This movie was another highly anticipated one for me
This movie starrs David Harbour, John Leguizamo (“The Menu”), Brendan Fletcher, Alex Hassell (“The Boys”), Alexis Louder (“The Terminal List”), just to name a few.
This movie was directed by Tommy Wirkola.
This movie was released on December 2nd 2022. It was rated R for violence, language sexual references and profanity
This movie is an Action/Comedy/Crime/Thriller.
Onto the premise: When a group of mercenaries attack the estate of a wealthy family, Santa Claus must step in to save the day (and Christmas).
Such a wonderful spin on a horror/comedy where Santa Claus is the hero!
David Harbor is absolutely perfect for this role has the best voice and great thrill to see in anything he’s in!
Honestly to me this is one of the best Christmas movies out there along with Bad Santa.
I would defiantly agree with anyone that loved Violent Night, it’s a great mix of Home Alone, John Wick, and any horror Christmas movie.
Tommy Wirkola directed a pure blast of entertainment!
I sorta can see how it could get hate the family was a little obnoxious at times…
Violent Night is good, it’s really good. It isn’t always nearly as entertaining as it could be, but it definitely capitalises on its goofy premise in all the right ways at various points.
The violence is blunt and rudimentary, but there’s something strikingly effective about it. Each hit is loud and visceral, and many of the actual deaths are a lot more creative than I was expecting them to be, even if the violence leads me up to each death is pretty by-the-numbers.
I was pleasantly surprised with the small but satisfying character arcs that the script weaves into the simple story. Santa is given a cynical outlook on humanity and himself to overcome, the family has tension to work out, and the mythology of Santa’s backstory is actually given a twist to make his capacity for violence make sense in this movie.
There’s nothing particularly groundbreaking about any of this, but it’s all crafted with care and it’s investing enough that I could easily see myself watching this in subsequent years.
Its aforementioned strengths help it largely overcome its weak supporting actors, dialogue that’s sometimes so corny it’s cringey, and its few too many scenes of characters sitting and talking.
As for me as an action movie lover, I really really enjoyed it and in my opinion, it was definitely “worth a watch”!
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