WILLY'S WONDERLAND - FNAF but Nicolas Cage is the Janitor 

This movie has the same energy of "If I was in FNAF I would fight back, I wouldn't get killed by a dumb animatronic" comment and it's fucking great honestly

My biggest disappointment with the film was the fact the line “He’s not trapped in here with them, they’re trapped in here with him.” wasn't '“He’s not trapped in here with them, they’re CAGED in here with him.”. Would have been perfect....

This movie suddenly makes a lot more sense when you choose to believe that it's all actually just a video game. I kept joking to myself that Nic's character is acting a lot like a speedrunner playing an old horror game from the 00's or something, and that's when I was like "oh shit wait a minute." The fake night sky. That's just a poorly textured skybox. The weird tropey behavior of the other actors. Duh, they're NPCs. Nic's obsession with those soda drinks. They're obviously how he heals, or they're power-ups or something. The foam appendages actually doing damage.... it's all video game logic. We don't see what Nic sees - he's got a hud and ui and everything. There's dialogue boxes over the NPCs that he's desperately trying to skip through. He's mute because he's the silent protagonist. Boom.

The nail file scene makes perfect sense if you've been a janitor. His fingers look dry and irritated bc he's been scrubbing cleaner into things with them for hours. I actually really like this movie as someone who was a nighttime janitor for years. This is exactly how you would act if anything was trying to keep you from getting home to sleep.

The reason he's taking his job so seriously is to complete all the side quests to max out his stats.

Imagine the movie was actually just a scheme to get Nic Cage to clean their bathrooms

Willy's Wonderland is unironically one of my favorite movies. It has absolutely fabulous visuals imo, is very fun, and I just love the simplicity of it; the entire point being "Nick Cage doesn't give a fuck". Kinda like the "show, don't tell" version of Shia LaBeouf's "JUST DO IT" speech, which is refreshing after watching thousands of people in movies and also real life constantly complain and fail at things (including ourselves).

To be fair, I like the idea that the reason why Nic Cage is so weird in this movie it's because, as you mentioned, dude's a videogame player character. Silent Protagonist, is given a side quest (Clean the place) and he's doing it be the last thing he does, he does mini games (the pinball), he only works in "levels" and "boss fights," he's never really filthy despite the carnage... He's just the Dragonborn honestly.

The part where he leaves the girl to fight for herself because it's time for his break killed me

it actually doesn't look that bad for a bottom budget movie. future cult classic

I have the deepest respect for Nicolas Cage. Dude just does what he wants, he's having fun. That's the greatest thing you can hope for in an actor

I imagine that the reason The Janitor was so set on completing tasks and taking breaks and stuff is a play on gaming, the kitchen was a safe room to resupply and heal, also his obsessive cleaning and playing the arcade game is a reference to maxxing out your stats on side quests. He’s also got the silent badass protagonist trope, and the kids explaining to him everything is classic exposition dumping.

you missed a huge overarching story, Cage's character was mute due to a childhood incident that traumatized him... theorized online that he was one of the original kids to be attacked but actually survived, he intentionally drove over the spike strip, and knew exactly where he was and what he was doing. he went all that way, to be locked in, and deal with the animatronics himself. which is why he shows familiarity with the establishment, and shows so much attention to the old pinball machine. he used to go there as a child.

“Nick cage as a mute janitor who beats up animatronics and plays video games” Is my favourite concept for a movie

Honestly the fact that he goes back to clean everything perfectly after each kill is amazing to me

Cage is from an action game world. He's silent, he has rules he has to follow, and he's capable of effectively fighting back. Everyone else is from a horror movie doing horror movie things and being baffled by Cage defying their logic. Towards the end that one girl enters Cages world and is able to fight back and when she gets in his car she doesn't say anything; they just understand each other because they're in the same world now.

The fact that Nicholas Cage is using his influence on this fun smaller project has really increased my respect for him.

