2/20/2023 0 Comments Wally wonderlandIn the very least, Willy's Wonderland perhaps gives Five Nights at Freddy's fans a more fleshed-out backstory for its possessed pizzatorium than you get for Freddy's in the game series, and at its best, the movie is sort of mindless mayhem anchored by Cage, who also serves as an executive producer, as he bludgeons his way through ghastly versions of gators, gorillas, ostriches, and more. Without giving too much away, Cage's "Man With No Name"-type hero feels like he could be fascinating, but then the final screw never gets turned and we're left kind of adrift in a movie that could have been more. It sort of settles on an "okay" answer palate, giving us only medium surprises, when it could push boundaries further and get a lot more wild than it does. In fact, overlooking the paltry purse strings of the film (because that can't be helped), the only egregious error here is that the story doesn't go far enough. There's a lingering puzzle about Cage's character that doesn't quite pay off. Or maybe he does know? You can never quite tell. Little does the Janitor know that the lair's dormant animatronic characters will slice you to ribbons given half a chance. He just has to clean the place until morning. In order to fix his sabotaged car, Cage's "Janitor" (as he's labeled in the credits), is offered an overnight stay, and job, at a rundown family arcade called Willy's Wonderland. Cage stars as a silent, soda-swigging, mysterious Camaro driver who falls victim to the sinister swindle of a non-internet-having town called Hayesville. It's sufficient to make for a sort of overlong standalone X-Files episode. No, "Nic Cage battling killer party puppets" isn't enough of a gimmick to carry an entire film, and Willy's Wonderland does strain a bit to fill its already short runtime, but it's enough for this type of small production. It's not pretty to look at and it's edited sort of clumsily, in hyperkinetic ways meant to distract from some of the shoddiness, but the bare bones of this film are surprisingly strong. Cheese chain, is cheaply presented and goes for easy, low-hanging thrills.
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