Director: Tommy Wirkola
Writers: Pat Casey, Josh Miller
Stars: Beverly D'Angelo, David Harbour, John Leguizamo
Every holiday season we curl up on the couch with popcorn, family, and a classic Christmas movie. From Home Alone to Elf, there are plenty of greats, but nothing recently has had the potential to go down in history as an all-time classic - until now. Violent Night is brutal and inappropriate, and it's exactly what viewers will expect from the trailer.
Produced by David Leitch, who also worked on all of the John Wick movies, Atomic Blonde, Deadpool 2, and most recently Bullet Train, Violent Night was pretty much guaranteed to be a good time, and it doesn't disappoint.
In this film, Santa Claus comes to the rescue after mercenaries break into a wealthy family's home for Christmas. David Harbor plays Saint Nick and trust us when we tell you that you don't want to be on his naughty list.
With violent in the title, we all knew he was going to deliver some epic violence, and he does. He is top notch and looks a lot like John Wick combined with Home Alone. There are some massive sets in this movie, and the ones towards the end really stand out. They're brutal and funny, exactly what audiences will be looking for when they go to see a movie like Wild Night.
We saw this movie at its first public screening, at New York Comic Con 2022, and seeing it in a room packed with 3,000 super fans is the way to do it. Sure, it probably made the experience a bit more enjoyable, but since it's coming to theaters everywhere, we recommend watching it that way, rather than waiting to see it at home. There are so many amazing, laugh-out-loud moments, exactly what you want in a movie like this, that will make watching it with an audience that much more fun.
One concern some viewers might have is that the violence is too over the top. Violent Night has an absurd moment, don't get us wrong, but it never feels like it's gory just for the sake of it. He's relatively tame overall, allowing him to focus more on the story when needed.
David Harbor's humor and comedic timing is what makes this film more than just brutal and action packed. There are some really funny Santa Claus moments, as Harbor is the one wearing Violent Night. It's easily the funniest movie of the year so far as it fully embraces this character and the sheer ridiculousness of the situation.
The dynamic between characters is perfectly executed. The story itself feels like many other Christmas movies, but with an R rating. It's so inappropriate that it might be the only thing hurting its chances of becoming a true Christmas classic. However, adults and older teens will be seeing this every holiday season!
Since it's a normal Christmas movie, that also means it's not that deep. The story is very ordinary. There are no real twists and turns, and audiences are given the same festive messages and themes. Still, there really was no need to make this a deep movie. The fact that the filmmakers don't overcomplicate this movie with deeper meaning and inappropriate messages is what makes it so enjoyable to watch.
At the end of the day, Violent Night is an absolute blast. It is one of the funniest movies of the year. Packed with brutal action that will have you whooping and laughing, Violent Night is a must see. To hell with "everything is calm".
From 87North, the bare-knuckle producers of Nobody, John Wick, Atomic Blonde, Deadpool 2, Bullet Train, and Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, comes a pitch-dark party action-comedy that says you should always bet on the red.
When a team of mercenaries break into a wealthy family compound on Christmas Eve and take everyone inside hostage, the team isn't prepared for a surprise combatant: Santa Claus is on the hunt. ground, and he's about to show why this Nick is no saint.
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