M3GAN 2.0 (2025)

"Preposterously Entertaining"

The sequel to 2023's highly successful M3GAN is getting a 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD release from Universal. While the original mixed the satire of a Black Mirror episode into what was essentially a pulpy piece of robot on the rampage mayhem, M3GAN 2.0 goes the 'everything bigger and crazier' route, coming across more like a cross between a MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE movie and TERMINATOR 3.

Child robot companion M3GAN is 'dead', 'killed' after she went crazy and caused multiple murders. However, a new adult female robot threat has appeared in the form of A.M.E.L.I.A (Ivanna Sakno) who is busy killing anyone connected with the development of robot construction and programming. And that includes M3GAN's creator Gemma (Allison Williams).

The FBI inform her of this after they've broken into her house. After they leave it turns out M3Gan has been living in the electronic devices there. She convinces Gemma that she may be the only thing that can defeat A.M.E.L.I.A and ends up put into a 'Tellytubby' (her words) body before they set off to the party of tech billionaire Jemaine Clement who it turns out has become A.M.E.L.I.A's next target.

It gets considerably more convoluted and crazy after that with car chases, explosions, bizarre twists and ridiculous revelations and, of course, several female robot smackdown duels. The film does have a few things to say about AI but they take more of a backseat to the action than in the first film. Mind you, there are more filmic in-jokes this time around as well, with nods to Knight Rider, Fritz Lang's METROPOLIS and even the music of Les Baxter for those of us who like to spot such things.

Universal's disc contains both the theatrical and unrated (a bit more splattery blood) versions with the unrated version being 48 seconds longer on the 4K UHD disc and 50 seconds longer on the Blu-ray presumably because of frame rates. Needless to say the 4K UHD offers quite the upscale on image quality compared with the Blu-ray.

Extras consists of four short featurettes which you should watch after the film as they contain spoilers (and no warning). These are an eleven minute making of, eight minutes on the practical effects, eight minutes on the stunt work and a five minute breakdown of the AI convention scene. 

M3GAN 2.0 is out from Universal on 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD on Monday 29th September 2025