The robot murders will continue until morale improves, one assumes. Sorry, android murders: M3GAN stands for Model 3 Generative Android, after all. But there’s a new model on the scene. In M3GAN 2.0, set two years after the first movie, someone nefarious has stolen the original M3GAN plans—which were supposed to be deleted—and upgraded them for a more murdery model.
Said more murdery android is named Amelia (what, not AM3LIA?) and played by Ahsoka’s Shin Hati, Ivanna Sakhno, who does expressionless-killing-machine incredibly well. Meanwhile, the OG M3GAN is stuck in a harmless, cute, Teletubby-like body, and is quite cranky about it.
Here’s the synopsis:
Two years after M3GAN, a marvel of artificial intelligence, went rogue and embarked on a murderous (and impeccably choreographed) rampage and was subsequently destroyed, M3GAN’s creator Gemma (Allison Williams) has become a high-profile author and advocate for government oversight of A.I. Meanwhile, Gemma’s niece Cady (Violet McGraw), now 14, has become a teenager, rebelling against Gemma’s overprotective rules.
Unbeknownst to them, the underlying tech for M3GAN has been stolen and misused by a powerful defense contractor to create a military-grade weapon known as Amelia (Ivanna Sakhno; Ahsoka, Pacific Rim: Uprising), the ultimate killer infiltration spy. But as Amelia’s self-awareness increases, she becomes decidedly less interested in taking orders from humans. Or in keeping them around.
With the future of human existence on the line, Gemma realizes that the only option is to resurrect M3GAN (Amie Donald, voiced by Jenna Davis) and give her a few upgrades, making her faster, stronger, and more lethal. As their paths collide, the original A.I bitch is about to meet her match.
M3GAN director and co-writer Gerard Johnstone returns for this sequel, as does co-writer Akela Cooper. The movie has horror powerhouses James Wan and Jason Blum (and star Allison Williams) among its producers. And Jemaine Clement is in it!
There’s no “oops” about it; she’s just gonna do it again in theaters on June 27th.
