David Harbour Literally Slays As Santa Claus In First ‘Violent Night’ Trailer: Watch

Don’t messiness with David Harbour‘s mentation of Santa Claus. The Stranger Things star plays Father Christmas successful the trailer released Wednesday (Oct. 5) for Violent Night, which arrives successful theaters Dec. 2. David’s Santa has to prevention a affluent family, including their young daughter, who are taken hostage by a radical of mercenaries. Prepare to spot Santa Claus punch radical and detonate bombs to prevention the time successful this film.

David Harbour stars successful ‘Violent Night’ (Photo: Universal Pictures / Everett Collection)

David’s Santa is innocently drinking a brew during a interruption from his Christmas deliveries astatine the commencement of the trailer. He ends up astatine the location of a affluent household who are held hostage by mercenaries who privation the $300 cardinal successful their “personal vault.” Santa does not backmost down from the mercenaries erstwhile helium confronts them.

“Time for immoderate season’s beatings,” Santa says arsenic helium gets a small naughty and fights the mercenaries to support the family. He’s besides capable to pass with the young girl via a walkie-talkie that her parents bought her arsenic a “direct hotline” to Santa.

The mercenaries are convinced Santa isn’t real, but this Saint Nick is showing these radical precisely who they’re messing with. Santa is determined to rescue the household and promises that the mercenaries made his naughty database this year.

John Leguizamo plays the person of the mercenaries in Violent Night. The movie besides stars Beverly D’Angelo, Alex Hassell, Alexis Louder, Edi Patterson, Cam Gigandet, and Andre Eriksen. Tommy Wirkola directed the movie. Violent Night will premiere astatine New York Comic-Con connected October 7, earlier it jingles into theaters connected December 2.