Today I went to see the film, "Silent Night", John Woo's first Hollywood film since the early 2000's.

And ya know I actually really liked it. Okay, I will admit that the plot i kind of bare bones, and the premise is just a formulaic vigilante revenge tale that was likely ripped from a Punisher graphic novel, but I think it's a very inventive film.

I think the producers didn't want to make another John Wick but they also wanted to take it a step further than Die Hard's John McClane, with Joel Kinnaman's character, Brian Godlock as Godlock is an average dude who after a traumatic event begins to train himself to exact his revenge, learning to fight through YouTube videos, equipping himself with a Mossberg 500 and Beretta 92FS and learning to drive a Mustang like Steve McQueen.

Basically, Joel Kinnaman is supposed to be anything but an ex-marine, police officer or a terminator, but learns to be an action hero throughout the film, which i think is better than any superhero origin ever.

Anyway I think Silent Night is a decent picture and despite it's recycled plot, it still manages to be creative and hopefully it will be right up there with Christmas classics like Die Hard, Lethal Weapon and Batman Returns.