History Film / ChildsPlay2019

** Shane appears to be based off the character Erich from the ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E126LivingDoll Living Doll]]", also being the abusive stepfather of the human child who gains a friendship with a living toy [[spoiler: before being killed by the toy]].

* AdaptationalIntelligence: The dolls in the original movie can only say three different sentences. Here, technological advancement allows them to say more.

''Child's Play'', also known as ''Child's Play 2019'', is a reboot of the slasher series ''Franchise/ChildsPlay'' with a more modern-day take.[[note]]In fact, because Chucky has been reimagined as a [[Robotic Psychopath robotic artificial intelligence]], the 2019 version doesn't fit the definition of a SlasherMovie, as the antagonist is no longer objectively "evil" nor driven by revenge for past transgressions. It's more aptly described as a science fiction horror film.[[/note]] It was announced back in July 2018 and was released the following year in June 2019 by Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer, due to them still having the rights and concept to the original film.

''Child's Play'', also known as ''Child's Play 2019'', is a reboot of the slasher series ''Franchise/ChildsPlay'' with a more modern-day take.[[note]]In fact, because Chucky has been reimagined as a [[KillerRobot robotic artificial intelligence]], the 2019 version doesn't fit the definition of a SlasherMovie, as the antagonist is no longer objectively "evil" nor driven by revenge for past transgressions. It's more aptly described as a science fiction horror film.[[/note]] It was announced back in July 2018 and was released the following year in June 2019 by Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer, due to them still having the rights and concept to the original film.

''Child's Play'', also known as ''Child's Play 2019'', is a reboot of the slasher series ''Franchise/ChildsPlay'' with a more modern-day take.[[note]]In fact, because Chucky has been reimagined as a robotic artificial intelligence, the 2019 version doesn't fit the definition of a SlasherMovie, as the antagonist is no longer objectively "evil" nor driven by revenge for past transgressions. It's more aptly described as a science fiction horror film.[[/note]] It was announced back in July 2018 and was released the following year in June 2019 by Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer, due to them still having the rights and concept to the original film.

''Child's Play'', also known as ''Child's Play 2019'', is a reboot of the slasher series ''Franchise/ChildsPlay'' with a more modern-day take. It was announced back in July 2018 and was released the following year in June 2019 by Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer, due to them still having the rights and concept to the original film.

* PlayedForHorror: Nick Allen's [[https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/childs-play-2019 review on rogerebert.com]] posits that the movie does this with ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' and some of its plot elements, and it's not too far a stretch:

* HateSink: Shane is more than just a BastardBoyfriend who treats his girlfriend's son terribly, [[spoiler: he's also cheating on his wife and kids with Karen.]]

* AdultsAreUseless: An interesting case; while Andy, Falyn and Pugg are the main ones dealing with Chucky's rampages, for the most part they don't actually tell Karen or Mike about it. While Karen in particular doesn't believe Andy later on, it's more due to her not having much information to go on to support Andy's claims than arbitrary skepticism (and because Karen works full-time at a toy store, she's hardly available to Andy). Mike initially believed Andy was the killer, but again, given the evidence, it wasn't an unreasonable assumption.

* AdaptationalJerkass: In the original, Karen is a devoted and struggling single mother who attempted to honestly buy a Good Guy doll from a second-hand merchant who then attempted to rape her. Here, she's somewhat rather neglectful to Andy as she doesn't really care about his opinion of her BastardBoyfriend. She also essentially blackmails a co-worker to get the Buddi doll.

* BastardBoyfriend: Karen's boyfriend Shane, who is also a GenderFlip WickedStepmother AbusiveDad towards Andy. [[spoiler:And is also married with kids.]]

* ButtMonkey: Andy sadly. His dad's gone, his hearing is impaired, his [[CatsAreMean cat attacks him]], and his relationship with his mother is strained due to her working so much - not to mention her BastardBoyfriend consistently being awful to him. Then along comes Chucky, and Andy finally thinks he's caught a break, even helping him make new friends - but then Chucky goes out of control and Andy's life becomes more of a hell that it already was.

