Five Nights at Freddy’s
Despite being a boring, tedious film, it has had incredible box office success.
While my trip to the Galapagos took me out of the theatre for several weeks, I decided to reward myself by going to see the box office hit Five Nights at Freddy’s. That was a sad mistake for various reasons.
Based on popular video games, it tells the story of a mentally ill security guard (Josh Hutcherson) who is employed to spend 5 nights working at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria. Filled with a group of creepy animal robots that sing and play musical instruments, they become a threat to humans with each passing day.
Subplots exist which leaves you checking your watch to see how long this horror film will last. Among other things, Hutcherson is haunted by the kidnapping of his younger brother years ago that leaves him doing all he can to protect Abby (Piper Rubio), his little sister who lives with him. This becomes a big problem when she accompanies him to the Pizzeria for his night job.
Further problems exist when his aunt (Mary Stuart Masterson) wants to take Abby away to collect the child support checks. In addition, the movie isn’t helped by the appearance of a mysterious police officer (Elizabeth Lail) with unknown intentions.
Though I found this film to be a profound waste of time, I’ve never seen the video game. I can’t help but speculate that most of the movie goers who liked this forgettable film have also enjoyed those videos. Keep that in mind.
