Courtesy of Blumhouse, the long-gestating movie adaptation of the popular videogame finds troubled Mike (Josh Hutcherson) trying to look after his younger sister and taking on a night security job at an abandoned 80s pizzeria complex, where the animatronic mascots come to life with seemingly murderous intent. The mise-en-scene is pleasingly authentic to the game, but generally the film is a routine grind through jump-scares and toothless violent scenes with a disappointing lack of tension and indeed few scenes with the giant animatronic creatures. It maintains some interest more than others of its type through some good editing and interesting use of camera, together with a solid performance from Hutcherson who is on-screen almost all the time, even if pacing and tone tend to wander and plot strands never really convince or gel, such as the dour child-abduction sub-plot. The ending smacks of rather desperate sequel-baiting, but on this evidence there is little to convince that the material would warrant another outing.
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