Violent Night

2022
15
1h 52m

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

113K

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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

113K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

3,988

1,387

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Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations total

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Violent Night: Papa Noel Debarque En Ville (French Subtitled)

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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

This took me back to 1990

Simply put this movie is Die Hard mixed with The Santa Clause mixed with Home Alone (Macaulay Culkin would be proud). It's an enjoyable romp and should be included in any action movie fan's Christmas playlist. Sure there's some questionable content. I've noticed that directors love putting David Harbour in red, but he suited the role, and the teeny tiny bit of an origin story was, well, interesting. I'd love to see that made into an origin movie.

But, like I said, if you're an Christmas action movie person, who enjoyed Die Hard and consider it a Christmas movie, Violent Night is a good addition to your yearly play list.