'Five Nights at Freddy's 2' Is a Messy, Un-Scary Sequel

'Five Nights at Freddy's 2' is a messy, un-scary sequel

How do you top "Five Nights at Freddy's," the video game movie adaptation about murderous anthropomorphic robots? If it's a battle for insipid nonsense, the answer is blindingly clear: "Five Nights at Freddy's 2."

‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ sequel is horrifically incomplete

“Five Nights at Freddy’s 2,” directed by Emma Tammi and released Dec. 5, outperforms its predecessor in scares but fails to deliver in terms of performances and plot. The movie is loosely based on the horror video game of the same name, but follows the original characters from the first film, released in October 2023. The sequel picks up a year after the conclusion of the first movie, with Mike Schmidt (Josh Hutcherson) trying his best to raise …