Nicolas Cage himself said he basically only does movies that interest him, and also that his interests hop around a lot, which can be both good him being in smaller movies, and bad, when he loses interest in a film mid-way.

I love the fact that this movie doesn't take itself seriously at all

Nics refusal to speak in this movie makes it feel like an art film. Like no one else on the cast was able to act as well as him and he didn’t even act other than physically. He ironically said more than anyone without saying anything.

I liked the contrast between the average virgin horror movie teens that are just there to die vs the chad Nicholas cage that is just there to clean

Even if the whole concept for the movie is suspiciously familiar, the mere fact that Nick Cage's character takes his job so seriously, despite everything going on, even to the point where he takes breaks as if he's just some regular employee is pretty unique and hilarious. And him not talking makes it even funnier because you have no idea why he's this insistent on keeping the place clean lmao. He gives off the vibe of a person who's played a videogame so many times that it doesn't scare them anymore, so they're just intensely focused on completing all the quests as efficiently as they can.

In the gorilla's defense, if Nick Cage attacked me with a plunger I wouldn't know what to do either...

This movie is a literal masterpiece. I don't see why you would think that the fact that Nicholas Cage literally pulling an assassin's creed on every single one of these serial-killer-possessed animatronics like he's taking a dog for a walk, all while chugging about 20 cans of punch and playing pinball like he's a kid in the 1980's makes the movie so bad. For real though, Nicholas Cage matches the power of Shaggy in this movie.

Nic Cage in this movie is like the Doom Slayer he’s silent, doesn’t care about anything else, he solves his problems by punching, and cares about only one thing.

I wonder if the reason Cage's Character had such a clean beard, changed his shirt after every murder, filed his nails with sandpaper, and etc., was to make him seem like a psychotic germaphobe or perhaps a very heavy case of OCD where his compulsion to clean comes before the thought of killing the rest of the machines or even leaving the establishment. Just an idea though of what the writers could have been trying to convey.

I absolutely love Nick's character in this. He feels like he knows he's the main character. You can't stop him, because HE is the protagonist. HE has the plot armor. YOU don't.

There is absolutely *_0% chance_* the writer wasn't inspired in the slightest by Five Nights at Freddy's...

Fnaf: survive the animatronics attacks Willys wonderland: survive nick cages attacks

What you missed is that Willy was actually the smartest. He was trying to stay out of Nick's way. That's why he killed the cop who kept brining Nick to him.

Fun fact that ozzie the ostrich fight was actually achieved with people in green morph suits jerking the body all over the place then the green screen effect was added

The man doesn't talk, hates filth, has to stick to a strict schedule, likes a very specific food to an obsessive level, is ridiculously good at a specific game and has to change when icky stuff gets on him. As an autistic individual, I am seeing some similarities, albeit overplayed

Nick should have said "pop goes the weasel" after killing willy

Imagine thinking this Movie is Bad, to me this looks like a great Horror Comedy

this is the fourth fucking time I watched this and I just realized the reason why the Cardboard Cutout of Nick is silent because Nick's role in the movie is silent god fucking damn it

I like the theory that he was one of the kids attacked at willy’s back in the day but he escaped. Traumatized his whole life, he returns to seek vengeance on willy’s by destroying the animatronics and cleaning/restoring it to its former glory. It would explain his familiarity with the pinball machine, and the reaction he has to the birthday song. Plus some of the looks he gives early on tell me he knows what’s up.

I can just imagine... if when they performed that satanic ritual, they accidentally possessed a couple of chairs instead of the animatronics. that would have been hilarious!

This movie is a horror movie from the animatronics perspective

I came across this movie totally by accident. I had never heard of it before and had no idea what to expect. And I absolutely loved it. XD The fact that Cage's character never spoke a single word the entire time was hilarious to me. lol I imagine that if you had a lot of hype built up prior to the release of the film, it might be a bit disappointing. But for someone who just hears about it and can immediately watch it, it's pretty fantastic. lol

I understand your disappointment with the film, but I personally don’t feel the same. This movie is EXACTLY what I wanted

I wish Nick Cage, after each fight, said “I just cleaned this” as his only lines in the film

after killing willy, he should have said "And that's my shift"

27:32 on God I wish I was that animatronic

He's Player Character. Hence the health drinks and everyones just baffling response to his mutness.

