Child's Play Review: 6 Ups & 3 Downs

1. The Lazy, Predictable Ending

No spoilers here, but despite a gonzo finale which delivers the glorious insanity fans have been waiting for, the film's ending delivers nothing more than the most cliched sequel-bait set-up possible.

Of course, the film was always going to hint at a sequel - though going by its just-OK early box office, those prospects are pretty dubious already - but did it need to do so in such a flatly unimaginative, even lazy fashion?

Basically, if you consider how this movie could possibly set up another one, your first or second guess is sure to be correct - there's no creativity or inventiveness to it, which makes it tough to get too excited about the prospect, no matter this film's strengths.

These issues aside, however, here's why the Child's Play remake actually works for the most part...