In fact, some loathsome guys are suddenly dead. It makes no sense that once Andy discovers Chucky has slaughtered the family cat - named for child star Mickey Rooney - that this teenager would simply ignore the fact that his doll has killed the cat.īut he does. When Buddi is activated and names itself Chucky, this “Child’s Play” begins a descent into gory violence while losing any kind of horror credibility.Ĭhucky as a ginger Buddi is different from all the blond Buddi dolls and seems completely deranged from the get-go. So when one is returned as defective, Karen snags it as a birthday gift for her lonely, hearing-impaired son Andy (Gabriel Bateman, at age 14 a horror veteran with “Annabelle,” “Lights Out”). Meanwhile at Chicago’s Zed Market, Aubrey Plaza’s overworked clerk Karen Barclay struggles as a single, semi-impoverished mom.Ī new Buddi2 doll is just weeks away from being introduced, which means the originals are practically obsolete.
