Fatman (2020)

linktr.ee/CatchingUpOnCinema This December is “Satanic Santa” month at Catching Up On Cinema! All month long, we'll be reviewing Christmas movies featuring murderous, rampaging Santa Claus! This week, Kyle and Trevor review Eshom and Ian Nelms', Fatman (2020)! Starring Mel Gibson as a world weary Chris Cringle on the edge of (2 days?) to retirement, Fatman (2020) is an unconventional Christmas film that is possessed of interesting ideas, but sadly fails to expand on any of them to any satisfying degree. In the universe of Fatman, Santa Claus is not only real, he is a known entity to the U.S. Government, and a core contributor the world economy. In Fatman, Santa is a small business owner that lives on a farm, owns guns, and (grudingly) pays taxes. While the core plot of the film involves a wealthy and nefarious young brat hiring a hitman to kill Santa after receiving a well-deserved lump of a coal on Christmas morning, the majority of the runtime of Fatman is devoted to Mel Gibson griping about the taxman, and watching the always entertaining Walton Goggins go on an extended roadtrip. Not funny enough to be a comedy, and not action oriented enough to satisfy the Redbox crowd, Fatman is a strange beast of an indie film that occasionally probes interesting material with its scripting, but is a sadly lacking in cohesiveness, resulting in a movie that is perhaps more interesting to talk about than to actually watch or enjoy. Follow us on Instagram @catchinguponcinema Follow us on Twitter @CatchingCinema Like, share, subscribe, and we'll catch you next time!