Child's Play 2

Child's Play 2
Theatrical poster of Chucky about to decapitate the clown with scissors
Directed by	John Lafia
Written by	Don Mancini
Produced by	David Kirschner Robert Latham Brown (Executive Producer)
Starring	Alex Vincent Jenny Agutter Gerrit Graham Christine Elise Brad Dourif
Cinematography	Stefan Czapsky
Edited by	Edward Warschilka
Music by	Graeme Revell
Distributed by	Universal Studios
Release date	November 9, 1990 (1990-11-09)
Running time	84 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$13 million
Box office	$35,763,605

Child's Play 2 is a 1990 American horror film, the sequel to Child's Play, written by Don Mancini and directed by John Lafia (one of the original film's writers). It was released on November 9, 1990. Veteran actors Gerrit Graham and Emmy and BAFTA-winner Jenny Agutter, star as Andy's foster parents. The film also stars Alex Vincent, who returns as Andy Barclay, Christine Elise as Kyle, as well as Brad Dourif as Chucky. This film is also noted for being the first film appearance of Adam Wylie and featuring an early appearance by Quarantine's Greg Germann.

Plot

Two years have passed since the events of the first film. The Play Pals company has the original doll reconstructed for analysis. Mr. Sullivan, the CEO, meets one morning with his assistant, Mattson, with regards to the doll's reconstruction. During this time, Mattson informs Mr. Sullivan that Andy has been placed in foster care because his mother backed up his story and was taken away for a psychiatric evaluation. He also tells Mr. Sullivan that it is suspected that someone at the company may have tampered with the doll's voice cassette. This news helps further develop the bad publicity about Play Pals, Inc. Not happy with the news he just received, Mr. Sullivan tells Mattson that he wants to see the doll. Mattson takes Mr. Sullivan to the room where the reconstruction is near completion. Both Mr. Sullivan and Mattson witness the electrocution of a worker when he smacks the machine that jams. An upset Mr. Sullivan later burdens Mattson with the task of covering up the accident in an effort to avoid another bad publicity as well as leaving the doll with Mattson.

However, later in the evening, Mattson places Chucky in his car when he is about to leave to go home. During the drive, Mattson uses his car phone to call a woman named Gabrielle who asks him if he bought vodka for their anniversary. After Mattson lies to Gabrielle about the vodka, he stops at a liquor store. During this time, Chucky uses the opportunity to read Andy's file and calls his social worker claiming to be his "Uncle." The social worker gives Chucky the address of Andy's new living location. A few minutes later, Mattson returns to his car and drives off. Chucky then uses a gun and forces Mattson to drive to an unoccupied parking lot. After tying Mattson's arms behind the driver's seat with a jump rope and much pleading, he shoots Mattson with the gun which turns out to be a water gun. While Mattson laughs with relief, Chucky uses a Play Pals plastic bag to terrorize and suffocate a defenseless Mattson, killing him in seconds.

Once Chucky is in the house, he disposes with and takes the place of the foster home's Tommy doll by destroying it with Joanne's priceless China ornament. That night, Chucky ties Andy up so he can finish what was started from before; the transferral of his soul into Andy's body. But Kyle, Andy's foster sister, is sneaking back into the house through his bedroom window and she interrupts the process. Confused, Kyle tries to help untie Andy, but Phil and Joanne unexpectedly arrive and accuse her of tying Andy up. Phil then throws the doll into the basement.

The next morning, Andy attends his first day at a new school. During recess, Chucky sneaks into the classroom and finds Andy's test paper on the teacher's desk. With class dismissed Ms. Kettlewell, the teacher, uncovers Andy's paper with an insult written all over it in crayon. She confronts Andy and he is forced to stay after school for detention. He's locked inside the classroom while Ms. Kettlewell leaves to phone Joanne and Phil. Andy tries to warn anybody on the other side of the locked door, until Chucky starts pounding on the closet door. Andy escapes through the classroom window when Ms. Kettlewell returns and notices the classroom is empty. Hearing a sound coming from the closet, she assumes Andy is hiding, but uncovers nothing. Confused, she attempts to leave, but Chucky stabs her with an air pump and then beats her to death with a yard stick. Back at the foster home, Phil and Joanne confront Andy about the phone call from his teacher. Phil scolds Andy for telling what he believes to be fictional stories about Chucky, and shows him that Chucky has been in the basement since last night.

