M3GAN 2.0 release date, movie review, run time: Should you watch or not?

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M3GAN 2.0, the sequel to 2023 release 'M3GAN', is all set to hit theatres and cinephiles are now curious about the movie review. If you want to know how big an upgrade the 'M3GAN' sequel has on the original, look no further than the very first scene. 'M3GAN' was mostly set in a Seattle house, but 'M3GAN 2.0' starts at the Turkish-Iranian border — with a murderous rampage in a secret military installation and the presence of Saudi intelligence, with U.S. Defense Department officials covertly watching.
M3GAN 2.0 Release Date, Run Time, Rating
'M3GAN 2.0,' a Universal Pictures release in theaters Friday, is rated PG-13 for "strong violent content, bloody images, some strong language, sexual material and brief drug references." Running time: 120 minutes.
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M3GAN 2.0 Review, Plot, Screenplay
Most of the same team that gave us the refreshing horror-comedy original two years ago have not only gone super-big, but also changed the franchise's genre, turning 'M3GAN 2.0' into an action movie with two AI robots, two villains, FBI units, wingsuits, neural implants, a 'Mission: Impossible'-style vault heist, exosuits, a 250-mph street chase in a supercar, a power grid disaster, a countdown clock, the United Nations and the fate of the planet at stake, AP reported.
If the evil doll M3gan in the first movie was responsible for the deaths of four humans and one dog, this time the screen is littered with the corpses of shootings, decapitations, severed limbs and laser slayings. There are double-crosses, impalings, blood splatter, cattle prods, tactical military soldiers, self-destruct sequences and insane close-combat martial arts. You can be forgiven for expecting a Tom Cruise appearance.
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What you won't get is much of the vibe of the original, which fused horror, cultural commentary and humor. This time, that's muted in favor of an overly ambitious, horribly convoluted plot that sometimes feels like the moviemakers just threw money at the sequel and tried to ape other franchises by going massive. The first had a bedroom feel; the new one starts, like we said, on an international border. The original's $12 million budget has been tripled.
'M3GAN 2.0' owes a lot to 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day,' in which the robot killer in the first movie becomes the robot hero of the second. M3gan, it will come as no surprise, wasn't killed at the end of the original. She's just been laying low, waiting for her time to seize the day — and dance. Now she is reborn to fight another, better AI robot, played with sinister lethality by Ivanna Sakhno.
Director and screenwriter Gerard Johnstone turns Allison Williams — who plays M3gan's creator, Gemma — into a high-profile author and advocate for government oversight of artificial intelligence as the sequel opens. One of the more intriguing questions the movie explores is if parents are gradually outsourcing their responsibilities to technology.
Her niece Cady — the fabulous Violet McGraw — is now a budding computer programmer and rebellious. She has learned aikido and has a strong affinity for Steven Seagal, a running gag. Her protection is still the single focus of M3gan, who has apparently been in cloud networks between movies.
Facing a global existential threat, Gemma is convinced to build a body for M3gan to go toe-to-toe with the military-grade AI killing machine known as Amelia. 'Everyone deserves a second chance,' Cady tells her aunt. But whose side is M3gan really on? And what does Amelia really want?
Some of the movie's best parts are when M3gan and Amelia face off. 'You're not family to them,' the new AI model says to the old. 'You're just the help.' There's some cool robotic dancing — a highlight of the original — and a return of M3gan's camel-colored silk sateen dress that became popular at Halloween.
FAQs
Q1. When is M3GAN 2.0 Release Date?
A1. "M3GAN 2.0" releases in theaters Friday on June 27, 2025.
Q2. What is run time of M3GAN 2.0?
A2.
M3GAN 2.0 run time
is 120 minutes.