M3GAN 2.0, which sees Johnstone return as director alongside screenwriter Akela Cooper, proves that the first film was no fluke. Universal PicturesTwo years after the events of M3GAN, Gemma has miraculously turned her career around by becoming an advocate for increased federal regulation of AI. At some points it feels like M3GAN 2.0 is an exercise in “how to make a horror comedy hit” by committee, but you’ll be having so much fun watching M3GAN engage in her latest hijink that you won’t much care. Universal PicturesDespite the layer of cynicism bubbling under the surface, and the film’s sometimes irritating insistence on doubling down on the original film’s most meme-able moments, M3GAN 2.0 is a grand, absurdly fun good time. M3GAN 2.0 opens in theaters June 27.