The possessed doll Chucky is remade and sets out to find Andy, the child he must killed to become human. Andy, whose mother is being held in a mental institution because she insists the events in the first film happened, is placed in a foster home and must fight off Chucky with the help of his foster-sister, Kyle.
Suspension of disbelief. Let’s say it all together. Now I’m pretty game with horror films. I’m willing to accept that a mass murderer can use voodoo to put himself into a doll. But after that, the filmmaker needs to give me something I can believe without effort. Nothing in Child’s Play 2 fits the bill. The Good Guy’s toy factory decides to repair Chucky (which, considering his condition at the end of the first film, is quite a feat) because of possible bad press from the events of the first film. Yes, because a now-institutionalized woman, a young child, and a wounded cop say a doll did it, they fix the doll. Ummm. OK. Then this kid who claims a doll kills, who is considered to be living in a horrific fantasy world, and is part of a murder investigation, is given to foster parents with no clue of…anything. Nah, no psychological or police investigations needed. Hmmmm. The little plastic doll shows up everywhere and kills a teacher with a ruler (this school district must reinforce its rulers with iron). Of course the doll can beat up not only children, but adults. And, it must have a Uranium core to explain its momentum as that’s the only way a doll could smash out a car windshield when the car stops suddenly (note to self, avoid cars with candy-sugar windows). It is one unbelievable thing after another. Much like the first, if they’d made this a comedy, that wouldn’t be a problem, but they tried for frightening, and just got silly. It all ends up at the Good Guys factory. Chucky and our heroes, Andy and a girl who is the Hollywood version of troubled, just happen to drive by the Good Guy’s factory—coincidence? This factory runs all night, but only has one employee. They also lock random doors marked exit and stack thousands of dolls on the factory floor. And that nonsensical scene is the best in the film.