Red One

2024
12A
2h 3m

IMDb RATING

6.3/10

137K

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POPULARITY

509

Lucy Liu, Chris Evans, Dwayne Johnson, J.K. Simmons, and Reinaldo Faberlle in Red One (2024)

After Santa Claus (code name: Red One) is kidnapped, the North Pole's Head of Security (Dwayne Johnson) must team up with the world's most infamous bounty hunter (Chris Evans) in a globe-trotting, action-packed mission to save Christmas.

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After Santa Claus is kidnapped, the North Pole's Head of Security must team up with a notorious hacker in a globe-trotting, action-packed mission to save Christmas.After Santa Claus is kidnapped, the North Pole's Head of Security must team up with a notorious hacker in a globe-trotting, action-packed mission to save Christmas.After Santa Claus is kidnapped, the North Pole's Head of Security must team up with a notorious hacker in a globe-trotting, action-packed mission to save Christmas.

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IMDb RATING

6.3/10

137K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

509

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 7 nominations total

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Trivia
Along with Santa Claus and Krampus, Gryla is an actual myth associated with winter, possibly the oldest one. Of Icelandic origin, Gryla was an ogre with 13 sons, the Yule Lads. Gryla would tour the world on winter nights, asking for charity for her sons. Legend has it that, if she was denied charity, her sons would enter the dwelling and cause mischief until the owner begged Gryla to retrieve them. The idea of shape-shifting abilities and handing out punishment are later additions to the myth, borrowed from the Wild Hunt, another Nordic legend in which a pack of ghost hunters (Odin's entourage) would often give worthless gifts to kind strangers, like a bag of coal or a manure. If accepted this worthless gift would turn into gold the next day.

Goofs
When Cal and Jack step out of the storage of the toy store in Germany, both doorknob and light switch are clearly American. Also, cemeteries are laid out differently in Germany like the one seen in the following scene.

Quotes
Jack O'Malley: Hey. You don't have a Wonder Woman action figure, do you?
Callum Drift: That's not how it works. Come on.

Connections
Featured in The Graham Norton Show: Dwayne Johnson/Lucy Liu/Kate Winslet/Jennifer Lopez/Jharrel Jerome/Celeste (2024)

Soundtracks
Here Comes Santa Claus
Written by Gene Autry and Oakley Haldeman
Performed by Ray Conniff
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment

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Featured review

7/10

Much Better Than The Critical Reviews Indicate

This isn't a flawless movie; some of the CGI and character designs are terrible (e.g. The Krampus cantina scene); the tone is an inconsistent mix of earnestness and moderately profane PG-13 snark; and the conclusion is predictable (as it is with virtually every Christmas movie, to be fair.) Nevertheless it has enough strange notions along the way that it's entertaining in spite of its flaws. The worldbuilding is inventive and the story combines Icelandic, Alpine and Nordic traditions in satisfying ways. The acting is decent. The protagonists are well-developed and they're just barely sympathetic enough that their redemptions are rewarding. Some of the dialogue is deceptively sharp. Overall the movie isn't trying to be anything other than unconventional bombastic fun and it mostly succeeds.

This isn't a future classic or reinvention of a genre but it is enjoyable, quirky and affable. I'm perplexed by the overwhelmingly negative critical response; but having gone into it with low expectations because of same I was pleasantly surprised.