Foodfight!: It’s About Time

"It’s about time for the next food fight!"

- The film’s tagline.

Foodfight!: It’s About Time is a 2023 American computer-animated adventure comedy film directed by Lawrence Kasanoff and Michael Bay. It is the sequel to the universally-panned 2012 animated film Foodfight!, also directed by Kasanoff. The film is produced by Kasanoff and Michael Bay, and written by Kasanoff and Bay, from a story by Bay. The film stars solely Kasanoff as all characters.

Despite the failure of the original film in 2012, Kasanoff has been trying to work only a sequel for 10 years since the first film’s release. In 2022 he finished the script, and went back to Lionsgate to begin production. However, the film’s existence and script was soon leaked by a mysterious YouTuber under the name of “MaxiMayhem” in November 22, and it was soon talked about by every news outlet in the world, with all citing how bad it is. As a result, none of the crew or cast members from the first film wanted to return for the sequel. rejected the script. Saddened, Kasanoff was approached by Michael Bay, who offered his help for the film and make sure it gets released. The script was almost entirely re-written by Bay, who added various explosions in the film, delaying production yet still keeping a planned May 2023 release date. The script was finally “re-polished and truly finished” just hours before it’s theatrical release, with the animation, voice acting, and editing being rushed and completed in 29 minutes.

Upon release, the film was universally panned by critics and audiences, getting even worse reviews than the first film, criticizing it’s even worse animation, script, characters, voice acting, humor, tone, story, plot, dialogue, errors, opening scene, ending, and Bay’s noticeable meddling. The film was so bad, that Kasanoff was never seen again. However, Bay decided to write a third film, titled Foodfight!: Revenge of the Fallen, and work on it all by himself, and release it four months after this film, to an even worse reception. Despite that new failure, Bay created the Foodfight! Cinematic Universe, which goes on in 2156.

Synopsis
After the events of the first film, Dex and Sunshine are a couple. However, the Ikes’ world will soon be threatened by the biggest menace Marketropolis has even seen: a human time-traveler bounty Hunter known as Megan, who wants to go back in time to prevent the creation of Marketropolis and erase the events of the first film, all using hundreds of explosions. Now, Dex must lead every Ike in the world to go in a race across time to prevent Megan from destroying their existence.

Voice Cast

 * Lawrence Kasanoff as Dex Dogtective
 * Lawrence Kasanoff as Daredevil Dan
 * Lawrence Kasanoff as Sunshine Goodness
 * Lawrence Kasanoff as Megan
 * Lawrence Kasanoff as Lady X
 * Lawrence Kasanoff as Leutenant X
 * Lawrence Kasanoff as Dr. Si Nustrix
 * Lawrence Kasanoff as Cheasel T. Weasel (only character to have his voice actor retained)
 * Lawrence Kasanoff as Vlad Chocol
 * Lawrence Kasanoff as Maximillus Moose
 * Lawrence Kasanoff as Polar Penguin
 * Lawrence Kasanoff as Mr. Leonard
 * Lawrence Kasanoff as Charlie Tuna
 * Lawrence Kasanoff as Mr. Clean
 * Lawrence Kasanoff as Mrs. Butterworth
 * Lawrence Kasanoff as Twinkleton
 * Lawrence Kasanoff as Dr. Simis
 * Lawrence Kasanoff as Chester Cheetah
 * Lawrence Kasanoff as Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

Dr. Simi, Chester Cheetah, and The Rock appear as Ikes.

Box Office
The film opened in theaters in May 7, 2023 (ten years after the first film’s American release on DVD) on 720p and 5FPS. The film was the biggest box-office bomb in history.

In the film’s 69-day long theatrical run, there were only 3 attendees in theaters combined: the YouTuber who leaked the film’s original script, revealed to be named Josh, and his two friends. However, they did not actually watch the movie; they left during the trailer time and went to watch |Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 instead.

In the end, Josh and his friends’ ticket money was estimated to be $29, making Foodfight!: It’s About Time the lowest-grossing movie of all time, grossing a dollar less than Zyzzyx Road. The film was also an estimated loss of $249971 for the studio. Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer said, “My biggest regret of all time is by far letting Foodfight! and Foodfight!: It’s About Time happen in the first place. If I could ever go back in time (like in the film), I would destroy Kasanoff before he made the concept in 1997”.

Critical Response
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film scores a rating of -1%, with 999999 reviews, surpassing Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever as the worst-rated film on the site. The critical consensus says, “Not only is Foodfight!: It's About Time the worst thing reality has brought, but it also proves why it's about time for Kasanoff to give up”. Metacritic have the film a weighted average score of 0 out of 100, indicating “Multiversal Dislike”, the first film of all time to score such ratings. CinemaScore gave the film an average rating of "Z-" on an A+ to F scale, the worst rated film on the site.

Tomson Supretalchukaquitamunach from Screen Rant gave the film zero stars, writing that there was no way "the film was possibly carefully crafted and eventually worth the wait for all these eleven years. Movies that have taken over a decade in making, such as Avatar: The Way of Water, now the highest-grossing film of all time, are really really great films. However, with Foodfight!: It's About Time, I have just lost all hope. Hollywood is dead now. I'm quitting my job as movie critic. I'm done. There's no possible way a movie worst than this one will ever be possible, unless Kasanoff becomes a complete psycopath." Juki Ajqieisuj wrote, "the animation is even worse, the frame rate is terrible, and the story... WHO THOUGHT THIS MOVIE WOULD BE A MASTERPIECE THE WAY IT CAME OUT???????? Anyway, it's not about time for Foodfight! to get a sequel. It's about time for Kasanoff and Bay to just leave the movie industry forever for the best." However, Imnota Reel-Persone from The Fake Reviewer gave a positive review, writing, "Foodfight!: It's About Time actually has a more compelling story that also makes far more sense, such as when Megan kills 2012 Dan before being defeated by present Dan. The scene where the supermarket is bought by Elon Musk is actually very emotional, and so is the journey that Dan takes about letting Sweetcakes go. Also liked the part where Dex says, "it's foodfightin' time". Truly one of the movies of all time".

The film was mainly criticized for the ending, which showed the Ikes successfully defeating Megan. It was hated due to them considering Megan’s motives to erase the events of the first film as sympathetic. The film was so bad, that audiences considered Kasanoff’s original script as better than the final film. Shortly after the film’s home media release, Josh and his friends were arrested for 5 years for leaking the film and also for breaking the screen in the theater room, all before he could try to do the second Sony Hack. At prison, he did manage to do the hack, and leaked not only a Sony Pictures Animation film titled Animaland, but also finally found the stolen long-lost early animation files from the first Foodfight!, but decided to just keep it a secret from the world.