[Inspector Abberline]

Fatman.
Chris Cringle aka Santa Claus Aka Mel Gibson,is finding it tough this Christmas,his funding is getting cut due to the fact that there are to many naughty children each year which is screwing with his productivity...An extremely naughty but rich kid,Billy Wenan gets a piece of coal this year, mainly due to the fact he steals and forge's cheques from his Grandmother,so he can hire an assassin to do his bidding...Said assassin,is played by the always reliable Walton's Goggins,who has his own personal reasons for hating Christmas, so when he is hired by Billy to kill Santa, everything falls into place for a final showdown... What may seem on paper as very ludicrous, including the casting of Mel Gibson as Santa, works wonderfully,and it's good to see Mel Gibson,doing what he does best, being grumpy and kicking ass...Goggins is brilliant as a narcissistic killer,with his pet hamster and hatred of Christmas...It's not quite full on 80s action fodder,but it's certainly more entertaining than most recent attempts at the genre...