'M3GAN 2.0': The evil toy takes on an impossible mission.

The first adventure of the killer toy M3GAN was already a mix of genres: it began as a horror comedy with touches of mourning and parenting, but the progressive escalation of violence and struggles referred to the thriller action. Now comes a sequel that abandons the horror and rarefies the satire. The saga Fast & Furious progressively mutated: its illegal racing drivers ended up becoming intelligence agents embarked on large-scale operations. This new saga seems to be embarking on a similar path at full speed: from Devil doll to a Mission: Impossible low cost in just one sequel.

The protagonist family, M3GAN and the inevitable secondary comics collaborate (with Terminator 2 (in memory) on the corresponding risky mission to fight, as Tom Cruise and Vin Diesel have already done, against another evil artificial intelligence. The story seems like a shameless mix of diverse elements treated in an irrationalist manner. However, a certain technical and acting competence manages to make the entertainment work in a vulgar and superficial way, like an industrial pastry that can satisfy you if you don't ask what's in it. The contradictory rhetoric about technological progress, with an after-dinner conclusion (all extremes are bad), seems designed to pretend that this pastime born of recycling and (self)exploitation means something.