Rating:
8 out of 10, Violent Night will never be a heartwarming Christmas movie but it
is a lot of fun and a lot of heart is on display, some of it literally. David
Harbour, of Stranger Things fame, is truly awesome as an alcoholic Santa
bemoaning a drop in Christmas spirit and the rise of materialism. He stumbles,
literally (damned massage chair), into an armed gang’s takeover of a super-rich
family’s Christmas. Hijinks ensue as we learn of Santa’s origins as a Viking
warrior which means the appearance of a sledge hammer is very bad news for the
bad guys. Some very violent and very funny scenes follow as virtually every
venerable Christmas item, from candy canes to ornaments, is put to deadly use.
Mrs. Clark Griswold plays the dastardly family matriarch but her granddaughter,
as the only one who believes (and activates) Santa, steals the movie in a very
Home Alone way. All this is done to traditional Christmas music in the background.
It’s bloody but It’s also so much fun, pure escapism.
MVP:
Harbour as a very dangerous Santa
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