Santa’s business is struggling and in debt, pushing him into a reluctant relationship with the U.S. military.
That’s quite a pitch.
We should be sold, right?
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Well, first off, let’s briefly discuss the problematic elephant in the room.
It’s been hard to keep track of where we are in the Mel Gibson controversy cycle.
The actor seemed to be largely shunned from Hollywood following instances of hate speech and a domestic violence accusation.
And that trend looked to continue withFatman, except the concept is hard to ignore.
I wantedTax Collectorbad; I wantedLast Christmasbad.
Unfortunately, we weren’t nice enough this year to get good bad Christmas classics back-to-back.
Like Billy, I feel like I got coal under my tree.
Fatmanis really two movies in one.
Surprisingly, that’s the side with Gibson.
This is no bad Santa.
This Santa believes in what he and Ruth, a.k.a.
“I’ve lost my influence,” he bemoans.
Meanwhile,Fatman’s other story delivers on the promise of the good bad movie.
Much of that is credit to Walton Goggins, who simultaneously deserves better and seems right at home.
He stars here as Skinny Man (I see what they did there!
), a hitman with his own personal vendetta against the Fatman.
How can I describe the Skinny Man?
Even so, he’s notthatangry or violent.
“You think you’re the first?”
Chris barks when they prepare for battle.
“You think I got this job because I’m fat and jolly?!”
