Muñeco diabólico

Pedir hoy un remake de Muñeco diabólico sería ingenuo. Los años ochenta que alimentaron un tema similar ya pasaron. Pero es encomiable que no lo haya hecho tan mal. La actualización del tema con la conexión del muñeco a través de un teléfono móvil y el abuso de la inteligencia artificial llega a los tiempos actuales y, a pesar de que la magia de Chucky en las últimas escenas se sale de toda lógica tecnológica, es efectiva. La película no puede ser percibida como una película de terror (a no ser que tengas ocho años), de lo cual es consciente, y aligera incluso la escena más dura con humor irónico. La cara de Chucky con los ojos rojos brillantes (cuando es malvado) está genial, y su descenso gradual hacia la violencia está bien representado. Son los mejores momentos de la película. El «espectacular» final, que quiere dar un golpe de timón al desarrollo original y más íntimo de la trama, en lugar de eso hace decaer la película con momentos trillados y poco imaginativos. Eso debería haber madurado más tiempo en la mente del guionista. (05.01.2022)

The Child’s Play brand is unnecessarily applied to this film, but I really like this technological update. And when it comes to “remakes”, I like those that aren’t afraid of reworking the original, which to a great extent is the case here; so, basically… satisfaction. It’s well crafted, the characters are likeable and it’s well acted. On top of that, the film is permeated with an effective humour that’s quite fitting (certainly more than in this year’s It). And for a “kids” horror, it’s also quite bloody. My biggest problem, though, is with the look of the titular doll. It’s ugly AF and I can’t believe that any company would design their super commercial toy like this. (10.09.2019)

Can the Chucky doll be taken seriously? I don’t think so. And even though the film tries to milk the audience’s emotions and convey some sort of moral message, it is still a remake of a horror classics that doesn’t deserve more than three stars. On the contrary, three stars might be more than enough here. Moreover, the movie tries to copy the atmosphere of Stranger Things or It, but doesn’t really succeed in doing so. (11.12.2019)

Thirteen-year-old Andy has a new toy, a supermodern doll called Chucky. And Chucky's a little broken, so he starts killing people to make Andy happy. This new version of the horror classic doesn't scare too much, but it entertains with comic brutality, decent actors and a Stranger Things-style atmosphere. Nothing great, but as a horror one-off, the new Child's Play holds up. (26.07.2019)

A pretty decent new version of Chucky. Chucky was never one of my favourite horror properties, so I approached the film more coldly, but in the end a nice surprise. Chucky's Design didn't do much, but the main characters did a good job. I enjoyed the cop, there was some humour and surprisingl it's nicely brutal, at least the scene with the lawnmower and saw is worth it. It's a shame the finale didn't push things further, but still on the whole a satisfying flick. 65%. (17.09.2019)

I liked the idea that admiring "fun" violence can very easily lead to real violence, if the man or the redheaded doll lacks discernment and if he skips over it for certain reasons. The new Child's Play delighted me with this, as much as with its more careful (by the standards of a horror movie about a murderous toy, that is, of course) portrayal of children (yes, there are a few of them, and that's a good thing) and adults, or its grand finale, which could easily have been bigger. On the plus side, I'd like to add Bear McCreary's score, which I thought was just fantastic – it practically keeps playing with the Buddy toy tune, also composed by McCreary, and it's very entertaining. Like the whole film. It's on a par with the original Child's Play. (27.07.2019)

Mis expectativas eran más bien tibias, ya que últimamente solo uno de cada diez remakes demuestra que no es un simple parásito soso del original. Sorprendentemente, la nueva Muñeco Diabólico se mantuvo muy bien como una película sólidamente entretenida con una nueva y moderna visión del icónico muñeco asesino. ¿Lo mejor? Tiene lo que le faltaba a la trilogía original: un humor distintivo. Y unos protagonistas simpáticos que deseas que vivan para ver la segunda parte. Sí, me encantaría tener una secuela en este caso. Por supuesto, tiene algunos defectos que los cineastas podrían haber perdonado (el siniestro rubor de los ojos de Chucky me pareció un truco bastante barato e innecesario), pero es simplemente una relajante comedia de terror que es fresca, está bien interpretada, es sorprendentemente muy divertida y, en general, está bien. (12.09.2019)

If 2019's Child's Play was an original movie and not building on something that has been around for quite a while, plus there had not been a sequel in the original franchise two years ago, I would have probably given the movie a better rating because it manages to be entertaining and slightly creepy, although I think the original Child's Play is better at this. However, simply the fact that it is a remake makes me not take it that seriously. (11.10.2019)