Movie Review #7: Willy's Wonderland (2021)

 

2021 marks the anniversary of many things, but this one is very important. It marks the 40th anniversary of Nicolas Cage's acting career. He started in 1981 in a little tv movie called The Best of Times (not to be confused with the Robin Williams / Kurt Russell high school football comeback comedy). I've never seen The Best of Times but I kinda want too, not only did Mr. Nicolas Cage first appear in that movie but so did Crispin Glover and Jill Schoelen  (who was a great underrated final girl in a bunch of 80s horror films.) I am a fan of Mr. Nicolas Cage and no matter how bad the movie is he's usually incredibly entertaining to watch. I also like weirdo horror films so I was totally in with Willy's Wonderland from the first second I heard about it!

This movie is weird too! So this movie starts with Nicolas Cage car being sabotaged and he is made to clean Willy's Wonderland in order for the owner to pay to fix his car. Nicolas Cage pretty much just drinks some kind of weird soda or maybe it was a energy drink. No matter what it is, Nick Cage has to drink it. And also play Pinball too. Also if you are wondering why I'm just calling him Nick Cage is well uh... he never says a word during this entire movie. And it's kind of amazing how he can create a memorable character without uttering a word.

Anyway throughout the night Nick Cage finds out that the animatronics are ALIVE and well it doesn't really seem to phase him. Like he's been through this before, he just beats the SHIT out of them. He curb stomps a damn Gorilla animatronic on a urinal! YOU DONT EVEN NEED TO READ ANY MORE JUST WATCH THIS MOVIE. It turns out that the original owner of Willy's Wonderland enjoyed murdering people which got the police's attention. They used a SATANIC RITUAL (Satanic Rituals can do anything in a horror film) to put their souls into the animatronics. Also a group of kids who know about Willy's Wonderland and want to destroy it are now stuck in here with Nick Cage.

I kinda loved how serious they took this movie. They could have easily made it a goof fest but something about it being serious making it even better. I also liked the rest of the actors in this movie. They are all likable characters and you feel bad when they end up dying because really this is just a slasher movie. Just one that has Nick Cage and animatronic mascots. I like typing the word animatronic. It's very fun, try it!

FINAL VERDICT: This movie is a lot o fun. It even has a song that is about the movie itself! Remember when that was a big thing in films. They were usually rap songs (in the 90s, like the TMNT movie) and even if I thought the rest of this movie was ass soup I'd still give it a great rating just for bring back the song that tells you the plot of the movie! It's great!