Five Nights at Freddy's 2 Review

 

Okay, I'm doing what I usually do during the Christmas season. Wanting to review Christmas movies and specials but something interesting gets in the way. Oh well, got nobody to blame but myself.

Five Nights at Freddy's 2 is a supernatural horror movie based on the video game series Five Nights at Freddy's and the sequel to the 2023 film adaptation. Blumhouse Productions and Scott Cawthon Productions produced with Universal Pictures doing distributing. This time around Scott Cawthon is the only one writing the story but Emma Tammi has returned to direct.

The story is, it's been a whole year since the events of the previous movie and security guard Mike is trying his best to move on from those events alongside his 11 year old sister Abby. But when Abby decides to finally check in on her animatronic friends and reconnect with them, she unknowingly sets off a chain of events that'll reveal a secret hidden away in Freddy Fazbear's Pizza.

Initial Reaction

Now I'll be the first to admit it, but I actually liked the first movie. I don't think it's a masterpiece I just thought it was pretty decent. So I was curious what the sequel had in store.

Cons

My only complaint is we have a human villain and he has a connection to William Afton and it's supposed to this big shocking reveal. The problem with that is he appears so little in the movie that I wouldn't be shocked if I hear and read from other reviewers and audiences that they completely forgot about him.

Middle Ground

So we more or less have a lot of the same slight issues from before. That being again I did find some enjoyment from the story, but the scare factor wasn't full there. Although I did find the new animatronic villain's design to be pretty good and the look they give the person their possessing did actually look little creepy. There's also the characters. Now Mike was okay in this, he is giving the vibe he wants to move on, but they don't really develop his character more. Which is a bummer because the other characters, Vanessa and Abby both have some development. Abby feels like she doesn't fit in and wants to make Fazbear gang again because she feels as though as those are real friends. And Vanessa is struggling with her past and trauma, thus she desperately wants to move and be normal.

Pros

The only thing I'll praise is the animatronics. Once again they look like they leaped out of the game, they look great. So if there's anything to give applause to, it's the tremendous job from Jim Henson's Creature Shop.

Much like the previous movie, I didn't hate it but I still acknowledge it's flaws.

My final rating is, Okay.

That's all for now. Come back on Monday, Dec 8th, for my Cinematic Disasters review of, Santa Claus: The Movie. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.