In the middle of the night, Andy hears a noise downstairs. He arms himself with an electric carving knife and heads into the basement. Chucky wrestles with Andy, until Phil suddenly comes in and notices Andy holding the knife. Andy tries to warn him before he can walk down the steps, but Chucky trips him and leaves him dangling on the edge of the stairs, before dropping him, snapping his neck. Believing Andy responsible for the murder, Joanne angrily packs his things and sends him back to the foster care center. Kyle, knowing that Andy didn't kill Phil on purpose, tries unsuccessfully to reason with her and decides to have a cigarette outside, throwing Chucky into a garbage can. In using the tree swing, she accidentally uncovers the original Tommy doll, buried in the dirt. She then notices that the garbage can she tossed Chucky into is empty, causing her to realize that Andy was telling the truth. Terrified, she runs back into the house to warn Joanne, but discovers her dead body tied to a chair. Chucky reveals himself and threatens to kill Kyle, unless she cooperates.

He tells her to drive to the children's home poste haste. Kyle outwits Chucky by slamming onto the car's brakes, ejecting him through the windshield. Chucky recovers and once again takes Kyle Hostage. Finally reaching the home, he pulls the fire alarm in the facility to create a diversion. Amongst the commotion, the head of the center, Grace (with Andy in hand), angrily accuses Kyle of pulling the fire alarm. She grabs Chucky (who is in Kyle's arm's) and starts to yell at Kyle but is fatally stabbed to death after he reveals himself to be alive. Chucky grabs Andy and forces him to go where he can begin the transfer.

Andy is then seen walking with Chucky in hand toward the city's Good Guy doll factory. From there, Chucky knocks Andy out and begins to say the chant. Kyle rushes as fast as she can to find them, but the chant is completed before she can do so. Though it appears that Chucky had succeeded, he notices his nose bleeding, revealing that it is indeed too late and that he is trapped. Enraged, he tries to kill Andy, but Kyle manages to subdue him for a brief moment. While Andy and Kyle navigate through the huge labyrinth maze of boxes in the factory, Chucky does whatever he can to kill them, and in doing so loses a hand and both his legs in the process. Andy and Kyle think they have killed Chucky by sending him up a conveyor belt backward and having extra arms and legs attached to him. Seconds later as they walk away, Kyle is hit by the corpse of a dangling, swinging factory repair maintenance man that Chucky had killed earlier, and the force of the impact sends Kyle flying onto the conveyor belt, causing her to hit her head and be knocked unconscious, leaving Andy alone to fight Chucky. Andy manages to pour hot, melted plastic onto the killer doll, stopping him in his tracks. He then jumps onto the conveyor belt and wakes up Kyle, only to see Chucky emerge from the melted plastic pile and try to kill them until Kyle forces an air hose into his mouth, causing his head to inflate and explode, finally killing him. Andy and Kyle walk out of the factory into the bright new morning. Andy asks where they are going, to which Kyle replies "Home", even though neither one knows where home is.

An extended ending reveals that a piece of Chucky's flesh got into a tank of hot plastic. A machine is then seen making a new Good Guy Doll head, which then forms a sinister smile, setting up the events for Child's Play 3.

Cast

• Alex Vincent as Andy Barclay
• Jenny Agutter as Joanne Simpson
• Gerrit Graham as Phil Simpson
• Christine Elise as Kyle
• Grace Zabriskie as Grace Poole
• Peter Haskell as Mr. Sullivan
• Beth Grant as Miss Kettlewell
• Greg Germann as Mattson
• Brad Dourif as Chucky (voice)

Soundtrack score

Graeme Revell composed the film's score, it was conducted by the late Shirley Walker.

Reception

The film was successful for a horror film, its opening weekend earning an estimated $10,718,520, with only 1,996 screens in the United States. The film grossed an estimated $28,501,605 in the US and was #1 at the box office. It grossed an additional $7.2 million overseas.

The film received generally positive reviews, with a 43% 'Rotten' rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Whilst negative criticism was directed towards some scenes and areas of the script which were considered unrealistic or 'corny', positive reception was again directed towards the acting, in particular Brad Dourif who was again praised for his voice-acting of Chucky. Alex Vincent was also praised for his performance as Andy in the movie.

Film rights

MGM/United Artists released the original Child's Play in 1988, the rights to a sequel were bought in 1990 by Universal Studios.

External links

• Child's Play 2 at IMDb
• Child's Play 2 at AllMovie
• Child's Play 2 at Rotten Tomatoes