David Harbour, the Stranger Issues star who portrayed a really completely different sort of Santa Claus in Violent Evening, is teasing the return of the character in an upcoming sequel. Harbour, who’s having fun with the success of his newest animated TV present Creature Commandos, has commented on the potential for a sequel and issues are trying very, excellent.
Harbour spoke to ComicBook about Creature Commandos, the primary collection within the DCU the place he supplies voice work for Eric Frankenstein. The present is an adult-animated collection that premiered on Max a number of days in the past, and Harbour co-stars with Sean Gunn, Alan Tudyk and Indira Varma. James Gunn serves as showrunner and a author for all of the episodes. The dialog, nevertheless, segued into one among Harbour’s greatest movies thus far. ComicBook requested a couple of sequel to Violent Evening, and Harbour was fast to reply:
“I don’t assume you’re alone in that want. Nicely, hold your eyes peeled as a result of I additionally love that film, and I believe that Common was enthusiastic about that concept as properly. So we’re working slightly bit.
I do assume there’s some very gifted folks engaged on it, so yeah, I’m enthusiastic about it.”
The actor is protecting himself fairly busy today. Whereas we look ahead to extra information about Violent Evening 2 to reach, he certain has rather a lot to cope with. Stranger Issues will premiere someday in 2025, and Harbour will once more play Eleven’s father determine Jim Hopper within the collection finale of Netflix’s most necessary fantasy horror present. However, Harbour can be enjoying for the opposite workforce within the recreation of superhero franchises. His MCU movie Thunderbolts* is about to premiere subsequent yr and Harbour will return to his function as Purple Guardian, the proper “Russian Captain America.”
‘Violent Evening’ is a Nice Instance of the “Motion Meets Christmas” Subgenre
Harbour performs Kris Kringle, aka Santa Claus, in Violent Evening. Within the movie, Santa Claus isn’t precisely the jolly dude with an extra of Christmas spirit. He’s really an alcoholic man, driving his sleigh beneath the affect and getting uninterested in doing the identical factor time and again. Santa stops by a mansion to ship some presents, however one thing is already taking place when he arrives: a household has been taken hostage. Among the many victims, there’s a baby with a really particular Christmas want, and he or she attracts Santa’s consideration. So begins a much less conventional story of Santa making an attempt to offer a household a merry Christmas.
The movie is an excessively violent motion movie that makes use of its supernatural components for comedic functions. This hilarious motion comedy grossed over $76 million on the field workplace. Violent Evening additionally had a good crucial reception as properly (74% rating on Rotten Tomatoes), with many citing Harbour’s depiction of Santa as the perfect factor about it.
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Within the universe of Christmas movies that mix properly with different genres, Violent Evening stands near the perfect ones. The ultraviolence and the riff on Santa’s jolly perspective, are two of the a number of features in regards to the film that make it a rewatchable function yearly should you’re among the many ones who like to look at completely different motion pictures throughout the holidays. It’s not a Christmas horror film, but it surely does a wonderful job at providing some thrills throughout essentially the most fantastic time of the yr.
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December 2, 2022
- Runtime
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101 minutes