Rob's garden / films / Violent Night
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when
19 Dec 2023, 09:04 pm
film
Violent Night
source
Mastodon
blurb
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.

thoughts

The premise powered me through this film and it delivers with some delightfully violent fight scenes. Though it feels like it took long to get there with a bit of a pants build up. The supporting cast are pretty miss to be honest and just seem to pull you out of the film and you’re just wanting to get back to Harbour’s scenes. #Review

I loved all the Die Hard and Home Alone references and it adds nice twists to them too. It feels like it could have licensed some better Christmas music if it’s going to use it over the action. I’m totally there for that Santa origin story and would happily have a few more flashbacks.