Fatman
Ratings: 3.4/5
Duration: 1hr 40 mins
Language: English
Genre: Black Comedy, Action
Director: Eshom Nelms, Ian Nelms
Writer: Eshom Nelms, Ian Nelms
Producer: Todd Courtney, Nadine de Barros, Brandon James, Michelle Lang, Robert Menzies, Lisa Wolofsky
Music: Mondo Boys
Cinematography: Johnny Derango
Editing: Traton Lee
Art Direction: Richelle Wilks
Release Date: 13 November 2020
Released In: Theatres
Star Cast: Mel Gibson, Walton Goggins, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Chance Hurstfield, Susanne Sutchy, Robert Bockstael, Michael Dyson, Deborah Grover, Ellison Grier Butler, Eric Woolfe, Lynne Adams, Ekaterina Baker, Natalie Darbyson, Corbin Smyth Currie, Paul Whitney, Paulino Nunes, Kate Hurman, Robert Reynolds, John Tokatlidis, Sean Devine, Sean Tucker, Shaun Benson, Mikael Conde , Ronald Tang, Peter Chow, Jack Sivyer, Xavier Sotelo
Plot:
To save his declining business, Chris Cringle, also known as Santa Claus, is forced into a partnership with the U.S. military. Making matters worse, Chris gets locked into a deadly battle of wits against a highly skilled assassin, hired by a precocious 12-year-old, after receiving a lump of coal in his stocking.
Review:
Mel Gibson is seen protecting his life and livelihood from a vengeful mercenary (Walton Goggins) hired by a rich, 12-year-old boy (Chance Hurstfield) who wants him dead.
To save his declining holiday focused business, Chris Cringle (Mel Gibson), also known as Santa Claus, is forced into a partnership with the U.S. military to make ends meet. But the film’s main dramatic theme arrives from 14-year-old spoiled brat Billy (Chance Hurstfield). Billy gets angry when his only gift under the Christmas tree turns out to be a lump of coal. So, he engages a skinny hitman (Walter Goggins) to take a contract on Chris Cringle.
“Christmas generates $3 trillion in the U.S. alone and we can’t even pay the power bill,” Chris growls to his wife Ruth (the great Marianne Jean-Baptiste), who promises him that things will get better. But Chris remains unconvinced, “All I have is loathing for a world that’s forgotten,” he moans, before the U.S. government–which already subsidizes his operation as an economy booster shows up with a new, post-holiday season offer of a lucrative new contract to make control panels for fighter jets.
This movie features more than enough violence, a wrenching amount of blood, and strong language. The body count Goggins racks up throughout the film is truly shocking. Nine times out of ten, if he interacts with someone in the film, he kills them. And if he doesn’t kill them, he leaves them mentally scarred for the rest of their life.
Director and co-writer brothers Eshom and Ian Nelms (Small Town Crime) idea for the movie comes with equal parts of gore and scepticism. However, this movie does not seem sure if it wants to be a thriller or a comedy.
Overall, Fatman is a unique concept with impressive, actionable entertainment.
