It ’s halfway to Christmas and even so you ’re not ready to behold the confoundingly disorderly trailer for Red One . TheChris EvansandDwayne Johnsonholiday action pic direct byJake Kasdan(Jumanji : Welcome to the Jungle ) is set for release on November 15 from Amazon MGM .
Starting off with a swole Santa Claus ( J.K. Simmons ) lifting weight ( to keep those cookie calories down , presumably ) with the assistant of the commander of the ELF Task Force — toy by Johnson as “ The Rock if he were Santa ’s bodyguard”—isn’t much of a stretch for an action movie , sure . It ’s more the uncomprehensible series of plot of land slop that follow , which leaves us wondering what this is moving-picture show trying to be , outside of a Christmas version of Taken ? The buff - target snowmen defend scenery on the beach is only the hint of the headway - scratching choices here . Take a look for yourself in the trailer below :
We have so many question ! Just in this clip we get a jacked Santa being benched and kidnapped ; Chris Evans ( with dark haircloth to signal he ’s a Johnny ) playing a guy cable who ’s both on the naughty list — but also an essential part of helping the Rock find his gaffer ; magic that embiggens toy into functional literal - world objects ; a Krampus twirl fight club ; and those nightmare fuel snowmen with muscleman bods , include ice rink cream goop butt cheeks that do n’t run on the beach .
Gif: MGM
Somehow , this first look at Red One seemingly strips its vacation motion picture conceit of any Christmas sprightliness by leaning hard into the action . Young Rock ’s vacation special , one of the best Dwayne Johnson star vehicle give rise by his squad , actually charm the simple curiosity of the vacation season , which makes the surprising mess on display here even more peculiar . Compare this to Violent Night , another recent vacation activeness movie featuring a insurgent Santa which still took an earnest approach to all its seasonal traditional knowledge . Here , it ’s presented as secondary jest cannon fodder on steroids . badly , why do all the Christmas characters look like they go to the same gym ? From the trailer at least , Red One is throw Saturday Night Live skit meets commercial-grade activeness picture , without the ingeniousness or essence of holidays films .
Red One opens in theatre on November 15 .
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