{"id":122716,"date":"2024-11-06T12:54:56","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T05:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122716"},"modified":"2024-11-06T12:54:56","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T05:54:56","slug":"dwayne-johnson-and-chris-evans-save-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122716","title":{"rendered":"Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans Save Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/dwayne-johnson\/\" id=\"auto-tag_dwayne-johnson\" data-tag=\"dwayne-johnson\">Dwayne Johnson<\/a>\u2019s $250 million Yuletide action-fantasy-comedy, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/red-one\/\" id=\"auto-tag_red-one\" data-tag=\"red-one\">Red One<\/a><\/em>, is not to be confused with his 2021 action-comedy crime caper, <em><a data-id=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-reviews\/red-notice-dwayne-johnson-ryan-reynolds-gal-gadot-netflix-1235041781\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-reviews\/red-notice-dwayne-johnson-ryan-reynolds-gal-gadot-netflix-1235041781\/\">Red Notice<\/a><\/em>. The new film is getting a wide theatrical release, for starters, while the earlier one went straight to Netflix, topped the most-streamed chart for a minute and then was never spoken of again \u2014 almost as if it never existed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe pop-cultural footprint of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/jake-kasdan\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jake-kasdan\" data-tag=\"jake-kasdan\">Jake Kasdan<\/a>\u2019s laborious holiday entry, while it insistently screams \u201cNext-Gen Christmas Classic!\u201d at you, seems unlikely to be much different. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/amazon-mgm-studios\/\" id=\"auto-tag_amazon-mgm-studios\" data-tag=\"amazon-mgm-studios\">Amazon MGM Studios<\/a> is being cagey about dates, but the movie seems destined to feed the hungry maw of another streaming service, Prime Video, real soon. This is a high-concept, CG-saturated bore that lacks heart and infectious humor, even if it huffs and puffs its way to a little poignancy in the end.<\/p>\n<div class=\"review-summary-card\">\n<div class=\" lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-a-125 u-background-color-honey-light \">\n<div class=\"lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column u-width-275@tablet u-border-b-1@mobile-max u-border-r-1@tablet u-border-dotted lrv-u-margin-r-150 lrv-u-padding-r-150 lrv-u-margin-r-00@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-r-00@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-b-125@mobile-max lrv-u-margin-b-075@mobile-max\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-u-font-family-primary u-font-size-34 u-font-size-38@desktop-xl lrv-u-line-height-small lrv-u-margin-b-125 \">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRed One\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-font-family-accent lrv-u-font-weight-bold lrv-u-color-brand-primary lrv-u-font-size-16 lrv-u-display-block\">The Bottom Line<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-span  u-font-size-22@tablet u-font-style-italic lrv-u-font-family-secondary\"><\/p>\n<p>\tDoes not sleigh.<br \/>\n\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Release date<\/strong>: Friday, Nov. 15<br \/><strong>Cast<\/strong>: Dwayne Johnson, Chris Evans, Lucy Liu, J.K. Simmons, Kiernan Shipka, Bonnie Hunt, Kristofer Hivju, Nick Kroll<br \/><strong>Director<\/strong>: Jake Kasdan<br \/><strong>Screenwriter<\/strong>: Chris Morgan<br \/><span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRated PG-13,<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2 hours 3 minutes\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<em>Fast &amp; Furious<\/em> franchise veteran <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/chris-morgan\/\" id=\"auto-tag_chris-morgan\" data-tag=\"chris-morgan\">Chris Morgan<\/a>\u2019s screenplay, from a story by fellow producer Hiram Garcia, plays like the result of a pitch meeting in which some over-eager junior on the studio development team said, \u201cHey, let\u2019s do <em>Elf<\/em>, but with a kidnapping plot and shit tons of awesome technology!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe movie pairs Johnson with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/chris-evans\/\" id=\"auto-tag_chris-evans\" data-tag=\"chris-evans\">Chris Evans<\/a> as an unlikely duo on a globe-hopping mission to track down <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/jk-simmons\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jk-simmons\" data-tag=\"jk-simmons\">J.K. Simmons<\/a>\u2019 abducted Santa Claus (code name \u201cRed One\u201d) in time for the jolly bearded guy to board the sleigh and save Christmas. It\u2019s stuffed with mythology and magic, and yet remains stubbornly unmagical.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tEvans plays Jack O\u2019Malley, an unscrupulous opportunist introduced as a mouthy preteen boy (Wyatt Hunt) collecting cash from his cousins in exchange for what he claims is definitive proof that Santa Claus does not exist. Thirty years later, he\u2019s lifting other people\u2019s lattes from the caf\u00e9 pickup counter before heading home to a bank of computer monitors from which he surfs the dark web, operating as the world\u2019s greatest hacker\/tracker for hire, under the alias \u201cThe Wolf.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tJohnson is Callum Drift, head of the North Pole security team Enforcement, Logistics and Fortification (E.L.F., geddit?) responsible for Santa\u2019s protection. Simmons\u2019 Nick, as Cal fondly addresses him, likes to do the department store rounds ahead of each year\u2019s big delivery run. The movie sets him up like a U.S. president, with a Secret Service motorcade escorting him from the shopping mall to a hangar where his team of digitally rendered reindeer stand ready for takeoff, hitched to a golden sleigh styled like a futuristic chariot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tOnce airborne, they switch to hyper-speed and zip back to the North Pole, a domed super-city furnished with advanced technological capabilities yet staffed with elves that look disturbingly like mutant Yodas in a child-labor factory. Santa greets Mrs. Claus (Bonnie Hunt) before diving into his gym routine, bench-pressing major poundage to get in optimum shape for the big night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe only reason for Santa to frown is Cal\u2019s decision, after a few centuries of working together, to resign, making this their final Christmas together. Unlike Nick, Cal can no longer see the good in people: \u201cI love the kids, but the grownups are killing me.