What time period is this supposed to be? The guy says he's an orphan, who worked on trans Atlantic liners, then jumped ship and disappeares into the big apple. Fair enough, but everything is MODERN. The cars, the dialogue, the fashion, even the prices.
There haven't been regular transit Atlantic liners for decades, and you can't just wander off of a ship, and disappear into the city to find work these days. So, is this set in an earlier time, with insultingly low attention to detail? Or is this set in modern times, with an insultingly implausible story?
It just doesn't make any sense, and that is saying a lot considering the already implausible crap produced in this movies genre.
Santa Fake
2019
Action / Adventure / Family / Romance
Santa Fake
2019
Action / Adventure / Family / Romance
Plot summary
Having lived his entire minor years in an orphanage in Derry, Ireland, twenty-five year old Pat Keely is an illegal immigrant in the US, he having got off the boat on which he was working on a whim in New York City a year ago. He is thankful for the kindness of Joe O'Brian who offered him a job as a dishwasher in his Irish pub. But in the lead up to Christmas, Joe asks Pat to make a delivery of two suitcases for him, which in combination with other things he's recently seen makes Pat come to the realization that Joe is a gangster. Working on fear of being caught by the police, and adrenaline, Pat, with the two suitcases in hand, decides to go on the run, as far as his pocket money will take him: Santa Fe. While Pat tries to survive with what little funds he has, he telephones Joe to tell him what happened, telephoning being a mistake which Pat realizes immediately after the fact. Joe decides to send two of his thugs, Jim and Seb, to Santa Fe to deal with Pat and retrieve the suitcases, of which Pat is unaware. What Pat, Jim and Seb are in turn further unaware is that two FBI agents are following Jim and Seb to Santa Fe in knowing they being Joe's thugs. When Pat finally decides to open the suitcases, he has mixed emotions in both being exhilarated, but fearing more for his life, he believing in that fear that he can hide in plain sight when Emily Gresham, a events coordinator at a local shopping mall, hires him as the mall's Santa. What Pat may not further be aware is that things have been placed in motion for him to fulfill the destiny that was bestowed on him when he first arrived at the orphanage.
Uploaded by: FREEMAN
Director
Top cast
John Rhys-Davies as Joe
Judd Nelson as Seb
Jeff Fahey as Jim
Tony Amendola as Father Estaban
Tech specs
720p.WEB 1080p.WEB 768.92 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
NR
Movie Reviews
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The worst movie I've ever seen
I wonder if the movie scenes are for real... I like low budget cheap flics.. but this... no words to describe how lame it is. What have you guys smoked?? Who is the target viewer?
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Bad production value = Maybe the worst Christmas movie I've ever seen
You can't blame a movie's quality if there is a lack of budget. In a perfect representation of "you get what you pay for", a low budget movie will appear so.
First, the good. When you get capable actors Heather Morris, veterans Judd Nelson and John Rhys-Davies, and talented newcomer Damian McGinty, you would think there could do something worth watching, but they can only do so much with what they were given. Other than that, this movie feels like it had its heart in the right place, but there isn't much more to celebrate.
So now, the bad. Again, the production quality is hard to ignore as it becomes evident in almost every scene. That said it's hard to get pulled into the story when fast motion makes the video strobe (watch Mrs. Ortega walk in front of the tapestry),when characters look yellow when they're indoors (no white balance?),or when McGinty's great voice sounds like he's singing in a bucket.
I could even look past these production issues if the story/humour/narrative is pleasant. But strange errors, stranger decisions, and an awkward story make that an impossibility as well. I could look past the punny title of this movie. (It's in Santa Fe, get it?) I could look past 'toaster effects' to show the characters travelling cross country. I could even look past the climactic finale's "proposition" that is, well, odd. But when the FBI agent says a briefcase needs to be fingerprinted, then IMMEDIATELY hands it to his partner who is not wearing gloves, I couldn't help but yell: DID NO ONE SEE THIS?!
So, while this was a valiant effort, this movie unfortunately falters in almost all aspects. 2 out of 10.