Film

Foodfight!

Name: Foodfight!
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Animation, Family, Action
Released: 2012
Cast: Charlie Sheen, Hilary Duff, Eva Longoria, Wayne Brady, Christopher Lloyd

Comedy
Action
Light-hearted

Foodfight! is an animated action-comedy where supermarket products come alive after closing to defend their store from a villainous corporation. It's chaotic, loud, and bewildering—a film that prioritizes product placement and absurdist humor over coherent storytelling. For viewers who enjoy deliberately weird, messy entertainment or want to understand what happened here.

TMDb rating

1.0

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