Child's Play 3

It was not clever to make a third film after only a year and to advance the plot by eight years. In addition, Justin Whalin's acting ceiling really was Jimmy Olsen in Superman, while everything else he did only amounted to effort. Child's Play 2 already lacked any internal logic - there were two passable ideas and everything else was just a constant burden. Chucky is the ideal saboteur and his swapping of the blind for the sharp was fine, and the finale at the carnival was fitting, but what next? Andy as a teenager? Andy as a troubled hero with no fear and loathing? And Chucky, unable to calmly cast voodoo spells on the lam? Come on. If it wasn't Bride of Chucky, this series would have had a really bad ending. In an ideal world, the second film would have been much better, and at the end of the third one, Andy would actually become Chucky, followed by the massacre in the mental institution where his mother had been kept this entire time. (12/23/2010)

For the third time, the movie is the same-old-same-old and with no new innovations (moving the characters and setting to a military academy is not an innovation). Chucky is only here to show up for a bit, kill a completely dispensable character, or get interrupted and reprimand people with swear-words. Screenwriter Don Mancini adds nothing new to the character. The day after watching it, I had a problem remembering the key scenes. The only thing worth mentioning is Andy Robinson, who plays a sleazy hairdresser (and he is only there for a few minutes, he really knows how to play perverts), the rest is just a forgettable parody of Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket. (04/27/2019)

If you like the whole concept of the series, you will probably tolerate this installment, although it's nothing exceptional in the horror genre. There is an effort to present something to the viewer, which leads to the script appearing better than it actually is in a somewhat acceptable way. The development of the plot and relationships between characters is basically missing here. It's only about how to neutralize Chucky before he kills Andy. That's what the viewer gets. And that's it. (04/03/2014)