might as well have extra hands.
Then there’s the
issue of continuity. If you’ve seen the rest of the Child’s Play movies,
you’ll notice that everything in this film is absolute nonsense. The whole
“time running out for him to transfer to another body” thing? That doesn’t
apply in the movies that follow. It’s not even mentioned again.
This second
movie in the franchise might not be the worst, but it’s just plain dumb. Yeah,
it doesn’t have the dark humor plastered all over the screen like the others—or
maybe it does, and I just mistook it for stupidity. Either way, it doesn’t
bother to make sense of what’s happening on screen.
The plot follows
the events of the first
film. The company that made the Good Guy doll takes the Chucky doll
(the one possessed by a serial killer) back to their factory. Chucky was badly
burned by Andy in the first movie, and the company is trying to figure out what
went wrong with the doll to wrap up an ongoing investigation.
Andy is in the
system, and somehow Chucky calls and gets his location. I don’t live in
America, but if it’s that easy to find someone, then that system is broken.
Chucky locates Andy and discovers that the foster home already has a Good Guy
doll. So, he destroys that doll, buries it, and takes its place.
Now Chucky is in
the house with Andy, and things quickly go from weird to tragic.
After watching
all the movies, I can say only the first film is worth the aggravation. The
rest are just plain dull.
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