Red One is a 2024 American Christmas action-adventure fantasy comedy film directed by Jake Kasdan and written by Chris Morgan, from an original story by Hiram Garcia. The film stars Dwayne Johnson, Chris Evans, Lucy Liu, Kiernan Shipka, Bonnie Hunt, Nick Kroll, Kristofer Hivju, Wesley Kimmel, and J. K. Simmons. Johnson, Hiram Garcia, Dany Garcia, Morgan, Kasdan, and Melvin Mar are the film's producers.
The project is seen as the first of a Christmas franchise, produced by Amazon MGM Studios in association with Seven Bucks Productions, Chris Morgan Productions, and The Detective Agency.
Red One was released internationally by Warner Bros. Pictures on November 6 and is scheduled to be released in the United States by Amazon MGM Studios through Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on November 15, 2024.[5] The film received negative reviews from critics.
Plot[]
Callum Drift, head of Santa Claus's security, requests to retire after one last Christmas run, as he has become disillusioned with increased bad behavior in the world, exemplified by the growth of Santa's Naughty List. On Christmas Eve, an infiltration team breaks into the North Pole complex and kidnaps Santa. Callum notifies Director Zoe Harlow of MORA (Mythological Oversight and Restoration Authority) about the kidnapping, and her team discovers that the North Pole's secret location was found by Jack O'Malley, a mercenary hacker who claims to be able to find anything in the world.
Zoe has Jack apprehended for questioning, but Jack didn't know the information he hacked was related to Santa, and merely sent said information to an anonymous buyer. Zoe offers to double Jack's payment if he helps them find Santa. Callum reluctantly teams up with Jack to find Santa, first by tracking down the broker who arranged the deal between Jack and the kidnapper. The broker tells them that the kidnapper is Gryla, the winter witch. Gryla becomes aware of their conversation and sends her snowmen to attack them, though Callum and Jack are able to defeat them.
Callum suspects that Gryla might be working with Krampus, Santa's estranged brother, who is also Gryla's ex-lover. Callum and Jack break into Krampus' lair but are captured. Callum appeals to Krampus to help his brother, who misses him, but Krampus refuses. Despite being allowed to leave, Jack stays and persuades Krampus to play Krampusschlap with Callum, during which Jack recovers Callum's magic gauntlet and returns it to him, allowing the pair to escape.
Gryla and her sons have Santa kept in a vault that siphons his magic and keeps him unconscious. Gryla duplicates the glaskafig, a magical snow globe, with the intention of ridding the world of naughty children by imprisoning them forever. Gryla decides to test the snow globes on Jack and his estranged son Dylan. She sends each a snow globe that imprisons them and returns to her lair. Jack and Dylan, inside their snow globes, are placed side by side, and the pair have a heart-to-heart conversation that, by making them "nicer", causes the snow globes to break and free them.
As Zoe placed a tracker on Jack earlier, she and Callum find that Jack has been brought to the North Pole complex. They realize that Gryla, her extraction team, and Santa never left the North Pole. Callum and Zoe go to the North Pole and release Mrs. Claus and Callum's other security staff, who have been kept prisoner. In Santa's old workshop, they find Jack and Dylan, as well as the toy-duplicating equipment that Gryla used to duplicate the snow globes.
Gryla prepares to leave with an unconscious Santa, as she intends to use his sleigh to distribute the snow globes. A fight ensues, and Gryla is stopped by Callum and Jack, with an assist from Krampus, who arrives to help. Santa recovers and acknowledges his brother, while Gryla is sealed inside one of her own globes and turned over to Zoe's custody.
With Gryla defeated, everyone rapidly prepares for the night's Christmas run. Santa invites Jack and Dylan to accompany him on Christmas Eve, which they accept. During the successful run, Callum watches Jack regain his wonder and build a relationship with Dylan; this convinces him not to retire.
Cast[]
- Dwayne Johnson as Callum Drift, head of North Pole security for Saint Nicholas.
- Chris Evans as Jack O'Malley, a hacker and bounty hunter.
- Lucy Liu as Zoe Harlow
- J. K. Simmons as Santa Claus
- Kiernan Shipka as Grýla
- Bonnie Hunt as Mrs. Claus
- Reinaldo Faberlle as the voice of Agent Garcia,[6] an anthropomorphic polar bear agent
- Kristofer Hivju as Krampus
- Nick Kroll as Ted
- Wesley Kimmel as Dylan
- Mary Elizabeth Ellis as Olivia
- Marc Evan Jackson as Uncle Rick
- Jenna Kanell as Krampus Guest
Production[]
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Reception[]
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References[]
- ↑ [TBA Red One (12A)] (September 9, 2024).
- ↑ Garner, Glenn (November 5, 2024). [TBA 'Red One' Review: Dwayne Johnson & Chris Evans' Slightly Absurd Christmas Action Comedy Commits To The Bit]. Deadline.
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