Bad Santa 2

• Comedy
• Crime
• Mystery

A darkly comedic heist film, *Bad Santa 2* dives into the extended, dysfunctional family of Willie Soke, a spectacularly misanthropic mall Santa, as he schemes to rob a Chicago charity with his equally cynical accomplice, Marcus. This isn’t a redemption arc, but an escalation of depravity punctuated by the bizarre, unsettlingly cheerful presence of Thurman Merman, whose naive optimism inadvertently forces Willie to confront, and begrudgingly acknowledge, fragments of lost humanity. The arrival of Willie’s equally awful mother complicates matters, amplifying the chaos and lowering the already abysmal ethical standards of their criminal enterprise, revealing a surprising, twisted loyalty beneath layers of bitterness. The film offers a uniquely abrasive and unsettlingly hilarious exploration of found family, regret, and the persistence of cynicism during the relentlessly cheerful holiday season.