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'Red One' could have been worse, but it's missing a vital Christmas ingredient
You can boil the experience of watching “Red One,” one of the nuttiest Christmas movies ever made, down to five words. It could have been worse. Slide on over and make some room for faint praise,
Review: ‘Red One’ struggles to supersize the Christmas movie
Ah, the Christmas movie. That old chestnut. That cozy perennial pastime where — let’s just pick one scene from “Red One” — Dwayne Johnson, playing Santa’s bodyguard, faces off with a witch-possessed mercenary (Nick Kroll) and ice sword-wielding ...
Movie Review: 'Red One' tries to supersize the Christmas movie
Ah, the Christmas movie. That old chestnut. That cozy perennial pastime where — let’s just pick one scene from “Red One” — Dwayne Johnson, playing Santa’s body guard, faces off with a witch-possessed mercenary (Nick Kroll) and ice-sword-wielding CGI snowmen on the sandy beaches of Aruba. Can’t you just taste the eggnog?
‘Red One’ review: Santa smackdown is everything that’s wrong with Hollywood moviemaking. Merry Christmas
Red One” is a holiday fantasy built on the retribution, punishment and crushed hopes we deserve right now. It imagines a nightmarish mass-incarceration scenario put in motion by a Christmas witch seeking revenge on billions worldwide who’ve landed on Santa’s previously unenforced “naughty list.
Review: When Santa Claus goes missing, an action film struggles to connect in ‘Red One’
Starring Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans, the film uneasily splits the distance between fizzy family-targeted comedy and ...
RED ONE Delivers a Mediocre Christmas Gift Meant for No One
Red One starring Chris Evans and Dwayne Johnson isn't bad. The problem is it's not good, either, because it has no idea who ...
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‘Red One’ tries to supersize the Christmas movie
Ah, the Christmas movie. That old chestnut. That cozy perennial pastime where — let’s just pick one scene from “Red ...
'Red One' Christmas action movie is a big lump of coal — not even Captain America and the Rock can save it
“Red One” is a buddy comedy of sorts, with a Christmas-themed variation on the classic mismatched cop-and-criminal pairing.
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‘Red One’ Review: Santa’s Helpers Have Been Working Out
Cynical and struggling to feel the holiday spirit, Callum Drift (Johnson), the head of security for Santa (a.k.a. Red One ...
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Movie review: ‘Red One’ a confounding Christmas action comedy
There’s a moment in the middle of “Red One” — the Christmas-themed action comedy starring Dwayne Johnson and Chris ...
Dwayne Johnson Watched ‘Oppenheimer' in Christoper Nolan's Imax Seat and Thought: ‘Holy S-‘ This Technology for ‘Red One' Is ‘Game Over'
Dwayne Johnson said a screening of “Oppenheimer” in Imax inspired him to make sure his new Christmas action movie, “Red One,” ...