Red is Hollywood’s latest attempt to cash in on the holiday season by taking classic Christmas stories and characters and remixing them to find an audience in the modern cinematic landscape. The film tells the story of Dwayne Johnson’s Callum Drift, head of North Pole Security, who teams up with Chris Evan’s Jack O’Malley, a hacker, to recover a kidnapped Santa Claus. While RedCritical reviews for are pretty poor, audience scores have been more solid – perhaps a consequence of the way the film puts a playful spin on recognizable Christmas characters.
RedBeing a film that revolves around Santa Claus, it is closely tied to all things Christmas, and one of those things is a reference to one of the holiday’s most iconic characters, Frosty the Snowman. While RedThe cast of is without a doubt its biggest draw for audiences, these little nods to the holiday season will be the things people look to to determine if this is a film that will be seen as a true celebration of the holiday in the long run. run.
One of the Red One’s evil snowmen appears to be an icy stand-in
He seems to be less cheerful and happy these days
In one of the film’s action scenes, Callum and Jack have to fight a trio of evil snowmen, sent by RedGryla’s main villain, who appears while the two are in Aruba, and when the snowmen appear, one of them is wearing a bowler hat. While this immediately brings to mind the hat that has always been an integral part of Frosty’s iconic appearance, its identity has never been confirmed. he simply appears as a generic villain for the heroes to fight. However, the hat alone is enough to suggest that this speculation seems very plausible.
Frosty’s Villain Turn In Red One Is Short-Lived And That’s Disappointing
There’s no time to enjoy the moment
The scene in which Frosty appears is short at best, having also been shown in the trailers, and the trio of snowmen don’t pose much of a threat to the central duo. They fight for a bit and then the snowmen are destroyed and are never seen again. Red features many myths and real-life monsters from several different cultures, and although Referring to Frosty the Snowman as a Western myth may be a bit of a stretch, the character is still a large part of the cultural lexicon.
Although filling a film with references just for the sake of it tends to reflect poorly on the quality of the film, Red It’s a situation where a few more allusions to other Christmas myths and stories would be a good thing. Frosty as an evil henchman is a fun addition to the film, but the concept doesn’t have time to be explored, or even confirmed quickly. RedFrosty the Snowman could have been a great inclusion, but unfortunately, it’s just another one of the film’s disappointing aspects.