When Santa goes missing his team grab the man responsible, a hacker who can find anyone, and force him to help them retrieve the big guy before Christmas is canceled.
I suspect that had I paid to see this in the movies I would have been annoyed, but at home on the couch with the Christmas tree in the same room I was delighted.
While far from high art, and very by the numbers, RED ONE entertained. I knew pretty much how it was going to go from start to finish and I didn't much care. It was doing what it was doing well and with a certain amount of charm and I was fine with that. Actually considering all of the disingenuous and made purely for the cash empty Hollywood sequels of late seeing something that was at least trying something new was refreshing. I'll take something that actually has a beginning middle and end as opposed to something that is set up to be the next step to the next cash grab.
Is this the best thing in the world? No, but It made me smile. The cast sells it which was a enough to over come the wildly uneven special effects. (As someone recently said why are the best CGI from the first Jurassic Park and why has everything since then gotten worse despite advancements and costing hundreds of millions more?)
Is this worth seeing? On Prime? Absolutely.
It may not be the best Christmas film ever but it will entertain.
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