Willy's Wonderland (2021) KILL COUNT

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I like that the director helped James with this review's copyright issues and yet he still was honest in his criticism. I just appreciate that level of authenticity from James.

The Janitor's work ethic is literally everything I want to be. Showing up, not giving a crap and whatever's going on and just doing your work. When it's break time, it's break time.

The janitor is basically a player. He doesn't talk, he doesn't fear, he only rips and tear, until it's done.

Nicholas Cage being silent makes this film ten times funnier when he just cleans, gives the animatronics a weird look, plays pinball, and beats the shit out of them.

The fact that the director for this movie was able to help James to do this Kill Count puts a big giant smile on my face.

Part of the reason I love the fact that the Janitor is fully silent is because I'd like to think he's very much meant to be a video game main character without any voice lines or dialogue options while all the other characters are basically NPCs, that's why to them killing the animatronics seems impossible to do while it seems so easy for him

"He's not stuck in here with them, they're stuck in here with him" is probably one of my favorite lines in any movie

It's not that the animatronics are weak, It's because Nicolas Cage is incredibly powerful.

The breaks were probably the funniest part of the movie to me, and it only got funnier each time he took one. Nick Cage really said “fuck this”, and refused to do anything he didn’t feel like doing during his break. Mad respect.

I had heard a lot of theories that Cage’s character was somehow related to the tragedies there, like his parents were victims or some shit but he survived. And the trauma is why he doesn’t talk, and why he has a lot of “childish habits”. He went into the town already knowing what the deal was, which is why he seems so unfazed and wanted to stay even when he knew what was happening. He went to the town specifically to kill the creatures.

I think it actually makes sense that the animatronics have more human-like movement, considering that they are actually controlled by the souls of humans, who would be more naturally inclined to move like people rather than robots.

A small theory I have on Cage's janitor: Given we see dog tags on his rear view mirror, he's got a military background. His fighting style and prowess seems to indicate special ops, or even a commando. A military background might also explain his insistence on taking breaks as he was ordered by Tex to take breaks. His silence could be PTSD from his time in the military, or damage from a previous mission. It's all speculation, but it would give a fairly plausible explanation for his skills and dedication to a job that he reasonably should have walked out on. (He had no problems kicking that chained door down.)

I actually really dig Nick's character in this movie. The dog tags hanging from the rearview mirror imply a military background, with possible trauma explaining the silent demeanor and nonchalant approach to everything. I also really like the breaks. The levelling up allegory makes way more sense when you notice that each break has him getting better at the pinball cabinet over time, culminating in him rolling the score counter over while also dancing. It being his workbench as he prepares to fight Willy again is also really fitting.

I love that a huge star like Nic Cage is willing to take all of these roles in low budget films, and approach it from a place of passion.

I absolutely love how he’s more scared of the sheriff with a gun than demon robots trying to kill him XD

Tito was the best character in my opinion, the "AH MY BALLS" when she hit him repeatedly in the robot balls was hilarious.

I always felt Cage's character was supposed to be a silent first person shooter protagonist. A silent unquestioning person who's there to complete his objectives and fight enemies whenever they pop up and as soon as he's done fighting them he goes back to completing his objectives

Fun fact nic cage actually cleaned the entire bathroom of the vandalism. He said it was therapeutic for the character.

It feels like Cage is supposed to be an animatronic designed to kill willy and his gang. he doesn't talk, he's incredibly strong, he has to regularly take breaks to 'recharge' and fuel up by drinking punch and is incredibly and takes the brakes no matter what is currently happening around him.