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Hi-Ho-Ho and spray that tracer fire! It’s time to deck the halls and lock n load as the official trailer for John Woo’s first North American action movie in decades is ready to unload this holiday season. Joel Kinnaman is all action and no talk as he sets out on a kill mission of revenge in Silent Night. I say that the action does the speaking in many movies but with this one, it’s legit as the gunfire and shells hitting the ground does all the communicating in the nail biting thriller. Check out the official trailer and key art below!
The nonstop, action-packed thrill ride stars Joel Kinnaman (“The Killing”, RoboCop, Suicide Squad), with Catalina Sandino Moreno (Barbarians, “The Affair”), and Grammy award-winning musician and actor Scott Mescudi (aka “Kid Cudi”) in a revolutionary piece of filmmaking from legendary director Woo and the producer of John Wick. The gritty revenge tale follows a tormented father (Kinnaman) who 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. Full of Woo’s signature style, Silent Night redefines the action genre with visceral, thrill-a-minute storytelling.
With virtually no dialogue throughout the entire film (hence the film’s title, coupled with a Christmas Eve setting), SILENT NIGHT is, in a sense, a modern day silent film – mixing elements of A Quiet Place meets Peppermint meets Drive – into one insanely unexpected, immersive experience. Woo, the master of action, showcases Kinnaman’s intensely emotional acting chops and deftly balances a gripping core family story, before diving into a whirlwind of guns-a-blazing fight scenes and Fast and Furious-style car chases.
SILENT NIGHT will open in theaters on December 1st, just in time for the holidays.
This is ambitious and noteworthy as the action and visuals will have to tell the story since it’s devoid of dialogue. There’s no arguing that the action sequences, with Woo’s signature flair and imagination will certainly deliver as is evident in the first trailer. It’s been noted, by Woo himself, that Kinnaman did 99% of the stunts asked of him so the star definitely threw his body into it.
Silent Night might just take over as genre fans favorite Yuletide actioner when it hits and Woo is still the maestro when it comes to balletic mayhem and carnage. Lock N Load right here for more Intel and exclusives to come as we are your Action Fix!!
