{"id":105535,"date":"2022-12-11T16:32:24","date_gmt":"2022-12-11T16:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=105535"},"modified":"2022-12-11T16:32:59","modified_gmt":"2022-12-11T16:32:59","slug":"violent-night-santa-claus-goes-die-hard-this-christmas-by-tharishi-hewavithanagamage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/violent-night-santa-claus-goes-die-hard-this-christmas-by-tharishi-hewavithanagamage\/","title":{"rendered":"VIOLENT NIGHT \u2014Santa Claus goes Die-Hard this Christmas-By Tharishi Hewavithanagamage"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">VIOLENT NIGHT \u2014Santa Claus goes Die-Hard this Christmas-<span style=\"color: #000000;\">By Tharishi Hewavithanagamage<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105536\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/David-Harbour-as-Santa-Claus-e1670776074182.jpg\" alt=\"David Harbour as Santa Claus\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/island.lk\/violent-night-santa-claus-goes-die-hard-this-christmas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Island<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Tis\u2019 the season to be jolly and binge watch Christmas movie classics like \u2018Home Alone\u2019, but in a twisted turn of events Director Tommy Wirkola has other plans for audiences. With a screenplay by Pat Casey and Josh Miller, Director Wirkola and his team flips the table on the Christmas movie stereotype and gives audiences a scintillating and gut-churning tale starring the beloved Santa Claus. The movie stars, David Harbour, John Leguizamo, Leah Brady, Beverly D\u2019Angelo and Alex Hassell among others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The film starts with a boozy opening featuring a not-so-jolly, drunk, self-loathing Santa Claus complaining about how children these days are greedy and are ungrateful. The story then shifts it focus on to the \u00fcber-wealthy but awfully dysfunctional Lightstone family, who have gathered to celebrate Christmas. Siblings Alva and Jason have brought their families to spend time with their mother Gertrude. Alva, her son Bertrude and actor boyfriend Morgan Steele, plan to gain financial benefits from Gertrude, while Jason his ex-wife Linda attempt to fix their marriage for the sake of their daughter Trudy. The \u2018holy night\u2019 becomes a more \u2018gory night\u2019 as the Lightstone family are taken hostage by a group of mercenaries led by \u2018Mr. Scrooge\u2019, who are looking to steal $300 million locked away in a massive vault within the compound. Santa who had arrived to deliver his gifts is unwillingly caught up in the unfolding mayhem, having fallen asleep mid-cookie\/booze binge. Santa Claus is soon forced to pull himself together for young Trudy, and deliver more than just \u2018lumps of coal\u2019 to the bad guys.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_89855\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-89855 size-full lazyloaded\" src=\"http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-2.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-2.jpg 700w, http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89855\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-2.jpg 700w, http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" data-src=\"http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-2.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-89855\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Lightstone family<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">As the title itself suggests, the highlight of the movie is the violence and it lives up to its name. Wirkola and the team go all in with the violence, plenty of blood and gore and crude language to top it all off. Blood and guts are the last thing one would expect from Christmas flicks. The movie is packed with very graphic action sequences given to audiences from every camera angle possible, so it may not be for the faint hearted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The film borrows greatly from the quintessential holiday movies of all time\u2014 \u2018Home Alone\u2019 and \u2018Die-Hard\u2019. Both franchises have always resonated well with audiences over different generations and the two titles, in a similar vein, combine action and violence set during Christmas time. The deadly booby traps that Trudy sets up bring back memories of Kevin McCallister\u2019s assault on the Wet Bandits\u2014 Marv and Harry and David Harbour\u2019s Santa is basically the new John McClane. Both Die-Hard and Home Alone have done well with striking a balance between the violence and themes about family, love and bringing people together for the holidays. For Wirkola who is amplifying the violence a thousand times over, it is important to not lose the festive vibes amidst the unbridled carnage. The movie manages to balance the scales just enough that it does not hamper the thrill. Wildly entertaining as it may be, the short and rather simple storyline affects the pace of the film. The storyline does not ponder too much over who lives and dies and barely goes into detail about the characters, and fails to give the film solid ground.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_89851\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-89851 size-full lazyloaded\" src=\"http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-4.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-4.jpg 700w, http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-4-300x191.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"446\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89851\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-4.jpg 700w, http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-4-300x191.jpg 300w\" data-src=\"http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-4.