Fatman is a black comedy action movie, that was produced by Fortitude International, Mammoth Entertainment, Rough House Pictures, Sprockefeller Pictures, and Ingenious Media and distributed by Saban Films. Fatman was written and directed by Eshom Nelms and Ian Nelms.
The story is, on Christmas Eve, a child named Billy Wenan received a lump of a coal. Swearing vengeance, young Billy hires a hitman to go find Chris Cringle and kill him. Now, Chris must find a way to survive the assassin's barrage, so he can make it to the next holiday season.
My Thoughts
My only slight issue was with the pacing. For the most part it's pretty good, but you do have some moments where things do feel a little bit slower than they need to be. And yes, I understood this isn't a fast paced adrenaline flick, but point still stands.
Now for the things Fatman does absolutely right, mainly from Mel Gibson, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, and Walton Goggins. Gotta say, wasn't expecting Mel Gibson to play more of grizzled Santa, but he plays it well. And with Marianne she's pretty much the main heart and soul, and with Goggins, he's just awesome. Sure he's character is menacing, but he does have a lot of good comedic moments.
Speaking of humor, I really dug what the movie was going for. The humor in this is by no means in your face, cringe, or comes along to ruin a moment. It's not only subtle, but very dry. So if dry humor is more of your thing, then you just might get a kick out of this.
One of the two biggest surprises in Fatman was how much this was a new and more grounded approach to Santa Claus. This Santa doesn't have "Christmas magic", even anything he's more of a blue collar guy. Now I'll always like the holy, jolly Santa Claus, but sometimes, if done right, it can be fun to see a Santa who's not afraid to get his hands just a bit dirty, which might be why I liked Violent Night so much.
The last thing I'll praise is how this movie was far from focused on story than action. Don't get me wrong, there's is action, but the story wanted to focus on character. For a majority of the time, we're focusing on how broken down Santa who's lost faith in today's world, and feels like a failure. But, somewhere along the way, has his faith restored. This aspect I greatly appreciated, even though there are days where I just want to kick back, and enjoy explosions and people hitting each other.
Fatman is without question a very untraditional Christmas movie like others that came before it, but still an entertaining one. Sure things can be slow in some areas, but I think that's forgivable.
My final rating is, Good.
Alright, that's all for now. Come back on Saturday, Dec 23rd, for my review of Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire . Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.
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