Short on funds, out of alcohol and scraping rock bottom yet again, Willie Soke (Billy Bob Thornton) decides to put an end to his miserable life once and for all. Teaming up with his sidekick Marcus, they work as Santa and an elf, respectively, this time to rob a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve.
21 April 1978, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
22 April 1981, Bakersfield, California, USA
8 January 1987
31 March 1958, Uniontown, Alabama, USA
3 May 1975, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
March 08, 2017
It's fitting that the star of "Misery" is here for the torture that follows.November 25, 2016
We have long hoped that there might one day be a sequel. We need to be careful what we wish for.November 24, 2016
At its best, Bad Santa 2 feels like an echo of its predecessor. At its worst, it's unfunny, crass, and uncomfortable (not in a good way).December 01, 2016
This film is far from perfect, but it made me and some other terribly frightened folks laugh for a while in the dark.November 23, 2016
Once-edgy jokes about Santa's vomit-caked beard, his open hostility toward children, and sexual proclivities in line with R. Crumb are now compulsory elements, like Bruce Willis saying "Yippie-ki-yay" in a Die Hard sequel.January 04, 2017
Bad Santa 2 is a poorly conceived cash-in that has fortunately backfired in every conceivable way.January 04, 2017
[Bad Santa 2] seems to be more interested in spitting out dirty jokes instead of finding a real story to work withJanuary 27, 2017
Mark Waters (Mean Girls), knows how to frame the dialogue, but apart from a terrific gag involving an electric oven the movie lacks a corrupted physicality.March 01, 2017
Apart from the presumed financial incentive -- the original did pretty well in theaters and was a big hit on home video -- why was Bad Santa 2 even made in the first place?January 01, 2017
Bad Santa 2's never-nice act wears thin this time around, seeming more shruggingly sneering, scowling, and sweary as it trudges along in its re-boots.December 01, 2016
The whole series is based on the notion that no one is any better than his worst impulse.November 23, 2016
No doubt some critics will slam Bad Santa 2 as a lump of coal in our holiday movie stockings. To which I would say: why be so rough on lumps of coal?