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The intent is there, but Bad Saꦐnta 2 is a tired sequel that lacks the first film’s festive freshness.
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Bad Santa 2 review: "A tired sequel that lacks the first film’s festive freshness"
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Thirteen years ago on from 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Bad Santa, Billy Bob Thornton’s foul-mouthed low-life Willie returns, as pee-and-puke stained as ever – not to mention politically incorrect, misanthropic and just nasty. When we meet him again, Willie’s at su🔯ch a low ebb he tries to stick his head in the (electric!) oven.
Paid a visit by his old partner-in-crime Marcus (Tony Cox), he gets suc🔯ked into a Chicago-set mission to rob꧅ $2 million for a homeless charity run by Christina Hendricks’ recovering alcoholic. Well, it is Christmas, after all. Joining them is Willie’s white-trash mother Sunny (Kathy Bates), who – naturally – Willie despises.
The big mistake this Mark Waters-directed sequel makes is sacrificing the 2004 original&ཧrsquo;s underlying heart, which was rooted in the uneasy bond between Willie and the gormless snot-nosed kid Thurman. The character returns (again played by Brett Kelly), now all grown up and working in ജa sandwich store, but he feels shoehorned in.
True, Hendricks has fun with her role as a good girl with a bad streak, while Shaꦿuna Cross and Johnny Rosenthal’s script fires off a few zinge🎀rs. But with Thornton surprisingly disengaged and the robbery plot formulaic, it’s a limp dick of a sequel.