This movie tells me that I should be more scared of being in a room with Nick Cage than 8 murderers

Tbh i think the story of this movie is like a videogame and Nick is the playable protagonist. When he cleans he is doing a secondary task (like those missions in games that just gives you a prize or in-game money, but don't affect the story)

It’s even structured like a game. The punch pop,the cleaning,the pinball…and even how he encounters the animatronics… …how has nobody made a game based on this? Someone call devolver!

I think its better he doesn't say a single word. It makes it more funny, cause i see him as less of a silent badass and more more of a dude who just doesn't give a shit about whats going on

have you seen the new elvis video

I personally love this movie, specifically for its stupidity. Nicolaus Cage being silent the whole film is hilarious, especially in the montage where he is just cleaning a bathroom. I feel like the movie was mainly trying to be stupid while still being kinda cool, and I think they succeeded greatly.

Here Nick Cage plays perfectly a FNAF protagonist that know what's happening there but comes back to work everyday. If it seems stupid is because it is, but that's how it works.

Nic Cage is such a chad that even the shittiest of movies can still be " somewhat- good " just by having him

I personally like the fact that Nick Cage doesn't speak/does weird random stuff because he's supposed to play a person who's suffering from PTSD

I just watched nicolas cage silently bash freddy fazbear from wish's head with a bag full of energy drinks...10/10 must watch movie

its some how funnier having nick cage be mute, imagine how hard it mustve been for him not not speak, you keep expecting him to say something but he just never does

Nic Cage auditioned to be Doomslayer, but got recasted to janitor instead

Is nobody going to mentioning the whole reason the main Character is silent is because its(a reference to the game series that inspired it, FNAF) -a reference to a majority of video games- having a main character that doesn’t talk? Like even when they are spoken to, they just stare and don’t say a word? No? Okay

This is one of the most hilarious commentaries over a film I’ve ever seen. Constantly had me in tears

I actually just watched it, and while it'll never win an award, it was genuinely a fun movie to watch.

The way the character was written makes it seem like he's showing signs of ptsd and ocd making you think that he was one of the kids who was attacked and he was wanting to come to the town.

This movie has taught me that the deadliest creature on this earth is a man with a severe case of OCD

I love how anything to do with animatronics just HAS to link to Fnaf. It’s kind of annoying because it limits a lot of writers. I remember reading a book that got so many reviews mocking the writer for writing a book that had Animatronics as a antagonist. And he ended up stopping the sales of the book

Loved this, shows what a good actor Cage can be, he doesn't say a word yet he is riveting to watch in this

Okay, so this movie IS a video game. Silent protagonist given weird objective - doesn't question it, just does it. Kills the first boss (Ozzie), gets cleaned up (like in video games when you're randomly no longer covered in blood, etc.), drinks health item (purple Punch drink), continues completing objective(s) until silent protag triggers the next boss fight.

Love how when The “Head Shoulders Knees and Toes” is playing, whilst tied up, Nick uses his head shoulders knees and toes to beat shit outta the animatronics

Nobody is talking about how he didn't die of a heart attack from the thousands of grams of caffeine he drunk in the time period of a day.

I loved this movie, it knew how to make fun of itself and took only the most ridiculous aspects seriously. They took a simple concept and made every joke they could with it while keeping a straight face, awesome.

Right before the video started play i got a FNAF movie ad. Thought it was part of the video.

This movie is flawless. I don’t know what you’re talking about.

Watching Nic Cage killing animatronics while listening to Doom Eternal music hits different.

One thing I like about Nicholas Cage, he's his own man. Him & Samuel Jackson don't mind going out of the norm of Hollywood to do movies that some of us would deem wack or low budget. They don't mind giving new directors a chance. They love entertaining & they love putting their own personal touch to it. I commend them for doing what they enjoy & even more for doing it unpopular directors.

