Fatman

Loosely based on the all-time classic Christmas legend , here we have an offbeat Santa Claus competently performed by elderly Mel Gibson . This is an adult , engrossing and entertaining picture containing fun , violence and amusement enough . At the beginning of the film Chris Kringle (Mel Gibson) is listening to the radio, he hears about two kids throwing a bowling ball off an overpass onto the freeway, causing a major traffic accident. The rowdy, unorthodox Santa Claus living with his wife Ruth (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) is taking on difficulties to save his declining business. Meanwhile, Billy (Chance Hurstfield) , a ruthless , evil 12 year old, hires a hit man to kill Santa after receiving a lump of coal in his stocking. You know the man !. You know the legend. But you don't know the real story. Tis the season to get even !. This holiday season, you don't want to be on his hit list !. You better watch out !.

This agreeable picture contains powerful and haunting images , entertainment and amusement . Beautiful scenery , colorful cinematography by cameraman Johnny Derango , atttractive musical score by Mondo Boys , spirited adventure and a breathtaking climax at an impressi duel lift this story . It is a genuine as well as imaginative tale written and directed with professionality , fairness and imagination , though some scenes are far-from-snappy . If you like Mel Gibson , you'll enjoy this light-weight thriller/comedy , in which he stars Santa joining forces with his toy manufacturers to vanquish an extremely cunning contract killer who who uses a high precision rifle to kill him. This is one of the many movies starring Santa Claus, most of them are characterized by the traditional Santa, the good bearded Oldman who delivers presents to children, such as: ¨Santa Claus: The Movie¨ (1985) and those played by Tim Allen as ¨The Santa Clause¨ (1994) , ¨The Santa Clause 2 : The Escape Clause¨ (2002) , ¨Santa Clause 3¨ (2006) , while others on one side negative dealing with an usually disguised Santa who commits evil deeds and murders, such as ¨Silent Night, Bloody Night¨ , ¨Silent Night, Bloody Night 2: Revival¨ , ¨Silent Night, Bloody Night 3¨ and ¨Dont Open Till Christmas¨ , "Violent night" , "Christmas Bloody Christmas", "Christmas Horror Story" . Interpretations are pretty well , Mel Gibson is nice as always , as the outlandish Santa Claus , enjoyable Marianne Jean-Baptiste as his wife Ruth , while Chance Hurstfield is terrific as the neglected and precocious little boy as well as Walter Goggins as the relentless and avenging killer for hire.

The motion picture was finely written/directed by Ian Nelms and Eshom Nelms and it was fairly successful at the box office but not too much .The Nelms Brothers always write and direct together and have made multiple award-winning short and feature films. In 2013, their film 'Lost on Purpose' won numerous festival awards including Best Film, Best Directors and Best Actress for Jane Kaczmarek. In 2015, they debuted 'Waffle Street,' which went on to win Woodstock Film Festival's Inaugural Carpe Diem Award for Best Film as well as Best Narrative Film at the Hollywood Film Festival. The latest feature film by the Nelms Bros., 'Small Town Crime,' stars John Hawkes, Anthony Anderson, Academy Award Winner Octavia Spencer. The Nelms Bros. Also produce several projects together and, most recently, Eshom and Ian executive produced the series "Everyone is Doing Great," created by their longtime collaborator James Lafferty. Additionally, the Nelms Brothers are attached to direct the thriller, 'Capture,' for Thunder Road. Rating : 6.5/10, the pic will appeal to Mel Gibson enthusiasts .

Fatman was a watchable christmas story told in a little different way ,so if you are not fan of a sweet and cheesy Holiday films then this one may to be one for you.Gibson was fun to watch as a cranky tired of life Santa and he sold his character in a fun and good way.Goggins was also good as assassin and he was maybe only real character in a film except Gibson one.Story wasnt nothing brilliant but it had some fun moments in it that worked for me.Parts with kid who hired assassin were weaker parts but i can ignore that.Fatman was a solid Christmas based film in a different way

I watched this movie on Christmas day as my wife likes to watch Christmas movies at that time. I wasn't too thrilled about that idea though, as I was expecting another cheesy holiday movie but Fatman is different. I actually enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would. It's definitely not a Christmas movie for kids that still believe in Santa Claus. There's a fair amount of violence and killings so not sure if kids want to see that if you want to keep them in the Christmas spirit. But for adults it's entertaining. Mel Gibson, once a decent actor, played in a lot of bad movies lately, at the point where I was wondering if he forgot how to act. But in Fatman he got it together again with a decent performance playing Santa Claus. Walton Goggins always seems play mean characters and he's good at it so no reason to change that. The whole cast did a good job making Fatman a different Christmas movie than we're used to. It changes from the eternal Home Alone franchise they push down our throat every year over and over again.

"Fatman" is one of those little independent films that entertains in a surprise like manner as it does have an interesting story with well known actors and it is joy. Set during the "Christmas" season a 12 year old boy receives nothing so he decides it's the big red suited man's fault and he hires a ruthless and crazy hitman(the fine wonderful Walton Goggins) to hunt Mr. Claus down and kill him. As a subplot and on the side as a wild card like story is Chris(in a fine turn from Mel Gibson) a real life Santa who makes a living meeting kids needs. Only Chris is down on his luck and broke, however when he takes up partnership with the U.S. military things change. This film becomes an action like thriller with the two central characters ending up crossing paths overall this picture is underrated give it a watch as the entertaining moments and fun dark action and laughs keep on giving!

An eccentric version of one of the most familiar legend. Great job of Mel Gibson, giving all the bitterness of tired old age to his character, dark humor in large slices, well crafted bad guys. A seductive film, with few very familiar parts , with nice moral and drops of Terminattor . And , sure, political correct.