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Violent Night is a 2022 American Christmas action comedy film directed by Tommy Wirkola and written by Pat Casey and Josh Miller. The film stars David Harbour, John Leguizamo, Alex Hassell, Alexis Louder, Edi Patterson, Cam Gigandet, Leah Brady, and Beverly D'Angelo.

Violent Night had its world premiere at the New York Comic Con on October 7, 2022, and was released in the United States on December 2, 2022, by Universal Pictures. The film received mixed reviews from critics.

On Christmas Eve, Santa Claus drinks at a pub in Bristol where he laments to a mall Santa how the kids have begun to lose their Christmas spirit and have become increasingly materialistic. He leaves on his sleigh pulled by his reindeer, shocking and delighting the pub's bartender, before accidentally vomiting on her from his sleigh.

Santa arrives at the Lightstone estate to deliver gifts, when the catering staff and some servants reveal themselves to be part of a group of mercenaries, led by a man known as "Mr. Scrooge" where they all use Christmas code-names, and take the family hostage. Santa gets into a fight with one of the henchmen whose gunfire scares away the reindeer. Santa inadvertently kills the henchman when a string of Christmas lights pulls him out of the window and is impaled on an icicle decoration outside. Santa later kills another henchman, stabbing him in the eye with a tree topper, before plugging it in and electrocuting him. Taking the henchman's walkie talkie, Santa accidentally finds Trudy's channel and, seeing that she is on his nice list, decides to help save her while also finding that all the mercenaries are on his naughty list.
Cast
David Harbour as Santa Claus, a legendary Christmas gift-bringer and former Viking warrior.
John Leguizamo as Jimmy "Scrooge" Martinez, the leader of the mercenaries.
Alex Hassell as Jason Lightstone, Gertrude's son who is considered her favorite.
Alexis Louder as Linda Matthews, Jason's estranged wife and an engineer who is forced to spend the holidays at the house so that the couple’s daughter can have a nice Christmas.
Cam Gigandet as Morgan Steele, Alva's second husband and a wannabe action star/filmmaker who wants Gertrude to be the benefactor of his next movie.
Edi Patterson as Alva Steele-Lightstone, Gertrude's hard-drinking daughter who has been accused of being a gold digger.
Leah Brady as Trudy Lightstone, the daughter of Jason and Linda
Beverly D'Angelo as Gertrude Lightstone, the foul-mouthed matriarch who heads the family corporation and makes her kids fight for her love.
Brendan Fletcher as Krampus, Scrooge's lead henchman
André Eriksen as Gingerbread, Scrooge's henchman who poses as Gertrude's butler.
Alexander Elliot as Bertrude "Bert" Lightstone, Alva's teenage influencer son from her first marriage.
Mike Dopud as Commander Thorp, an extraction force leader who is secretly in league with Scrooge.
Mitra Suri as Candy Cane, a mercenary working for Scrooge
Stephanie Sy as Sugarplum, a mercenary working for Scrooge
Sean Skene as a mercenary working for Scrooge who poses as a lead bodyguard.
Erik Athavale as Richard
Can Aydin as Frosty
Cha-Lee Yoon as Techie
Phong Giang as Tinsel

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