Most people know that the previous Child's Play movies have been based strictly on horror. Well, that has changed it seems. Bride Of Chucky, the fourth in the set, plays like an unfunny comic version of the Child's Play films, where a doll infamously known as Chucky is revived by an attractive woman named Tiffany from police headquarters where the doll's remains were held. Little do we know that this is actually the surviving girlfriend to the spirit who inhabits the Chucky doll, named Charles Lee Ray, a viscous killer who was put to death years ago. Upon his return, he transforms Tiffany into a doll as well, and with two rubber murdering psychos on the loose, thus begins the voyage into the messed up world of Bride Of Chucky. There's still that typical slicing of victims Chucky is so famous for, but aside from that, the chemistry between both dolls is supposed to offer humor on the side as well. In one scene, where Chucky attempts to engage in sexual activity with Tiffany, he stops at one moment and exclaims, "I need a rubber." But why? They are rubber! This is about as good as the humour gets. It's very disappointing.
However, if you like violence then this is the most violent of the four movies, a bloody and grotesque demonstration of dolls slaying humans for fun. Especially in the last half hour, we are confronted with blood and body parts galore as Chucky and Tiffany murder people just as Chucky did before, only more gruesomely. I couldn't stand it. Not that I have anything against stuff like this (hey, I could stand Saving Private Ryan, couldn't I?), but there are limits for certain movies. Stories that can be related to actual events, like the Holocaust and WWII, are powerful, not disgusting. Pictures where dolls chop up human beings, well, there is something deeply disturbing about it. Especially when its mixed in with humour!
This is a poor movie as far as I am concerned. I feel that the makers would have been better off just letting Chucky sit in his box for eternity rather than pull him out, marry him and his missus on another whirlwind blood thirsty adventure.
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Soho_Black 17.04.2007 11:30
I see you've posted this as a DVD review, but you've not mentioned the DVD. Are there any extras? If so, what are they and are they any good? If you add to this, or if you change it to be posted as a "Film Only" review, which can be done by accessing "edit review" above the review and changing the drop down menu under the "Which format are you reviewing?" question at the bottom, please let me know and I'll re-rate.
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