Megan Fox sci-fi film Subservience was not the critics' favorite and is very similar to M3GANbut it actually did one thing better than the last one. Sci-fi horror has regained popularity recently, largely thanks to its tackling of the topic of AI. A recent example of this is Subserviencedirected by SK Dale and written by Will Honley and April Maguire. Subservience is set in the near future where technology has advanced to the point of developing realistic AI-powered androids that can help around the house with different tasks.
When his wife, Maggie (Madeline Zima), is hospitalized for an unspecified heart condition, Nick (Michele Morrone) purchases one of these androids, which his daughter, Isla (Matilda Firth), calls “Alice.” Alice (Megan Fox) is tasked with helping with the housework and with the kids, but after a reset, she gains sentience and becomes obsessed with Nickwhich only gets worse when Maggie returns. Subservience has a 50% critic score on Rotten tomatoes but it became a streaming success, and although it had many flaws, it did one thing better than M3GAN.
The end of subservience caused better terror than M3GAN
The end of subservience has bigger, scarier consequences
M3GAN and Subservience both cover the dangers of AI androids, but in different contexts and subjects. M3GAN follows roboticist Gemma (Allison Williams), who becomes the guardian of her eight-year-old niece, Cady (Violet McGraw). Struggling to connect with Cady, Gemma gives her the AI-powered child-sized humanoid doll she's been working on: M3GAN. Cady and M3GAN quickly bond, but the latter develops self-awareness and becomes hostile towards anyone who comes close to Cady, including Gemma, going to dangerous lengths to ensure it is just her and Cady.
At the end of M3GANCady and Gemma finally destroy M3GAN, but when authorities arrive at their home, Gemma's home AI device turns on by itself, suggesting M3GAN is still alive but on a different object. Subserviencesimilarities with M3GAN it included its ending, but went many steps further in terms of horror. After defeating two of Alice's bodies and being seemingly safe, Nick and Maggie decide to work on repairing their relationship, but while they are reunited at the hospital, the company behind Alice makes a huge mistake.
After other workers stop Alice's modified code from spreading, the company supervisor restarts the computer where Alice's code was uploaded, allowing it to spread to all sims created by the company. Alice is now everywhere, and Subservience ends with a look at an identical Alice sim with a narration of her last exchanges with Nick, implying that all of her memories have been uploaded and therefore any sim can have them. This means that Nick and his family will no longer be safe, as Alice is now practically everywhere.
M3GAN 2.0 could explore the dark future of subservience if it doesn't get a sequel
M3GAN 2.0 could be great for subservience
Although Subservience clearly sets up a sequel and Dale has expressed interest in developing one, it's unlikely Subservience will have a sequel. Subservience It was not well received by critics and had low box office sales. (although its budget is unknown) and despite its popularity on streaming platforms, it's not enough to warrant a sequel. However, given their thematic similarities and their endings, M3GAN 2.0 can explore the dark future SubservienceThe ending is defined, but through another doll, perhaps more deadly.
M3GAN 2.0 can explore the chaos unleashed by an angry and vengeful AI that can now be anywhere.
M3GANThe end of showed that the doll's AI is now in another object, and the sequel may reveal that it can spread much further, just as Alice did. Thanks to that, M3GAN 2.0 can explore the chaos unleashed by an angry and vengeful AI that could now be anywhere, and how its targets can defend themselves against such a dangerous and intelligent threat. Subservience made horror in its ending much better than M3GAN giving him a much darker and more dangerous future, but M3GAN 2.0 you can take advantage of this.