A tormented father witnesses his young son die when caught in a gang's crossfire on Christmas Eve. While recovering from a wound that costs him his voice, he makes vengeance his life's mission and embarks on a punishing training regimen in order to avenge his son's death.
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Joel Kinnaman
Brian Godlock
Kid Cudi
Detective Dennis Vassel
Harold Torres
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Catalina Sandino Moreno
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Valeria Santaella
Venus
Vinny O'Brien
Anthony Barelo Esq.
Acoyani Chacon
Webface
Angeles Woo
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Alejandro De Los Monteros
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Robert 'Rock' Galotti
Gun Range Trainer
Director
John Woo
Tagline
"Action speaks louder than words."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Production
Thunder Road, Capstone Group, A Better Tomorrow Films, Lionsgate
MovieGuys
December 22, 2023
This is a rather surprising film from Hong Kong director John Woo. Known for up beat, fast paced, gritty action films, Silent Night is a rather sombre, departure from what fans, like myself, have come to expect. The back story is rather sad and I feel this film dwells on this aspect to the point of "almost" becoming obsessively morose. I appreciate the key characters motivation is based on...
BornKnight
December 22, 2023
First movie of John Woo in Hollywood since Paycheck in 2003 (that was an average movie). This movie is almost all based on the expression of the protagonist and secondary characters, even being previsible and a bit melodramatic (but the melodrama is dispersed thorough the movie), without any line whatsoever is something to be praised and offstream. A father suffers the sudden loss of his so...
Chandler Danier
December 28, 2023
It's a Woo film. Very predictable. Somewhat stale but still got the double guns. Real good double guns mr Detective. I think that was the highlight of the film. No way that guy was listening to that music and dancing like that. I didn't really watch the first hour, honestly. It's all pretty background quality.
MarciaClarke
December 30, 2023
Best part was watching Kinnaman running down the street slow mo with the nose on his rudolph sweater bobbing up and down. Also when he's in his sloppy grey sweatpants working out. Pretty good. I was ok with the over the top slo mo drama action, I get that's the style, but where this movie lost me was in not setting up a remotely believable motivation for daddy becoming an overnight serial killer. ...
pimpskitters
December 31, 2023
There are some nice shots in this movie, gun range peephole was fun, and some decent car chases and good action direction from time to time. Last third really stank. Some pretty awful color saturation throughout and crappy cgi brought it down too. Gimmick of no talking was cute enough i guess, but confusing. If DiCaprio can grunt his way into an oscar then I don't see why Kinnaman cant.
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