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-89851\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Leah Brady as Trudy<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The star that truly shines is David Harbour, who is known best for his work as Jim Hopper on the Stranger Things series. He delivers a very natural performance, almost as if he was destined to play the role of a not-so-Saint Nick. He brings his A-game into the violent aspects of the role, while simultaneously delivering heart-warming scenes. Adding his own input into developing the character in the early stages of production, Harbour surely enjoyed this new rendition of Santa Claus. Adding more layers and elements to the character, the movie refers to and expands on the many cultural iterations of Saint Nicholas. \u2018Violent Night\u2019 gives audiences a glimpse into Santa\u2019s history with a Viking-style backstory. Going by Nicomund the Red, he topped the naughty list as a warrior who pillaged and killed with his reliable hammer, Skullcrusher. Obviously in this scenario his former lifestyle gives him a greater advantage over the bad guys. Harbour brings great energy and inventively switches with ease between the hard and soft elements that complete the character.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_89853\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-89853 lazyloaded\" src=\"http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-6.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-6.jpg 700w, http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-6-300x199.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"298\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89853\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-6.jpg 700w, http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-6-300x199.jpg 300w\" data-src=\"http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-6.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-89853\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Santa Claus and Mr. Scrooge<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Leah Brady\u2019s character Trudy plays a key role alongside Harbour\u2019s Santa, as it\u2019s their relationship that keeps the story running. Trudy depicts the essence of Christmas and is the epitome of everything that is good in the world. She is the emotional core of the tale\u2014 a little girl who needs something to believe in. A classic Christmas trope but one that is necessary to push the story forward. Trudy\u2019s character reminds Santa that goodness and kindness is still there, in a world driven by greed and selfishness. The character dynamic helps strike an important balance between the violence and sentimental aspects of the holiday season. The rest of the cast are given ample screen time to work with their characters but don\u2019t necessarily stand out, due to the lack of a solid storyline.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u2018Violent Night\u2019 is a simple tale that puts a fresh spin (and brutal murders) on the usual holiday flicks. Home Alone and Die-Hard were violent in their own way, but Wirkola is intensifying the bloodbath and catering to largely adult audiences. It\u2019s not every day that audiences get to see a foul-mouthed, drunk Santa Claus who surprisingly turns out to be very good at crushing skulls and delivering nut-cracking blows with a sledgehammer, save the day. David Harbour\u2019s rendition of Santa can sit at the top with the likes of Deadpool and John Wick based solely off the gruesome and highly graphic action sequences it offers. For audiences looking to catch the film Wirkola\u2019s magic guarantees a bloody good time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u2018Violent Night\u2019 is currently screening at Scope Cinemas.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_89854\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-89854 size-full lazyloaded\" src=\"http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-3-1.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-3-1.jpg 634w, http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-3-1-300x124.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"263\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89854\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-3-1.jpg 634w, http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-3-1-300x124.jpg 300w\" data-src=\"http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-3-1.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-89854\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">John Leguizamo as Mr. Scrooge<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_89850\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-89850 size-full lazyloaded\" src=\"http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-5.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-5.jpg 700w, http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-5-300x200.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89850\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-5.jpg 700w, http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-5-300x200.jpg 300w\" data-src=\"http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-5.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-89850\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Director Tommy Wirkola<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VIOLENT NIGHT \u2014Santa Claus goes Die-Hard this Christmas-By Tharishi Hewavithanagamage Source:Island Tis\u2019 the season to be jolly and binge watch Christmas movie classics like \u2018Home Alone\u2019, but in a twisted turn of events Director Tommy Wirkola has other plans for audiences. 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