Peak so-bad-it's-good, unironically one of my favorite movies I've ever watched

Fnaf night guard: doesn’t care about the robots and just does their job Willys wonderland Janitor: does his job and destroys animatronics if they get in the way

The finale scene when nick was getting held at gunpoint it would have been so funny just turning around and bending her shotgun

It is basically 5 Nights at Freddy's meets Nick Cage and that is just a match made in insanity heaven.

I like to imagine that all the animatronics have foam items but are so strong they basically are as strong as metal, and Nicholas cage is basically as strong as goku compared to the animatronics

Thanks for the review, Alan the Alien!

Having him change his shirt constantly is a really funny way to not have to put work into continuity. I kinda like it

FNAF but gordon freeman

I think every Nicholas Cage movie should have him going crazy

I really wish after the fight with Willy he had one line and said “looks like you couldn’t *weasel* your way out of this one” I woulda lost my mind

I do think it’s pretty incredible that they managed to do so much with a character with zero dialogue. You see it a lot in video games for convenience, but you don’t see it almost at all in movies, and I think the director and the writer need some praise for it. Y’all can shut me down and say it’s easy or whatever, but it’s way harder to tell a story through action than it is to tell a story through dialogue.

Not The FNAF Movie We Wanted, But The One We Needed

A theory I personally have is that this is the same character he was in Mandy which is why he doesn’t blink at the animatronics. It also explains why he drinks punch maybe it has the same effect as the drug he got addicted to

I think the underlying plot was that Nic Cage was one of the kids at Willys when they were murdering people and he was traumatised so he voluntarily returned to kill the animatronics as an adult. The love of the soda and the pinball machine harkens back to the things that he loved as a child at Willys, I think his character is suffering from extreme PTSD but rather than withdrawing, he's channelling it into the cleaning and killing of the animatronics, trying to restore Willys to the place it should've been when he was a child.

The reason she wouldn't just help him is because him killing so many of those animatronics highlights how all the people she's sacrificed to them were pointless. Most people won't want to look at a truth like that, and instead lash out.

I like to imagine that this is a character Nicholas cage plays before he goes to a different place to beat up other bad guys like he's travelling to beat up some men for kidnapping his wife or something then he has to stop by and get his car fixed and beat these guys like a side mission

this is one of those movies that you shouldn't think to much into and have fun with it

Plot twist: Nicholas cage was only using 0.001 percent of his power

"not as good as I hoped it would be" Yeah I'll have to agree with that, because it was even better

lol the shirt changing was to hide the fact that they didnt know what order the movie shots went in so Cage had a clean shirt on at the beginning of each filming session.

"Pop goes the Weasel" would had worked as well...

This is like doing a sidequest that you are way too overleved for.

Alternate title: Nicholas cage beats the everloving crap out of the Willie's wonderland animatronics, plays pin ball, and dances his life away: the movie.

Nick Final One Line: Pop goes the Weasel.

Speaking of Nic Cage line delivery, and I know it’s not your genre, but Moonstruck would be hilarious for you to review. It’s basically an Italian-American rom-com where he and Cher fall in love and he goes on a huge monologue about his wooden hand and it’s *chef’s kiss*

Someone should make a movie called “The Janitor” and it would be about a Janitor at the scp foundation during a 049 - 2 breach with Nicolas Cage as the Janitor

I think Cage’s character was supposed to be an ex-military guy who doesn’t talk much because he’s seen shit. There’s dog tags in his car at the beginning and it would explain the “strict schedule” thing as well as the “always following direct orders” (like following what Tex said about breaks) and being obsessed with cleaning (because he was used to doing all those things back when he was still in the military).

This movie feels like a movie adaptation of a fnaf fan game that doesnt exist, and im all for it

Of all the movies I want to see with live commentary from you, this is the one I'd most want to watch.