\u201d For the first time, the Naughty List is longer than the Nice, and Cal laments that people don\u2019t even care.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tMeanwhile, Jack is being paid handsomely by an anonymous employer to hack the Intercontinental Seismic Surveillance System. He identifies a North Pole entry point that has remained concealed for centuries and, before long, a highly coordinated tactical unit has penetrated the dome and made off with Red One while Cal is chasing decoys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThis emergency prompts M.O.R.A., the Mythological Oversight and Restoration Authority (<em>so<\/em> many acronyms), to spring into action. The organization\u2019s director, Zoe Harlow (Lucy Liu), tracks down the purportedly untraceable Wolf in what seems like seconds and Jack is strong-armed into teaming up with Cal to unmask the kidnappers and rescue Santa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tComing on the heels of Liu\u2019s terrific work in Steven Soderbergh\u2019s haunted house chiller, <em><a data-id=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-reviews\/presence-review-steven-soderbergh-lucy-liu-1235794074\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-reviews\/presence-review-steven-soderbergh-lucy-liu-1235794074\/\">Presence<\/a><\/em> (opening Jan. 24), the thoroughly generic role assigned to her here is one of many dispiriting things about <em>Red One<\/em>. Even when Zoe gets to kick some ass in a fight scene, the action cuts away almost immediately to the armored-up dudes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThat\u2019s not surprising given how much testosterone is clogging the aggressively charmless movie\u2019s arteries \u2014 from buff Santa to security squads equipped with high-tech hardware and cool vehicles, from <em>Transformers<\/em>-like tricks with toys to clashes that push the boundaries of PG-13 violence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAnd that\u2019s even before we get to gnarly muscle-bound goat-man Krampus (Kristofer Hivju), Santa\u2019s adopted half-brother. This Dark Lord of Winter defected long ago to a gloomy German castle in the Black Forest, guarded by hellhounds, where his favored nightly ritual is a face-walloping contest with volunteers from his court of freaks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThis is a film that aims for mythological intrigue and rollicking adventure but lands more often in lead-footed bloat, suitably accompanied by Henry Jackman\u2019s hyperventilating score. It\u2019s always busy but seldom fun. The fantasy environments have all the appeal of the center-of-the-earth fairy kingdom in Kenneth Branagh\u2019s instantly forgotten <em><a data-id=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-reviews\/artemis-fowl-1297946\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-reviews\/artemis-fowl-1297946\/\">Artemis Fowl<\/a><\/em>. Non-human North Pole workers like talking penguins and a burly polar bear \u2014 none of which are ever at risk of being mistaken for real animals \u2014 add minimal amusement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tJust as Krampus comes from the Yuletide folklore of Germany, Austria and other parts of Alpine Europe, Morgan\u2019s screenplay also incorporates the Icelandic legend of Christmas Witch Gr\u00fdla (Kiernan Shipka in a role that begs for Bj\u00f6rk), a 900-year-old shapeshifter who transforms from a hideous ogress into a diabolical babe who looks a lot like <em><a data-id=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-reviews\/m3gan-allison-williams-killer-doll-horror-1235290558\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-reviews\/m3gan-allison-williams-killer-doll-horror-1235290558\/\">M3GAN<\/a><\/em>. But there\u2019s no place for any of the delicious campiness of that rogue robot thriller in this tiresome world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe interlude that comes closest to generating laughs is the brief appearance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/nick-kroll\/\" id=\"auto-tag_nick-kroll\" data-tag=\"nick-kroll\">Nick Kroll<\/a> as Ted, who heads up a death-mercenary security force known as the Karmanians. (If you think there\u2019s a Kardashian allusion there, you\u2019ll be waiting for a joke that doesn\u2019t arrive.) When Cal and Jack get to Ted on a beach in Aruba, he\u2019s suspended in mid-air by his ankles, possessed by the demonic voice of Gr\u00fdla. But the droll Kroll is not around long enough to up the levity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThat job mostly lands on the shoulders of Evans, who deserves better and can only do so much with the witless dialogue. Johnson, reuniting with his director on two <em>Jumanji<\/em> sequels, is on straight-man duty, looking serious and purposeful throughout, until the plot mechanics give him reason to smile again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tBoth Krampus and Gr\u00fdla, who commands a unit of deadly giant snowmen and apparently has 13 sons who kill on command, are villains whose fundamental policy difference with Santa is their focus on punishing those on the Naughty List rather than rewarding those who qualify as Nice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tJack, unsurprisingly, is a \u201cLevel 4\u201d Naughty Lister, whose bad example has managed to rub off on his teenage son Dylan (Wesley Kimmel), despite being a neglectful dad who hardly ever spends time with him. There\u2019s much unfunny banter between jaded Cal and cynical Jack, but if you haven\u2019t guessed the heart-tugging turnaround of both characters well before the closing scenes, then you probably do still believe in Santa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThis holiday entry, which could almost have been called <em>A Fast &amp; Furious Christmas<\/em>, is so ugly, artificial and overlong that it should cure kids of any belief in magic. It\u2019s a prime example of the ways in which CG effects have impoverished the imaginations of many contemporary filmmakers \u2014 making anything possible, but too often at the expense of a human heartbeat. In any case, <em>Red One<\/em> is the equivalent of a lump of coal in your Christmas stocking.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-reviews\/red-one-review-dwayne-johnson-chris-evans-christmas-1236054244\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dwayne Johnson\u2019s $250 million Yuletide action-fantasy-comedy, Red One, is not to be confused with his 2021 action-comedy crime caper, Red Notice. 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