Rock and Chris Evans Deliver a Christmas Lump of Coal

‘Red One’: The Rock and Chris Evans Deliver a Christmas Lump of Coal
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s career has been defined by movies that resemble AI-generated parodies, although few have been quite as aggressively mediocre as Red One, which hits theaters Nov. 15. A big-budget,
‘Red One’ review: Chris Evans and The Rock kill Christmas with zero-star, $250 million turd
Kris Kringle, played by J.K. Simmons as a push-up-obsessed gym rat, is kidnapped after a freelance hacker named Jack (Evans) inadvertently reveals the location of the North Pole to an evildoer.
‘Red One’ Review: Dwayne Johnson’s Christmas Mission
The actor stars in Jake Kasdan’s action-comedy as the North Pole’s head of security, who sets out to save Santa after he is kidnapped.
‘Red One’ decks the halls with Dwayne Johnson and a swole Santa
Red One” is a sour sugarplum of a Christmas treat, a cheerfully cynical action comedy for kids — especially the ones who asked Santa Claus for ninja stars and a Nerf gun. Director Jake Kasdan (“Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story”) and screenwriter Chris Morgan (“Fast Five”) present their take on Santa as a muscle-bound alpha male (J.
'Red One' review: Like being force-fed Christmas cheer
The Christmastime action-adventure family fantasy comedy "Red One" is as overstuffed as a holiday turkey. Much of it whooshes by in a blur of CGI effects that can leave you feeling dizzy, like you downed too much spiked eggnog at Aunt Edna's annual Christmas Eve extravaganza.
Dwayne Johnson is on a mission to save Christmas in 'Red One'
Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans play reluctant partners who have to save Christmas when Santa goes missing in the holiday action movie "Red One."
Movie Review: ‘Red One’ tries to supersize the Christmas movie
Ah, the Christmas movie. That old chestnut. That cozy perennial pastime where — let’s just pick one scene from “Red One” — Dwayne Johnson, playing Santa’s body guard, faces off with a witch-possessed mercenary and ice-sword-wielding CGI snowmen on the sandy beaches of Aruba.
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‘Red One’ tries to supersize the Christmas movie
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Awful Christmas comedy 'Red One' leaves you disappointed — and damp
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The Rock watched Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan's IMAX seat and had an epiphany about Christmas car crash Red One: "It can be game over"
Dwayne Johnson had an epiphany while he was watching Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer in IMAX that shaped the release of his ...
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Movie review: ‘Red One’ a confounding Christmas action comedy
There’s a moment in the middle of “Red One” — the Christmas-themed action comedy starring Dwayne Johnson and Chris ...
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Review: ‘Red One’ struggles to supersize the Christmas movie
Ah, the Christmas movie. That old chestnut. That cozy perennial pastime where — let’s just pick one scene from “Red ...
‘Red One’ Review: Santa’s Helpers Have Been Working Out
Starring Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans, this Christmas offering has the courage to ask: What if the Santa Claus story was ...
Review: When Santa Claus goes missing, an action film struggles to connect in 'Red One'
The rest of the film is a limp to the finish line, not that it was all that spry to begin with. But is it sinewy? Yes. “Red One,” with a story by Hiram Garcia (Johnson’s former brother-in-law and ...
‘Red One’ is the ‘Marvelization’ of Holiday Movies
Will you be "present" for the new Christmas Film in theaters this weekend, or wait for it to dash to streaming? ABC4's Film ...