It seems no one can escape the existential angst of modern life. Not even jolly ol' Santa Claus. In Tom Wirkola's Violent Night, Santa has lost his ho-ho-ho. He is a roving alcoholic with a touch of depression, sick and tired of gifting video games to entitled kids. Between deliveries, he knocks it back at seedy dive bars. Gone is his holiday cheer, his pot belly is now full of beer. He thinks that this might be the last of his 1,100-year-old gig as the father of Christmas.
David Harbour plays a disillusioned Santa who gets stuck in a hostage situation at the expansive estate of....