Red One Movie Review

The day after I saw the great movie Wicked (review here), I went back to my local theater to see the movie Red One.

I’ve been looking forward to this one for some time and I was not disappointed.

Dwayne Johnson (The Rock in WWE) plays Callum Drift, the body guard and friend of Santa Claus (J.K. Simmons), and is one day away from retiring.  

However, Santa is kidnapped and Callum has to find him.

A great cast includes Chris Evans (Jack O’ Malley, who ends up helping Callum and he’s awesome in this movie), Lucy Liu (Zoe, who is a top government agent working alongside Callum), Kiernan Shipka (Gryla, the main villain who is a shape shifting witch plotting to imprison every person on the naughty list in a snow globe), Kristofer Hivju (Krampus, Santa’s brother), and Bonnie Hunt (Mrs. Claus).

This is already a favorite of mine and I want to see this movie many more times over the course of my life.

It is a fun action movie (which I’m all about) and it’s also a fun Christmas movie for everyone to see.

Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans make a great team in this very fun, action packed, Christmas thrill ride.

Red One is a great movie.  Period.