Violent Night | reviewed by: William O'Donnell | February 24, 2023
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This could have been phoned in but everyone committed to the bit and delivered some genuinely funny (albeit gory) sequences.
| genre | Action | Comedy | Crime | Fantasy |
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| synopsis | When a team of mercenaries breaks into a wealthy family compound on Christmas Eve, taking everyone inside hostage, the team isn’t prepared for a surprise combatant: Santa Claus is on the grounds, and he’s about to show why this Nick is no saint. |
| lead actors | David Harbour | John Leguizamo | Beverly D'Angelo | Alex Hassell | Alexis Louder | Edi Patterson | Cam Gigandet | Leah Brady | André Eriksen | Brendan Fletcher | Mike Dopud | Alexander Elliot | Mitra Suri | Can Aydin | Phong Giang | Finn McCager Higgins | Rawleigh Clements-Willis | Stephanie Sy | Yoon Cha-Lee | Marina Stephenson Kerr | John B. Lowe | Ray Strachan | Sean Skene | Thomas Lorber | Erik Athavale | Adam Hurtig | Ron Borges | Adrian Persad | Marc-André Brisebois | Dylan Rampulla | Maxime Laurin | Christopher Sean Nott | Jake Kennerd | Carson Nattrass | Lance Cartwright | Alan Castanaga | Jeff Strome | Shannon Guile | Anders Strome | Darren Ross | BJ Verot | Tristan Carlucci | James Durham | Brent Poplawski | Frederick Allen | DJ Brotherson | Vance Halldorson |
| director | Tommy Wirkola |