We all have our must-watch Holiday classics, but if you are anything like me, you always have room for one more. Written and directed by Eshom and Ian Nelms, the action comedy Fatman may very well be your next classic.
Chance Hurstfield, known for his role in the television drama Million Little Things, plays the role of spoiled 12-year old kid Billy Wenan, who is expecting to get exactly what he asked for on Christmas morning - but when he finds a lump of coal instead of the present he asked for, he is not pleased. Now most kids would take their lumps and move on, but not Billy, and it turns out he has the means to do something about it.
Billy decides he is going to take Santa aka the Fatman out once and for all, so he makes a call and hires the the highly-skilled assassin known only as Skinny Man, played by Walton Goggins, who previously played one of the best roles on TV when he immersed himself in the role of Boyd Crowder in Justified.
Unfortunately for Skinny Man, old Chris Kringle ain’t as jolly as he once was and proves to be more than a formidable foe. Played by Mel Gibson, Santa has hit a rough patch as of late and has descended into days of drinking himself to sleep and just having a general bitter view of the world. With his business declining, he is hired by the U.S. Military for financial reasons as a way to try and keep things afloat. Soon after and now trained well beyond your ordinary overweight guy in a red suit, Santa finds himself toe to toe with a relentless maniac hell-bent on sending him down his last chimney.
Now I get it, the premise sounds absolutely ridiculous. But take a few minutes to check out the trailer because as far as an R-rated action comedies go, this looks like it will be a blast to watch and I am definitely looking forward to it.
Just to summarize, Mel Gibson is a pissed off Santa with a price on his head, and Walton Goggins is the hired assassin on his heels at every turn - it sounds like Christmas is coming early this year.
Fatman will be available limited release on November 13th and will hit On-Demand November 17th courtesy of Saban Films. Watch the new trailer below.