As someone who loves Halloween, I look at 'Red One' and see 'formulaic crowd pleaser' produced by Amazon MGM. On the poster, you see JK Simmons (aka Spider-Man's J. Jonah Jameson) as fit looking Santa Claus, with Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Chris Evans, Lucy Liu and a large polar bear in red and green tactical wear. Christmas lore! Actors from big blockbusters! Action! Comedy! A talking bear! Reindeer! Throw it all in and hope for a hit.

We're such a Christmas-loving populace, with the holiday starting in September when we hear Christmas carols in the mall, of course we're getting this movie nine days ahead of the US. With all the carefully put ingredients, this could easily win over families trapped in malls.