Violent Night is an upcoming Christmas fantasy action film, releasing this week. It is directed by Tommy Wirkola from an original screenplay written by Pat Casey and Josh Miller, the writers of Sonic the Hedgehog. Produced by Kelly McCormick, David Leitch, Guy Danella and Marc S. Fischer.
It first premiered at the New York Comic Con on October 7, 2022, and has a runtime of about 1 hour and 52 minutes. Ever since the trailer of the film was released, fans were excited to watch the film and is expected to be a success at the box office.
Violent Night Cast
The cast of the film includes David Harbour as Santa Claus, John Leguizamo as Mr Scrooge (the leader of the mercenaries), Cam Gigandet as Morgan Lightstone, Alex Hassell as Jason Lightstone (Gertrude’s grown child), Alexis Louder as Linda Matthews (Jason’s estranged wife), Edi Patterson as Alva, Beverly D’Angelo as Gertrude Lightstone (the matriarch who heads the family corporation), Leah Brady as Trudy Lightstone and André Eriksen as Gingerbread.
Violent Night Plot/Synopsis
The plot of the film reads, “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.”
The trailer starts off on a funny note, with a bartender asking Harbour, dressed as Santa Claus if he ain’t driving after drinking so much. He replies, “I steer a little, but the reindeer do most of the work.” It seems like a joke but little do they know that he is the real deal. On the other hand, a family is getting ready for Christmas, when they gift the daughter a direct hotline to Santa.
But the celebrations go awry when a group of armed people breaks into their home, demanding $300 million from their family vault. Luckily, right then Santa also comes in to leave the presents, instead, he has to fight these bad guys and still be discrete.
Violent Night Release Date and Trailer
The film is set to have a theatrical release on 2nd December 2022. You can check out its trailer below.
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