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‘Red One’ Review: Dwayne Johnson & Chris Evans’ Slightly Absurd Christmas Action Comedy Commits To The Bit
Ripe with DC and Marvel alums, Red One could easily become a Christmas franchise in today's culture of existing IP.
The latest in an ongoing trend of action-packed Christmas movies, J.K. Simmons takes on the white beard from Kurt Russell, Mel Gibson and David Harbour in Red One, a $200 million Amazon MGM Studios streaming-turned-theatrical production that blends genres for some family-friendly holiday fun with a generous dose of self-aware absurdity. The action comedy, which reteams filmmaker Jake Kasdan with his Jumanji leading man Dwayne Johnson, follows the latter as Callum Drift, the head of North Pole security, who is ready to retire just as Simmons’ Santa — code name: Red One — is kidnapped two days before Christmas Eve. Red One leans into the camp factor, taking itself so seriously that it whips back around to being totally absurd, 100% committed to the bit, with dialogue about the Naughty List that sounds like they could be talking about nuclear codes.
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