In an era where A.I. has become more prevalent, Gerard Johnstone brings us a film where A.I. can be both good and evil. It can grow more human emotions, but never enough to be human. When faced with destruction, the A.I. will do whatever it takes to preserve itself. To survive. Megan 2.0 really wants to hit those talking points, but it also wants to have a lot of fun in the process so those points get a little lost along the way.
In this sequel, the designs for Megan were sold without Gemma’s (Allison Williams) knowledge, or so she maintains. There are questions about how or why she is able to afford her overpriced home and even more about why she is with her current boyfriend, but even she cannot answer them. It makes her seem dishonest. Untrustworthy. Even though her character is fighting for legislation that will stop the use of A.I., how can we believe it is genuine when she can’t answer where the money comes from?
Her niece, Cady, has found her way to martial arts. She’s a real fighter now that Megan isn’t there to protect her. At least not yet.
When Gemma and Cady find out that Gemma’s design for Megan has somehow been used to create a war robot, something the government used to infiltrate some bad guys, that has now gone rogue. This robot, Amelia, is bigger. Stronger. Smarter. And Gemma lets her coworkers talk her into making an upgraded Megan to fight her. Cue montage of everyone working together with Megan to build a better Megan and then going after Amelia.
This film has as many plot points as it does plot holes, but who the hell cares. It’s so much fun to watch that I didn’t even mind the cheesy dialogue. How do you one up the surprise hit that the first film turned out to be? You go bigger. Cheesier. You add another robot for her to fight. You give her a more ridiculous dance sequence. And you let her sing a really terrible song just for the hell of it.
Essentially, director Gerard Johnstone pulled a James Cameron. Much like Cameron did with Terminator 2 and Aliens, Johnstone took the original concept and filled the sequel with more action and humor, even if it meant losing the horror aspect of the movie. Because this second film really isn’t a horror movie. It’s an action movie about A.I. with humorous elements. If you are expecting a scary movie, you’ll not find one here.
Gemma’s boy toy, Cristian (Aristotle Athari) has the charisma and acting ability of a day old piece of bread. Hashtag stale. He about ruins the movie for me, especially in the third act. But the movie is still fun so I’ll let that one annoying negative slide.
3 out of 5 stars. Show up for the robots and enjoy the cheesy ride.
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In an era where A.I. has become more prevalent, Gerard Johnstone brings us a film where A.I. can be both good and evil. It can grow more human emotions, but never enough to be human. When faced with destruction, the A.I. will do whatever it takes to preserve itself. To survive. Megan 2.0 really wants to hit those talking points, but it also wants to have a lot of fun in the process so those points get a little lost along the way.
In this sequel, the designs for Megan were sold without Gemma’s (Allison Williams) knowledge, or so she maintains. There are questions about how or why she is able to afford her overpriced home and even more about why she is with her current boyfriend, but even she cannot answer them. It makes her seem dishonest. Untrustworthy. Even though her character is fighting for legislation that will stop the use of A.I., how can we believe it is genuine when she can’t answer where the money comes from?
Her niece, Cady, has found her way to martial arts. She’s a real fighter now that Megan isn’t there to protect her. At least not yet.
When Gemma and Cady find out that Gemma’s design for Megan has somehow been used to create a war robot, something the government used to infiltrate some bad guys, that has now gone rogue. This robot, Amelia, is bigger. Stronger. Smarter. And Gemma lets her coworkers talk her into making an upgraded Megan to fight her. Cue montage of everyone working together with Megan to build a better Megan and then going after Amelia.
This film has as many plot points as it does plot holes, but who the hell cares. It’s so much fun to watch that I didn’t even mind the cheesy dialogue. How do you one up the surprise hit that the first film turned out to be? You go bigger. Cheesier. You add another robot for her to fight. You give her a more ridiculous dance sequence. And you let her sing a really terrible song just for the hell of it.
Essentially, director Gerard Johnstone pulled a James Cameron. Much like Cameron did with Terminator 2 and Aliens, Johnstone took the original concept and filled the sequel with more action and humor, even if it meant losing the horror aspect of the movie. Because this second film really isn’t a horror movie. It’s an action movie about A.I. with humorous elements. If you are expecting a scary movie, you’ll not find one here.
Gemma’s boy toy, Cristian (Aristotle Athari) has the charisma and acting ability of a day old piece of bread. Hashtag stale. He about ruins the movie for me, especially in the third act. But the movie is still fun so I’ll let that one annoying negative slide.
3 out of 5 stars. Show up for the robots and enjoy the cheesy ride.
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