Taglines: Wilder. Drunker. Badder.
Fueled by cheap whiskey, greed and hatred, Willie teams up once again with his angry little sidekick, Marcus, to knock off a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve. Along for the ride is ‘the kid’ – chubby and cheery Thurman Merman, a 250-pound ray of sunshine who brings out Willie’s sliver of humanity.
Mommy issues arise when the pair are joined by Willie’s horror story of a mother, Sunny Soke. A super butch super bitch, Sunny raises the bar for the gang’s ambitions, while somehow lowering the standards of criminal behavior. Willie is further burdened by lusting after the curvaceous and prim Diane, the charity director with a heart of gold and libido of steel.
Bad Santa 2 is a Canadian/British/American 2016 Christmas dark comedy crime film directed by Mark Waters and written by Shauna Cross and Johnny Rosenthal. A sequel to the 2003 film Bad Santa, the film stars Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Brett Kelly, Kathy Bates, and Christina Hendricks, and features criminals Willie and Marcus again teaming up to work as Santa and an elf, respectively, this time to rob a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve.
Principal photography began on January 11, 2016 in Montreal, and the film was released in the United States on November 23, 2016 by Broad Green Pictures. It received generally negative reviews and grossed $24 million worldwide against its $26 million budget (less than a third of the original film’s $76.5 million), failing at the box office.
Bad Santa 2
Directed by: Mark Waters
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Kathy Bates, Tony Cox, Christina Hendricks, Brett Kelly, Ryan Hansen, Jenny Zigrino, Cristina Rosato, Valérie Wiseman
Screenplay by: Johnny Rosenthal, Shauna Cross
Production Design by: Isabelle Guay
Cinematography by: Theo van de Sande
Film Editing by: Travis Sittard
Costume Design by: Mario Davignon
Art Direction by: Jean-Pierre Paquet
Music by: Lyle Workman
MPAA Rating: R for crude sexual content and language throughout, and some graphic nudity.
Studio: Broad Green Pictures
Release Date: November 23, 2016
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