The read
Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do. Most of the 2,399 2020s action movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
A rowdy, unorthodox Santa Claus is fighting to save his declining business. Meanwhile, Billy, a neglected and precocious 12 year old, hires a hit man to kill Santa after receiving a lump of coal in his stocking.
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes43%
Metacritic40/100
Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do.
985 audience votes
Key crew
- Eshom NelmsScreenplay
- Ian NelmsDirector
- Eshom NelmsDirector
- Ian NelmsScreenplay
- Mike SchanzlinOriginal Music Composer
- Mike GriffinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Mel GibsonChris
- Walton GogginsSkinny Man
- Marianne Jean-BaptisteRuth
- Chance HurstfieldBilly Wenan
- Susanne SutchySandy
- Robert BockstaelCaptain Jacobs
- Michael DysonHerman
- Deborah GroverAnne Marie
- Ellison Grier ButlerChristine Crawford (as Ellison Butler)
- Eric WoolfeElf 7
- Lynne AdamsPet Shop Owner
- Ekaterina BakerHelga
