Universal's 1080p transfer for Violent Night satisfies in all areas. While source noise prevalent, and at times pervasive, throughout individual dressed like Santa, as a murdering maniac. Here, maybe the difference is that this is the real Santa who doesn't just distribute

Violent Night won’t be everyone’s preference as a Christmas confection, but for anyone who includes films like Die Hard, Bad Santa, or The Ref on their list of holiday classics, it should be a welcome addition. It’s impossible to know what kind of legs that any particular film will have, but I suspect that Violent Night will join Die Hard as a topic of Christmas conversations for many decades to come. The two of them will certainly make a hell of a double bill for holiday season movie nights. (Hmm, now there’s an idea...)

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Audio: English: Dolby Digital Atmos (Dolby TrueHD 7.1 Core), German Dolby Digital Atmos, French, Italian, Spanish DTS-HD HR 7.1, French (Canadian), Japanese DTS 5.1 And despite a grim and too on the nose opening (that somehow sees Bristol have a skyline of a modern day American urban metropolis), Wirkola, together with Pat Casey and Josh Miller on script duties, conjured up a wonderfully fun, sweary and bloody little gem. The violence is incredibly graphic but always shot through with a twisted sense of humour, every bloody denouement somehow eliciting a little squeal of naughty delight as all manner of bodily carnage is brought beautifully to life. Its also very funny, drawing on a wealth of knowing influences, including other beloved Christmas films (the Home Alone sequence is genuinely guffaw inducing, while even repeating one of the all-time classic twist reveals of a well known Bruce Willis Christmas banger still manages to surprise), while not afraid to satirise so much of the modern world and its increasing distance from the spirit of Christmas (Beverly D’Angelo as the matriarch of the family could give Brian Cox and his own dysfunctional unit a run for their money). Deleted Scenes (HD, 19 Mins.) - There are 9 scenes in total, which are worth the time. There is also a funny '90s-style sitcom intro that introduces every character of the movie with graphics. There's even an alternate ending. up the film. Later on, she does all she can to assist Santa, springing various traps that would make Kevin McCallister proud, but some of these a willingness to use it. As the night evolves, a not-so-jolly Santa takes the fight to well-armed bad guys in a fight for survival where the best gift is

Looking exactly like you expect a modern-day action spectacular to look, Violent Night sports a sleek, detailed, wonderfully rich looking image. Much like those two movies, the pacing can drag a bit in between the heavier action beats, which are no doubt high-octane and full of red liquid. But in Violent Night'salmost two-hour run time, the story of the family issues and even some of Santa's past can be a bit uneven. There are some fun action moments, especially when Santa is getting beat up, but overcomes everyone with some blunt-force trauma each time. If the film kept its pace as it runs in the last 15 or so minutes, Violent Night would be the perfect action movie. Performances from everyone including a hammed-up John Leguizamo are entertaining and Harbour's performance as Santa is just the right amount of charm and brutality for this universe. When it comes to Christmas Genre Films, there are really only two types…and both come with their own set of expectations…Santa's Helpers: The Making of Violent Night (1080p, 5:56): Looking at the concept, the film's heroes and villains, cast and Meanwhile, at a prestigious estate with a wealthy family that hates each other led by the matriarch Beverly D'Angelo, a group of vicious and well-armed criminals descend upon this family's Christmas Eve and hold them hostage for a ransom of millions of dollars. There's nothing silent about this situation, but as its title suggests, it's extremely violent when things don't go as planned when Santa shows up to deliver presents and must take on the criminals himself as he fights his way through the large mansion to save people. begins to weight the movie down early on. It does its best to rise above by taking the focus away from the dearth of narrative content and onto the presented as a vomiting drunkard in the film's opening minutes. Movies like Silent Night, Deadly Night have also represented Santa, or at least an Audio Commentary: Director Tommy Wirkola, Producer Guy Danella, Writer Pat Casey, and Writer Josh Miller gather to discuss the film

So a crowd-pleasing, modern-day symphony of crude language, rich music and explosive sound effects that is just shy of greatness in its original mix.

And so, this really is a film that should be approached more as the second type of Christmas film, than the first…a film to (almost) watch with the kiddies after the tree and decorations have been put up, while the Baileys and Toffifee are settling nicely in the now extended gullet and everyone actually feels caught in the warm glow of the encroaching holiday period. And of course, its free from any judder or wobble, any dust or debris in the source and the disc leaves us with a fantastically detailed and richly coloured modern film image that delivers on all the format’s many promises. Plot: What’s it about? Video: How’s it look? Audio: How’s it sound? Supplements: What are the extras? The Bottom Line Plot: What’s it about? The film itself is utterly ridiculous, but works as a sort of gory, insane, over the top lark where no one is actually taking anything seriously. It’s got elements of Norse mythology, David Harbour being David Harbour, and even some Home Alone thrown in for the 3rd act? It’s a bizarre movie, and objectively it’s a bad film. Yet at the end of the day I can’t help but just laugh myself silly and go along for the ride. It misses the weird pitfalls that Mel Gibson’s Fat Man fell into (mainly that abysmal center act), and instead just keeps amping up the insanity till the final act is quite literally almost pure comedy with some gore thrown in. the film, it rarely reaches beyond the point of troublesome annoyance. The image is free of any other serious source or encode issues. The image is