Red One
Published December 25, 2024
Film info
- Title Red One
- Director Jake Kasdan
- Year 2024
- Run time 2hrs 4m
- Genres Comedy, Action, Fantasy
- Tagline The mission to save Christmas is on
After Santa Claus (codename: Red One) is kidnapped, the North Pole’s Head of Security must team up with the world’s most infamous tracker in a globe-trotting, action-packed mission to save Christmas.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 2:29 | “And what fuels a reindeer, exactly?” |
| 7:09 | JK Simons is the perfect Santa. |
| 12:48 | Ooh, santa goes into hyperspace now. |
| 17:48 | “I love the kids. It’s the grownups who are killing me.” |
| 22:50 | Mistletoe hydroponics! |
| 26:29 | Feels like they’re missing a trick having all this security but no breach warning on the dome. |
| 39:24 | “Use your words.” Hehe, love that. |
| 48:29 | Vice-Santa Claus would be a rubbish job, understudy for just one day a year. |
| 53:26 | It’s so painfully Ant-Man. |
| 1:05:58 | The presidents and prime ministers and kings and queens of everywhere are not going to believe this nonsense about no Christmas. |
| 1:09:32 | “I can’t believe I’m asking this, but what’s the deal with Santa and his brother?” |
| 1:22:50 | Egos as always. |
| 1:32:29 | This capturing people in snow globes reminds me of something. Maybe BFG? |
| 1:46:40 | The Krampus’ transport sounds like Hooked On a Feeling. |
| 1:52:59 | Yes, crawling through a vent! |
| 1:54:59 | “It’s easy to lose it, Cal. The important thing is to keep trying.” |
Thoughts
The reviews for this movie had me expecting the absolute worst, but at the same time, they really made me want to see it for myself. It wasn’t that bad, was it? I mean, it’s a great cast and they really play off the Rock being the grumpy one but having to work with someone quite different to him, a role he does with easy. Chris Evans does a pretty good job as the badun-with-a-heart, out of his depth but getting stuck in anyway.
It was too long, was my main complaint. The start was quite drawn out - yes, I can see you spent a lot of money on the North Pole set but can we move this along? And the whole piece in Germany could have been a lot shorter… I mean could have been dropped completely and it would still be a good story. Too long and a bit too self-indulgent, but nowhere near as bad as I’d been led to believe.
Rating: 3 / 5
