I assumed I had seen each possible permutation of the Die Hard formula — or at the least I had exhausted my desire to see any further permutations. But then got here Violent Night. Which is essentially Die Hard on Christmas — well, okay Die Hard was Die Hard on Christmas, that's true. But this Die Hard on Christmas actually features Santa Claus within the John McClane role.And we’re not talking, like, a mall Santa who has to save lots of the mall where he works after it gets overrun by terrorists. Now, that is the legit, lives-in-the-North-Pole, hangs-with-flying-reindeer Santa. He’s played by David Harbour and he's able to kick some butt — and since the movie is produced by the identical company that gave us John Wick, Atomic Blonde, and No one,...
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