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Violent Night (2022)

Violent Night (2022)

R 111 minutes EN Action , Comedy , Crime , Fantasy
You better watch out.
When a team of mercenaries breaks into a wealthy family compound on Christmas Eve, taking everyone inside hostage, the team isn’t prepared for a surprise combatant: Santa Claus is on the grounds, and he’s about to show why this Nick is no saint.
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Yeah I'm going to give this top marks, not because it is really that good, but because it came out in 2022 and was probably the best thing in the theater at the time (which was probably why the other Movie Data Base started deleting positive reviews of it).
But a lot of it is done right, it features an interracial family but doesn't make the race a key part of the story. In fact, it doesn't even mention it at all. Instead it follows the story of a little girl and Santa.
And the Santa is a bit weird, there is a lot of things that just don't fit with his character, but that doesn't matter because the story is just so fun that you willingly suspend most of your disbelief.
It is violent and does a great job of making the violence both exciting and at times comical. It drops Easter eggs in some of the best possible ways. Not all the men are evil and idiotic and not all the women are practically perfect in every way. They are just written as, well, as unique characters.
And you really have to appreciate it in 2022 when most movies drop characters for checked boxes.
It was probably the only movie that you could go into in 2022 and just be entertained by. That was the clear intent in making this and that was the end result.
Twenty years ago it would have been "Meh" but in 2022 it is the best thing in theaters.

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It would seem psychotic Santa is coming to town this Xmas.
Putting aside the woke nonsense and shallow script, Violent Night is a moderately watchable, darkly comedic action flick, that draws inspiration from 80's style franchise's such as Die Hard and Lethal Weapon.
Its well paced, predictably violent but lacks a lot of the well crafted personality and charm, of its predecessors.
In short, an easy viewing action flick, offering a festive dose of mindless violence, wrapped up in Xmas tinsel.

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Production companies: 87North Productions, Universal Pictures, Original Pictures, dentsu
Production countries: Canada, Japan, United States of America
Budget: $20,000,000
Revenue: $75,734,910

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R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian 21 or older. The parent/guardian is required to stay with the child under 17 through the entire movie, even if the parent gives the child/teenager permission to see the film alone. These films may contain strong profanity, graphic sexuality, nudity, strong violence, horror, gore, and strong drug use. A movie rated R for profanity often has more severe or frequent language than the PG-13 rating would permit. An R-rated movie may have more blood, gore, drug use, nudity, or graphic sexuality than a PG-13 movie would admit.)

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