* YouKilledMyMother: [[spoiler: After Chucky kills Doreen for calling Andy her new best friend, [[AngryBlackMan Mike breaks down into anger]] and works to avenge his fallen mother (though he initially believes it was Andy). Ultimately in the climax he shoots Chucky down.]]

* KnifeNut: It wouldn't be a ''Child's Play'' film if Chucky wasn't this.

* AdultFear: The film may lean towards the fantastical, but if you're a parent, having Karen (oblivious to Chucky's true nature) gradually seeing what looks like her son having a nervous breakdown - including fighting, stealing another kid's phone, smashing up their apartment with a baseball bat and being led away in cuffs (all because he believes his doll is trying to kill them) - is unnerving to say the least.

* {{Tykebomb}}: From the get-go, Chucky is not only full of potential to be a powerful ally to automate (and even humanize) most mundane tasks. This fact makes him even more dangerous when he is on the [[TheDarkSide "dark side".]]

* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: Karen snarks she "had a very productive sweet sixteen" when a coworker expresses surprise she has a kid. Justified in that Aubrey Plaza looks considerably younger than her actual age, to the point Pugg [[MumLooksLikeASister mistakes her for Andy's sister]].
* AdaptationalBadass: Since this version of Chucky is an AI who can connect to other devices via the Cloud, he's able to develop a sort of omnipresence once he has the Kaslan products under his control. This also allows him to manipulate smart cars and [[spoiler:take over an entire store]] simply by lifting a finger.
* AdaptationDeviation: The company that created the Chucky doll was changed from a toy company (Play Pals Toys in the original films) to a multinational MegaCorp (Kaslan here).
* AdaptationDyeJob: Karen is a brunette rather than a blonde as she was in the original film.
** The original movies have the Good Guy dolls be all redheads. In this film, they ''also'' come in blondes and some are African-American.
* AdaptationNameChange:
** The brand of dolls that Chucky is part of is called Buddi, as opposed to the original films' Good Guy brand.
** Combined with GenderFlip and RaceLift, Mike Norris' partner Jack Santos is now a black woman named Willis.

* LaboriousLaziness:
** Chien, the sloppy day-dreaming factory worker at that Vienamese sweatshop where they make the Buddi dolls. For simply zoning out he gets slapped and fired by his MeanBoss, which angers him into tampering with his last Buddi doll and it winds up in Andy's hands.
** Karen is very lazy at her job as a Buddi store clerk. When dealing with a customer who is angry his Buddi came out ginger instead of blonde, Karen just tells him not to swear at her then sloppily excuses that he could see the doll through the box's window. But the problem was, he ordered the doll online, not in-store so he couldn't see the box for himself.

* {{Cyberpunk}}: Downplayed. The powerful megacorp Kaslan aside, the film notable shows the dangers of smart technology if not kept in check, from Chucky raising an idiosyncratic thermostat to dangerous levels [[spoiler:to taking control of Kaslan toys in the climax]].

** When Andy first boots up his Buddi, he asks what Andy will name him. Andy says [[StarWars Han Solo]], to which the Buddi immediately responds with, "Chucky." Chucky himself is voiced by [[Creator/MarkHamill Luke Skywalker]].

The film is to be played alongside an eight-episode television series but does not involve Don Mancini and Brad Dourif, the voice of Chucky, with the latter being replaced by Creator/MarkHamill. The movie also stars Gabriel Bateman as Andy, Creator/AubreyPlaza as Karen and Creator/BrianTyreeHenry as Detective Mike.

* ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself: Andy goes back into Z-Mart by himself, shutting Pugg, Falyn, and Omar out to save Karen and get him alone for a final confrontation with Chucky.

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: [[spoiler:After he's been put offline by mutliple stab wounds, getting shot and Karen riping his head off, the gang proceed to smash his body with sledgehammers and baseball bats, before burning the remains]].

** Also Henry Kaslan, the creator of the Buddi dolls, doesn't appear to be a deliberately CorruptCorporateExecutive like Play Pals founder Sullivan from the original films.

* HarmfulToMinors: Even if the movie features InfantImmortality, [[spoiler:the Zed Mart rampage has children watching some gruesome murders and even getting splattered in blood.]]

** Damballa, because in this movie technology is what [[AIIsACrapshoot created Chucky]] not voodoo magic.