Despite all these upgrades, Chucky actually seems less intimidating than before.
Part of this can be blamed on the ugly new character design, although he’s really hamstrung by the inevitable limits of an animatronic character’s performance.
But when you get down to it, his personality isn’t all that interesting anymore.
While the eyes are the only feature that appear to be computer generated, the facial expressions can be confusing, relying on the score to cue us what Chucky is ‘thinking.’