Bendy and the Ink Machine (Film)

Bendy and the Ink Machine is a 2022 American live-action/animated musical horror comedy film directed by Edgar Wright and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is based on the survival horror videogame of the same name by TheMeatly Games. The film, which is the second installment in the Horror Game film series, stars Matthew Patrick in both a live action and a voice role alongside Stephanie Cordato, J.K. Simmons, Bill Farmer, Will Ryan, Michael Caine and Benedict Cumberbatch.

Bendy and the Ink Machine will premiere in Sydney, Australia on Janurary 14, 2022, and was released in the United States on Feburary 10, 2022, in 3D, IMAX, and IMAX 3D.

Plot
One year after the events of Five Nights At Freddy's, Matthew Patrick visits his grandfather Henry, who tells him about how he used to work at Joey Drew Studios in 1924. Henry then dies of a heart attack as he remembers something terrible happening there. Two weeks later, Matthew gets a call from Benny Drew, Joey Drew's son, asking him to come voice Bendy, the main character of the show Henry once worked on, at Sillyvision Animation Studios, where he plans to reboot the old Bendy show. Wanting to finish what his grandfather started, Matthew accepts.

Matthew arrives at the studio to find his ex-girlfriend Stephanie as the actress for Alice Angel, another character in the show, which Matthew resents. In the basement, Matthew finds a shrine to Bendy. Benny explains to Matthew that he is going to use the studios Ink Machine to merge him with Bendy and help him walk. Matthew tries to stop him, but Benny locks him in a cupboard. Benny summons the Ink Demon, a monster version of Bendy, and merges with him, letting him walk. The Ink Demon uses the ink to turn the studio into a nightmarish prison, kills half the workers and locks the survivors in the attic, and appoints the downtrodden music director Lenny Lawrence as his executioner.

Matthew is rescued by a nicer version of Bendy, bought to life by the ink, who wants revenge on Benny for ruining his image. The two decide to find Stephanie so she can fix the ink machine and end the Ink Demon forever. They find Stephanie being helped by a living Alice Angel, who also wants the Ink Demon gone. Stephanie and Matthew get into a fight, only to be interrupted by Lenny, who captures Alice. Bendy, now angry at Matthew and Stephanie for losing Alice, accidentally summons the Ink Demon and they are chased through the corridor. They escape through an elevator and make it to the attic.

In the attic, they find the other workers guarded by living versions of the Butcher Gang, Bendy's enemies. The three fight off the gang and save the workers, but Jimmy Cross, the voice actor for Boris, is touched by one of the gang members and is infected by the ink, becoming his character. Boris tries to kill the workers, but Bendy talks sense into him and makes him good. Boris then helps the workers escape through a fire escape, while Matthew, Stephanie and Bendy go to stop the Ink Demon.

Bendy and Stephanie search the music room for weapons to fight the demon with while Matthew searches the animation department. Bendy reveals to Stephanie that he is really trying to get revenge on Benny because Benny forced him to watch several broken clones of himself get killed. Stephanie tries to convince Bendy that helping people is better than hurting them, but a misunderstanding causes Bendy to get mad and accidentally summon the Ink Demon again. Bendy escapes, but Stephanie is captured by the demon.

Matthew finds Bendy and learns that Stephanie was captured, getting him into a fight with Bendy across the studio. They crash through a wall finding a secret room, where Alice is being held captive by Lenny. Matthew and Bendy defeat him and save Alice, but Lenny escapes. The three then go to save Samantha, who Lenny had told them was in the Ink Machine room. They go to the room and save Samantha, but are ambushed by the Butcher Gang. They defeat them and Matthew faces the Ink Demon. They get into a battle and Stephanie fixes the Ink Machine, but the Ink Demon only grows ten times it’s size.

Boris and the workers return to help, and a repentant Lenny sacrifices himself to allow the citizens of the city to escape. Matthew, fighting the Ink Demon, loses an eye and then has a vision of his grandfather that helps him realise only destroying the Ink Machine can stop the Ink Demon. While the demon is distracted, Boris locates the Ink Machine and sets it up to self destruct. Matthew, Samantha, Bendy, Alice and the workers escape as the Ink Machine explodes, destroying the Ink Demon and covering the town in ink, along with killing Boris in the process. Benny crawls out from an ink puddle and tries to kill Matthew, but is caught by the authorities and sent to Alcatraz.

Matthew and Stephanie reconcile and move in together and hold a funeral for Jimmy and the other workers killed by the Ink Demon. Bendy and Alice create a video game based on their own experiences called Bendy and the Ink Machine, and name the main character after Matthew's grandfather. In a mid-credits scene, Matthew agrees to help Mark find his long-lost brother in Australia. In a post-credits scene, Benny meets his new cellmate, Scott, who tells him he is going to form a team of villains and he wants him in it.

Cast
Additionally, Mark Fischbach and Martin Short reprise their roles from Five Nights at Freddy's.
 * Matthew Patrick as Matthew Patrick, the new voice actor for Bendy at Sillyvision Animation Studios.
 * Matthew Patrick also does the voice for Bendy, a shapeshifting cartoon devil that has come to life from the ink and helps Matthew fight the Ink Demon.
 * Stephanie Cordato as Stephanie Cordato, the voice actress for Alice Angel at Sillyvision Animation Studios and Matthew's ex-girlfriend.
 * Stephanie Cordato also plays Alice Angel, a cartoon angel that has come to life and helps Matthew, Bendy and Stephanie fight the Ink Demon.
 * J.K. Simmons as Benny Drew, the crippled son of original creator Joey Drew and the owner of Sillyvision Animation Studios, as well as being the main antagonist.
 * Bill Farmer as Jimmy Cross, the voice actress for Boris at Sillyvision Animation Studios.
 * Bill Farmer also plays Boris the Wolf, Bendy's best friend whom Jimmy becomes.
 * Will Ryan as Lenny Lawrence, the music director at Sillyvision Animation Studios who becomes the Ink Demon's executioner.
 * Michael Caine as Henry Patrick, Matthew's 106 year old grandfather who used to work for Joey Drew.
 * Benedict Cumberbatch as the Ink Demon, a twisted, nightmarish version of Bendy who merges with Benny, helping him walk.

Soundtrack

 * Build Our Machine- DAGames
 * Blood And Ink- NateWantsToBattle
 * Bendy And The Ink Musical- Random Encounters
 * Bendy And The Ink Machine Song- Kyle Allen Music
 * Angel Of The Stage- TryHardNinja
 * Gospel Of Dismay- DAGames
 * Can't Be Erased- J.T. Machinima
 * The Devil's Swing- Fandroid Music