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.
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations
André Eriksen
- Gingerbread
- (as Andre Eriksen)
Finn McCager Higgins
- Jingle
- (as Finn McCrager Higgins)
- Director
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaThe logo on the catering company van is called "Farkus and Dill" after the bullies in A Christmas Story (1983).
- GoofsShortly after the dad, Jason, has his finger broken in the nutcracker his hands appear to be fine for the remainder of the film.
- Crazy creditsThere's a scene with Bert vlogging during the credits
- ConnectionsFeatured in Chris Stuckmann Movie Reviews: Violent Night (2022)
- SoundtracksA 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
Featured review
Ho, Ho, Holy sh--
'Violent Night (2022)' is surprisingly earnest in its themes of Christmas magic and rekindling your Christmas spirit. What initially seems like a sardonic anti-Christmas movie soon reveals itself to be genuinely interested in spreading Yuletide cheer, although that's not to imply it doesn't also feature all the brutality, bad language and bodily fluids its concept promises. Merging 'Die Hard (1988)', 'Home Alone (1990', 'Bad Santa (2004)' and 'John Wick (2014)' (or, perhaps more accurately, some of its lesser imitators), the piece provides a stockingful of festive fun despite its undeniably derivative nature. David Harbour and John Leguizamo make up for the cast's general lack of charisma, as they're eminently watchable and sell even the silliest of dialogue. Though the piece is certainly self-aware, it's also really sincere and it establishes a strong sense of character for its central figure. In fact, Papa Noël actually has a relatively convincing character arc which prevents his inclusion from feeling as half-baked as it may initially seem. Although the flick sometimes comes closer to feeling like 'Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)' than 'Die Hard (1988)' (particularly when it comes to most elements not directly associated with Santa), it features plenty of well-choreographed and exciting set-pieces that revel in all the gory mayhem you could want. The action never rises to the level of something like 'John Wick (2014)', but it's better than a lot of similar American stuff and it continues the welcome post-'Wick' trend of having clean camera work that favours wider compositions. The movie is really fun when it gets going. It has a few issues here and there, and it's arguably a little too sappy for its own good, but it's an entertaining actioner with a strong central performance and several accomplished set-pieces.
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- Release date
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- Language
- Also known as
- Đêm Hung Tàn
- Filming locations
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada(location)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $20,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $50,057,405
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $13,450,240
- Dec 4, 2022
- Gross worldwide
- $76,004,405
- Runtime1 hour 52 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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