Violent Night

2022
R
1h 52m

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6.7/10

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Dark Comedy Holiday Comedy One-Person Army Action Action Comedy Holiday Thriller

When an elite team of mercenaries breaks into a family compound on Christmas Eve, a disgruntled Santa Claus must take them out to save both the hostages and his Holiday.When an elite team of mercenaries breaks into a family compound on Christmas Eve, a disgruntled Santa Claus must take them out to save both the hostages and his Holiday.When an elite team of mercenaries breaks into a family compound on Christmas Eve, a disgruntled Santa Claus must take them out to save both the hostages and his Holiday.

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

104K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

1,069

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Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations

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Trivia
In a 2022 interview, Tommy Wirkola spoke about referencing Home Alone (1990): "Obviously when I was a kid I loved Home Alone (1990), but as you get older you think, 'Oh they would DIE if you did those things to them', so that was basically the approach to the scene. All right, let's just do traps very similar to Home Alone (1990) and let's just see what it does to a human being, and I think what makes it so funny as well is that the little girl, she doesn't realize she's hurting them. She just thinks she's doing like the movie, 'Ah, this is fun and games!'

Goofs
Shortly after the dad, Jason, has his finger broken in the nutcracker his hands appear to be fine for the remainder of the film.

Quotes
Alva: Morgan's going to save us.
Gertrude: Jean-Claude Van Dipshit just ditched us, sweetie.

Crazy credits
There's a scene with Bert vlogging during the credits

Connections
Featured in Chris Stuckmann Movie Reviews: Violent Night (2022)

Soundtracks
A Holly Jolly Christmas
Written by Johnny Marks (as John D. Marks)
Performed by Burl Ives
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

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Featured review

7/10

A fun Christmas movie for the entire age-appropriate family.

I would've liked to see more and funnier comedic moments, but there are still some fun laughs in this film. It sure beats all the romantic cheesy Christmas films that are in abundance this time of year. The directing was decent, and the pacing was spot-on in the comfortable 112 minute runtime. The story was pretty much predictable, although there were many refreshing references to past iconic Christmas holiday films. All casting and performances were excellent. Even the score and holiday soundtrack was on point. It's certainly an enjoyable one-time watch of mindless entertainment, and a well deserved 7/10 from me.