In the last few years, Nicolas Cage has become a cult actor identified with B-movies, especially action flix. This one hits an all-time low and I imagine the only reason he took the job was that he didn’t have to learn any lines (he never speaks). His character ends up agreeing to clean the titular theme restaurant (apologies to Chuck E. Cheese), but the twist is… all the animatronics are possessed by evil spirits. Yes, it’s as ridiculous as it sounds. POTENTIALLY, there could have been an opportunity for campy humor and outrageous, cartoon violence, but it’s neither. The script is embarrassingly bad and the kills are just a bunch of furious punches, spraying blood and bits of gore. Nothing original, clever or remotely worth watching.
(1 / 5)