Violent Night
Note : The following article moderate spoilers for Violent Night ( 2022 )
WhileViolent Nightmay live on up to the hope of its deed , the David Harbour action comedy does n’t manage to make sense of its twisted plot of land . Violent NightseesStranger Thingsstar David Harbour play a drunken , cynical spin on Santa Claus , who is forced to let loose his action - poor boy potential when he unexpectedly interrupt a group of mercenary occupy a dysfunctional tiptop - rich house surety . A bloody , universal gas constant - rated thriller , Violent Nightlives up to its name as Harbour ’s muscular Santa beatniks and brutalise his mode through the villainous gang .
However , there is a major job withViolent Night’splot . WhileViolent Nightexplains Santa ’s originsto justify his fight abilities , the movie fails to explain how the baddie came into existence . John Leguizamo ’s cartoonish - ly evil Mr. Scrooge refer to himself with this on - the - nose moniker because he hates Christmas , and viewer eventually learn that this anger stems from his father being laid off during his puerility which left his family without the money to celebrate Christmas . However , Santa Claus is tangible in the populace ofViolent Night , and the movie never explain why he would have let Mr. Scrooge go through that Christmas without receiving gifts .
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Violent Night’s Santa Rules Don’t Work
Santa Claus is devote an elaborate backstory inViolent Night , but the movie fail to make sense of its premise . Mr. Scrooge and his henchmen are on Santa ’s much - vaunted Naughty List , which theoretically spend a penny it alright forHarbour’sViolent Nightantiheroto off them bloodily . However , Mr. Scrooge only get together this squad because he became a life history criminal . He became a calling criminal because , as an eleven - class - sometime , he was unfairly blamed for the demise of an sure-enough man that occurred while the young Mr. Scrooge was soak talent for his family . So , why would Mr. Scrooge end up on the Naughty List when Santa Claus is the one who failed to help him ?
Since Santa Clause is real in the world of Violent Night , why would Mr. Scrooge ’s family have been worried about not having sufficient money to fund Christmas for their children when they do n’t need to corrupt them gifts ? The only plausible solvent to this comes fromViolent Night’sinconsistent " Christmas magic , " which puddle Santa more brawny when citizenry trust and less powerful when they don’t . Violent Night ’s end allowsthe wealthy Lightstone family to revive an apparently - idle Santa Claus through the top executive of belief . Thus , the only canyon justification would be that eleven - year - old Mr. Scrooge did n’t believe in Santa severely enough .
Why Violent Night’s Villain Derails Its Story
If Mr. Scrooge became a homicidal crook who was finally brutally killed by Santa Claus because he fail to conceive in Christmas as a small baby , this begs whetherViolent Night’sSanta deserved to hold out the moving picture . He seemingly has no compassion for children whose family ca n’t give Christmas natural endowment but will take a chance his life to save a category of millionaire from potentially losing some of their $ 300 million fortunes . His naughty inclination includes Mr. Scrooge and his henchman , but does n’t his nice lean , include the scoundrel ’s eleven - year - old ? Ultimately , Violent Night’sSanta adds up if watcher assume that the poor ca n’t afford Santa ’s " Christmas legerdemain . "
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