Five Nights At Freddy's 2 (2025) Dir: Emma Tammi
- Ridley Coote
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If you had asked me before this year if I would have gone to see the 'Five Nights At Freddy's' sequel at the cinema, I'd have said there was no chance, but my surprise enjoyment of that aforementioned first film convinced me to give this Emma Tammi directed follow-up a chance. Early reviews absolutely panned the film, which did make me a little nervous, but I wasn't dissuaded from going, again, because of my aforementioned enjoyment of the first film.
Much like the first film, this was not a film for the purists. Nothing about the individual aspects could really be called 'good', except for how some of the animatronics looked, which I admittedly quite liked. I did also enjoy the use of the classic 'FNAF' music for the opening and closing credits, but the rest of the soundtrack was only notable for how truly forgettable it was.
The screenplay was an absolute mess, full of lifeless secondary characters, ridiculous plot points, and a general lack of cohesive or effective writing. I think the story for the first film, which itself hadn't been great, was much better than this one, but, and there is a but, I still found myself having a legitimately good time. Whether it was the silly attempts at comedy, or that classic feeling of a film almost being 'so bad it's good', this had something going for it.
The likes of Josh Hutcherson, Elizabeth Lail, and Piper Rubio, all returned to reprise their roles, and delivered the same kind of mediocre acting that they had provided in the first film, albeit with slightly better chemistry this time. The film also featured, rather randomly, McKenna Grace, in a weirdly small and bizarre role, which, in fairness, she performed well, but it was odd seeing her be so underutilised. I should also at least briefly mention the likes of Matthew Lillard, Theodus Crane, Freddy Carter, Skeet Ulrich, and Megan Fox, for their various supporting roles, random though some of their casting was.
Overall, I think it would be fair to call this a bad film, by any stretch of technical or critical analysis. However, much like with the first film, I found myself enjoying it more than I expected. I honestly can't even fully say why, because I was acutely aware of how bad the film was whilst it was playing, but I was also smiling and laughing a lot, so it was doing something right. It even got an ovation when the credits rolled, albeit this was almost certainly some late-born 'Gen Z' teenage trend, having seen other reactions to the film online. Regardless, I had fun, even if it was really quite a poor film.
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