Parents' Guide to Five Nights at Freddy's 2

After initially showing some promise, this cash-in sequel devolves into the most achingly shopworn, mechanical batch of mismatched clichés imaginable; it's like a rundown robot. The dialogue in Five Nights at Freddy's 2 feels forced and mismatched, as if characters aren't really speaking or listening to each other. Characters split up when they shouldn't. Day suddenly turns to night. Robots that normally squeak and clunk and rumble the ground when they walk other times simply appear silently. The "original" Freddy's restaurant seems to magically emerge in town as if no one ever knew it was there, though it's close enough that Abby can ride her bike to it. And Abby's robotics teacher (Seinfeld's Wayne Knight) emotionally bullies her in a merciless way, going so far as to deliberately destroy her creation before the science fair, all so that when he meets his end, it's something viewers can root for.

There are dozens of other small irritants, too, from convenient coincidences to a complete lack of understanding of time passing. It all ends with a vague, seemingly random collection of twists that seem to suggest a third movie, but Five Nights at Freddy's 2 is more than plenty.