| I truly believe that "Child's Play 3" is the last REALLY great Chucky film in the series as Bride and Seed don't ultimately work for me that much. Even though the this film was released less than a year after it's predecessor, I still think it holds up well, and I disagree with the creators of the franchise that it is the least best of the Chucky films. I personally thought this was a much better take on than Bride and See because it still stood the test at being scary. Even though, there are a slight few problems with this sequel, I still like it for what it is.This <more> film is supposedly set several years after the first two "Child's Play" films and focuses on Andy Barclay now being played by Justin Whalin , going to a military school which is full of meat heads and gives the ol' grueling drills. Andy definitely does not fit in straight away. On the other side of the story, the Good Guy Doll factory after being a dead site is revived where the melted Chucky from the last film is remade by the hot melting plastic. Chucky comes back to life again, in a new body and kills off the toy maker's owner Mr. Sullivian. He then finds the location of Andy, and mails himself to the military site, where instead of going after Andy, he goes after Tyler. Andy seems to know everything while the others have no knowledge about what's going happening.I believe "Child's Play 3" is another excellent entry in the killer doll franchise, and it's very underrated for a killer doll film.Starting off with some positives, I like the entire concept where Andy doesn't only have to face his fears of Chucky again, but he also has to deal with the nasty military school peers who bully and give him a hard time during the process. At first, I also thought that the military site and later on the carnival rides was a bit too the extreme but now I think it is pulled off well.The music score although varying and different in tone and style I feel worked quite well.Justin Whalin surprinsgly does a good job as Andy, where I felt sympathy for him. He truly brought the character back to prime source. Sure, he's no Alex Vincent, but he did well with what he was given. The others actors such as Travis fine, perry Reeves and Andrew Robinson were good in their roles.Once again, the entire credit goes to Brad Dourif as the voice of Chucky, where he brings a dark sense of humor to him. He gives him a stalkerish, creepy personality where the doll is more nastier, more brutllaer and definitely mean spirited at best. The look of Chucky once again gets a plus because I like how they kept up with the times, to see what Good Guy Dolls would look like several years later. Chucky is more scary looking in this one.The kills like the 2nd film were also done at an excellent pace.There were a few problems to put out, but there aren't too many as I do like this sequel.1: The actor playing Tyler was awful. Really the worse actor in the film. He was definitely not convincing as a scared little boy and all he did was yell, be happy or just be silly. I'm not really sure how I took this, he was just horrible in this film.2: Once again, this film can not reach the impact or tension of the original. Like the film before it, it just seems to be some slasher fun which is dark and nasty. That's all.That's really the only problems I had with this film. I do think "Child's Play 3" is a sequel that nearly works on the same level as "Child's Play 2" did. I do like it.7.5/10 <less> |
