Rent Fatman (2020)
3.0 of 5 from 229 ratings
1h 39min
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- Synopsis:
- To save his declining business, Chris Cringle (Mel Gibson), also known as Santa Claus, is forced into a partnership with the U.S. military. Making matters worse, Chris gets locked into a deadly battle of wits against a highly skilled assassin (Walton Goggins), hired by a precocious 12-year-old after receiving a lump of coal in his stocking.
- Actors:
- Mel Gibson, Walton Goggins, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Chance Hurstfield, Susanne Sutchy, Robert Bockstael, Michael Dyson, Deborah Grover, Ellison Grier Butler, Eric Woolfe, Lynne Adams, Ekaterina Baker, Natalie Darbyson, Corbin Smyth Currie, Paul Whitney, Paulino Nunes, Kate Hurman, Robert Reynolds, John Tokatlidis, Sean Devine
- Directors:
- Eshom Nelms, Ian Nelms
- Producers:
- Todd Courtney, Nadine de Barros, Michelle Lang, Robert Menzies, Lisa Wolofsky
- Writers:
- Ian Nelms, Eshom Nelms
- Studio:
- Altitude Film Distribution
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Thrillers
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Reviews (4) of Fatman
Average - Fatman review by TH
It's alright. Fairly average film but like the idea of a tough santa. The acting is decent but feels at time a bit too silly to take serious. One time watch from me.
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Poor Comedy & A Missed Chance - Fatman review by GI
A dark Christmas comedy that is all gimmick and no substance (the trailer is far better than the actual film!) with Mel Gibson as a grumpy Santa Claus who lives and works on a farm, with his wife and elves, readying for the night he has to deliver toys to the world's children. Worried by the declining morals of youngsters his business is failing and his subsidies from the US Government have been cut. But things get worse when he leaves a lump of coal for a spoilt, nasty rich kid who then hires a hitman (Walter Coggins) to kill Santa. Yes you heard that right. Said Hitman also has a long standing grievance against Santa and relishes the job. The sad thing here is that despite the set up there was great potential here for a fresh, contemporary Santa story with some social commentary about youth crime, millennial entitlement and declining standards but the film descends into clichéd old age jokes and a shoot 'em up, and yes it's quite bloody. Gibson is the best thing about this film, he deserved a better script that had less cartoonish characterisations.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.
Okay - Fatman review by AC
The actors were good, Mel Gibson is suited to a grumpy old Santa disillusioned with the world. A querky concept for a film. It was okay, could have been better.
0 out of 0 members found this review helpful.