Offering a unique take on the Christmas theme, the movie follows the head of North Pole security and a notorious hacker as they team up to rescue Santa Claus. Here’s how Red One concludes ...

One of the twists in Red One’s mythology is that Santa uses a particular superpower in his operations: Ant-Man-style size-changing powers. The ability to change his own size, or the size of ...

Santa runs a high-tech metropolis ... Yet as ridiculous as “Red One” gets, including some serious overacting and B-movie dialogue, it seems to be afraid of having any real fun.

“Red One” is the holiday ... Well, the flying-souped-up-Santa’s-sleigh digital effects, featuring eight reindeer and their glowing antlers, do not suggest a movie made for an estimated ...

Here's the bad joke of Hollywood Christmas movies. They tend to begin, and end, with a blast of old-school Yuletide cheer. But that's just a tease. In between, most of them make a point of ...

It’s not Christmas without Santa Claus, and in Red One, he’s front and center — even if he’s been kidnapped. Played by J.K. Simmons, the movie shakes things up by giving us a version of ...

Mr. Rock plays the head of Santa Claus’ crack high-tech security ... word “Cal” in the following exchange with “the movie Red One”: Jack: Not a lot of fun, are you (the movie Red One)?

Whereas Santa gives presents to the nice, Krampus doles out punishment to the naughty. So which one of them delivered us this movie? Red One Rated PG-13 for action, some violence and language.

overrated ‘Jumanji’ movies, ‘Red One’ does feature a cute idea at its core and a winning performance from J.K. Simmons as a very different kind of Santa Claus. But a lethargic pace ...

Ah, the Christmas movie. That old chestnut. That cozy perennial pastime where — let’s just pick one scene from “Red One” — Dwayne Johnson, playing Santa’s body guard, faces off with a ...

There was a time when Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson could sell a movie on pure charm alone, but in recent years, his persona has become more of a crutch than an asset. That’s abundantly clear in ...

But what “Red One” is really missing, what every Christmas movie worth its eggnog requires ... leads security at the North Pole and is also Santa’s protector when he makes surprise visits ...