Food Wars

*Food Wars* is a 2016 computer animated comedy film produced by Actors 3D Entertainment & Ankora Films and distributed by Columbia Pictures. *Food Wars* was directed by Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan. written by Evan Goldberg, and produced by Vernon. The film was released to theaters August 12, 2016 and recieved mixed-to-negative reviews from critics, although it was a box office hit.

## Why It's Awful

* This was intended to be Ankora's first **adult animated film,** but Actors 3D refused to and made the film kid-friendly, despite some scenes where the foods gets "murdered" to the point that it gets ***way*** **too dark for a kids' film.**
* Lots of blatant product placement throughout the film: among them McDonald's, Burger King, Starbucks, Walmart, and other food-related companies. So far, this film has the most product placement in animation history.
* The film is *way* too overloaded with lame food puns, like "lettuce know if you have any questions", "I've got cream-whipped!", and "you son of a banana!"
* Some characters are unlikable, most notably Frank (since he wants to get revenge on humans for supposedly "murdering" food, although he wants to **kill them**, making him a complete idiot and psychopath). Olive Onion is an one-dimensional stale-as-bread love interest for Benny who sometimes *repudiates* Benny for no reason. Chef Douche is a very weak villain. He just serves as Frank's punching bag every time, making Frank the actual villain of the film; besides, why is he even called **"Chef Douche"?**
* Awkward plot that can get confusing and chaotic for most viewers: Benny & the food gang seek revenge on humans since they already know that they will get eaten, while *still* finding purpose like if they hadn't known their fate of being eaten.
* Unlike Actors 3D's other films, this film was too mean-spirited and lacked emotional depth. Benny always gets forced by Frank and his supporters to agree with their plan, even though Benny doesn't want to get revenge on humanity. Also, the Food Gang's constant manipulation on Benny doesn't help at all either.
* Unnecessary pop culture references, in addition to the lame food puns, to *The Wizard Of Oz, West Side Story, Terminator 2: Judgement Day,* and other various films. Also, the film tries to be hip and cool with the audience but fails to do so.
* **Too much violent material for a kids' film**, considering why this film recieved a PG rating: there's a horrifying clip where **the foods get chopped by humans!** (but thankfully it was a short clip). Another scene has the Food Gang running away from Chef Douche (who kills some of the foods) and others end up smashed by automobiles. There's even one scene where.... Chef Douche tortures King Cake in *an overheated oven*?
* It wasted the voice talents of Seth Rogen, Kristen Wilg, Edward Norton, Steve Buscemi, James Franco, Drew Carey, and even Bill Hader (who decided not to return for *Marco 4* all because of this film)
* In several implications of the film, it comes off as racist: Sammy Jr. is a Jewish stereotype (considering the fact that he's a bagel), Pita and Falafel are a stereotypical Arab couple, and Pablo Jalapeno Manzano is a Mexican pepper.
* The film suffers from a rather dumb and idiotically executed story along with awful writing.
* Some trailers for this film are terrible it's no wonder why this became a box office hit.
* This film comes from **Actors 3D Entertainment,** who's best known for producing good-quality animated films, like the *Marco* and *Josh Samuel* movies. This film just proves to be a cynical cashgrab and is a major downgrade for the studio (but, that can be blamed on Ankora, since they were the ones really responsible for this film)
* Some rather mediocre attempts at comedy: before the "foods get chopped" scene, Frank says in a deadpan tone, "Man, I wish I weren't dead" and seconds later, a knife *cuts his back!* Another example would be the infamous food fight scene where Benny almost gets killed after being tossed to the window.
* Some excruciating dialogue, most notably Frank's "EXTERMINATE THEM, YOU IDIOT!" and Chef Douche's "Somebody's gonna be roasted chicken tonight!", the latter being laughable.
* The film contains some inappropiate moments for a family film, such as one scene where the Food Gang dance hip-hop & move themselves in a sexually explicit way, and another scene when Watermelon Guy utters the word "piss" after seeing Guac's avocado sons being crushed by the door.

## Good Qualities

* Like most Actors 3D films, it has dazzling animation and enough solid comedy to keep viewers entertained.
* Good soundtrack.
* Great voice acting, despite the voice talents being wasted.
* The action scenes are entertaining to watch, despite the violent material.
* Benny is a likable protagonist. Some characters are likable too, like Sammy Jr. and Amy (the young girl who took care of Benny)
* It has an interesting concept about food being sentient creatures, although it wasn't executed well.
* Depending on your opinion, the ending was decent.
* "I'm just a couch potato"
* The film's references to *Avengers: Age Of Ultron* & *Saving Private Ryan* are very well done and funny.