Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Undescribable Perfection

Lack of good storyline.

Excellent but underrated film

It's the 2nd of October 2017, and tonight's feature is the third installment of The Child's Play series, where Chucky (voiced by the one and only legendary Brad Dourif) is brought back to life after eight long years. Chucky finds out that Andy Barclay (played by Justin Whalin) is now a 16-year-old and has been sent to a military school. Also starring Perrey Reeves, Jeremy Sylvers, Andrew Robinson and Travis Fine. An excellent and dark chapter in the franchise, with Chucky slashing his way, from a military school, to a haunted house at a Carnival in the middle of nowhere, and it's filled with frights and fun. This was my very first chapter in the series at the age of 10 or 11. And I was terrified to sleep with the lights out. Hahaha... great memories.

Whelp! At least they tried... I guess.Yeah, unfortunately after a pretty stellar original and an uncommonly strong first follow-up, the "Child's Play" series started it's third go-around with not so much as a skip-and-a-hop... but more of a stumble and splat. Suffering a wildly rushed production period and an admittedly strained and stressed series creator forced to lop together a script in record-time, "Child's Play 3" is one of those sequels that just never quite comes together and never really seems to know where it's going. It tries to be a decent sequel... I will give it credit there. But it's trying despite the fact there's just no energy or motivation to support its attempts at delivering a satisfying follow-up.We begin a handful of years after the climactic and apocalyptic finale of "Child's Play 2", as the Good Guys doll factory is re- opened and Chucky (voiced by Brad Dourif) is inadvertently brought back to life. Once again seeking to swap his soul into nemesis Andy Barklay (now played by Justin Whalin), Chucky follows him to his new home in a Military Academy. However, realizing that his new body will allow him to bend the rules of his voodoo curse and find a new human subject to take hold of, Chucky sets his sights on Tyler (Jeremy Sylvers), who has befriended Andy. And so, Andy must try and protect his young friend with the help of the beautiful Kristin (Perrey Reeves) and his other new friend Harold Whitehurst. (Dean Jacobson)Series creator Don Mancini once again writes the script, and he has been pretty candid on the failings of the film. Universal, knowing the cash-cow that the franchise had the potential to be, pushed Mancini and the other creative minds behind the series to turn around and creature a third film in a pretty unheard-of amount of time- just nine months after the last outing. And of course this studio-logic backfired on a grand scale, as the film seems far more scattershot and unfocused as a result of such a rushed production. It introduces new ideas and a few fun high-concept set-pieces... but fails to utilize or even properly establish them much of the time. It throws in some really fascinating scenes of humor and horror that function well enough on their own... but never quite come together as a cohesive story on the whole. And it brings up a lot of fun, archetypal characters... but never quite allows you to connect with them beyond a few short scenes here and there. While I do think that Mancini did an admirable job with the amount of time he had, you just can't help but notice how much it doesn't work.Though to be fair, I must give credit where it is due. And a big part of what does work is thanks to the cast. Whalin makes for a compelling replacement as Barklay, now older and suffering the tragic effects of his childhood traumas. Whalin actually feels quite organic in the role, even if he isn't the world's greatest actor, and you could definitely see the child from the first two growing up into him. Dourif as always is a joy to behold in what has now become perhaps his most iconic role. I really appreciated that they give him a bit more range here to stretch his chops thanks to a handful of genuinely comedic moments. Sylvers makes for a very fun and fairly compelling child-actor, and he's probably the best in the entire series, making Tyler endlessly likable even when he can occasionally come across as a bit bratty like most kids. Perrey Reeves is absolutely adorable as Andy's new love-interest and also comes across as more than just a damsel in distress- something the series has been quite good at avoiding through most of it's thus-far six chapters. And even for his limited time, Dean Jacobson is a lot of fun as Andy's sort-of new best friend who gets dragged along for the ride.I also must give credit for director Jack Bender's solid visual choices. Now known mostly for his work on popular TV-franchises such as "Lost" and "Game of Thrones", Bender has a keen visual eye and really lends his talents to making the few strong and stand-out scenes work. Particularly admirable is the wickedly entertaining climax taking place in a nearby carnival. While it never quite reaches the depraved brilliance of part two's doll-factory finale, this film nonetheless crafts a fiendish and wicked setting for the final showdown.Still, it all comes back to that rushed production and rushed script. Strong performances and solid sequences are key... but when they just don't come together, it doesn't matter. Say what you will about other entries in the franchise, to me, this is probably the "Child's Play" series at its weakest. For all the fan complaints about it, even "Seed of Chucky" was at least a far more ambitious and cohesive experience. "Child's Play 3"? It's just a dull repetition of what came before.Perhaps appropriate in some perverse way, I give "Child's Play 3" a sub-par 3 out of 10. At least the previous sequel and it's self- aware follow-up in "Bride of Chucky" more than make up for its failings.

Oh gosh, did this really have to be the place to set the film up? I really don't see much sense why they sent Andy there, wouldn't they thought, "Wait wouldn't this place make Andy into a killing machine rather than discipline him?" I hate the idea of the film being set in a Military school, you usually get the cliché douche-bag guy who bullies the new guy.Don't get me wrong I liked it when Chucky makes his kills but the one character I felt ruined the entire movie was this young black kid called Tyler, why is he so retarded? Even when Andy warns him, he doesn't listen. I just didn't like this one at all.

This faceless second sequel to the original 1988 hit is a film that's been neglected by fans and critics alike, by and large. It didn't help that an (undeserved) fuss was kicked up over its links with the Jamie Bolger murder case when it was released on VHS here in the UK; a factor that saw it banned for a decade before finally making its way onto late-night telly. CHILD'S PLAY 3 is an undistinguished horror sequel; nothing more or less than a B-movie, but I still liked it better than CHILD'S PLAY 2. It doesn't seem like a rehash this time; it changes setting to a soldier cadet school and the resulting shenanigans are at least entertaining here.A good design was made in setting this one 8 years down the line; annoying child actor Alex Vincent is gone, to be replaced by annoying teenager Justin Whalin. Still, there are some good supporting roles for the likes of HELLRAISER's Andrew Robinson as a crazy military hairdresser and Travis Fine as a jock/bully type. Perrey Reeves makes for a feisty female sidekick while Jeremy Sylvers as the token child actor is far more appealing than his predecessor; it also goes without saying that Brad Dourif, returning as Chucky, puts in another hilarious voice performance.There's more plotting here than before, but it doesn't get in the way of some cheesy murders. Fun's to be had when a paintball game turns deadly, while Chucky's denouement in a ghost train ride is mildly entertaining in its own way, although unbelievable as health and safety would have shut this fairground down long ago, what with its grim reapers wielding real scythes and massive open fan blades spinning on the floor next to the trains. CHILD'S PLAY 3 is far from a good film, but at least it isn't boring – something I can't say for the mind-numbing part two, a film I've forgotten about just one day after I saw it.