Violent Night 2022 by AverageMansReviews

Violent Night 2022 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/bodily functions/animal waste men on woman violence/shooting/stabbing/cutting/impaling/decapitation/disfigurement/burning/electrocution/beheading/torture/breaking/medical

It is Christmas Eve: we meet Nicomund the Red/Santa Claus [David Harbour:] a grumpy old man with a colourful history that is slowly getting drunk in a pub in Bristol, England whilst he is on the job on Christmas eve delivering presents, he is contemplating this being the final Christmas for him. Meanwhile in Greenwich, Connecticut we need this dysfunctional yet highly wealthy family by the name of the Lightstone, headed by Gertrude [Beverly D'Angelo:] she is the one that keeps this business empire going, she has one son Jason [Alex Hassell:] he is his mother's right-hand man, this position has already cost him his marriage to his wife Linda [Alexis Louder:] a pleasant yet strong woman, they have a seven-year-old daughter together by the name of Gertrude/Trudy [Leah Brady:] a bright child that wants her parents to get back together and still believes in Santa Claus. The senior Gertrude also has in a nutshell one daughter Alva [Edi Patterson:] that has her own family, but has heavy interest in the family's fortunes. Unfortunately the catering staff they have on tonight is a unit of criminals led by Scrooge/Mr. Scrooge/other name [John Leguizamo:] has really done his homework as it relates to this job and hates Christmas after one event in his life. Trudy calls upon Santa Claus to rescue her and her family via this walkie-talkie given to her from her father and mother, so Santa Claus comes to rescue the night.

The framework and pacing of this 112 minutes film is progressively moving, I would say it is a notch up from slow, meaning it is slow but it feels like it is building up to something, so this is one of those occasions where be patient and it will pick up its feet into this good pacing.

Now this is where I am a little bit stuck, because this film is exactly what it says "Violent Night" so from an action, dark comedy and art perspective this film has so much to offer for an example Santa Claus uses this Christmas tree star it gets impaled in this hench-person face he falls down and obviously Santa Claus has to finish this person off in a dark comedy/artistic manner [if or when you come to see this film let's just say you will understand why I have tried to censor the final bit,] but here is some bits I can talk about freely we have in one way or another references to Home Alone, it verbally or/and some booby-traps minimum inspired by this classic film, but likewise in this film it shows excellent creativity and imagination, if in a slightly darker tone as Trudy attempts to take down members of this unit  Gingerbread/other name [Andre Eriksen/André Eriksen:] mostly a levelheaded member of this unit and Candy Cane/other name [Mitra Suri:] she comes across as if there is any unpleasantness to be done besides their leader she will do it. But as it relates to this sequence of events they will have to go through quite a few booby-traps to get to Trudy; just for a miniature example watch out for your first step Gingerbread.

The character development and the performances are generally speaking first of all on both counts good; there is good chemistry from this cast.

This film receives: 7/10, this film is good as I have already referenced this film knows what it is from beginning to end consequently it now is what it can offer its viewers which is a bloody good timeAnd there is one ending credit scene after the first lot of ending credits. This film also a couple of awards accredited to its name 2 Nominees; International Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA) 2023 IFMCA Award Best Original Score for an Action/Adventure Film Dominic Lewis and The CAFTCAD awards 2023 CAFTCAD Best Costume Design in Film Contemporary Laura DeLuca (costume designer) Taryn Smith Cheryl Green Tess Furtado Sandra Medd Amanda Isaak Grant MacDonald Ted Whetter Pieter Jongbloed Ariel Boroff Casey Downes Suman Faulkner Keith Lau Maggie S. Chan Jen Hancock.