I hate to sound like a grinch but I doubt many viewers will make it all the way through Stan’s klutzy new Christmas movie – a low budget and rinky-dink slice of schmaltzy yuletide sentiment.
When a kindly toy shop owner and one of his staff members are taken hostage, and the shop held at ransom by a pair of goons who make the Beagle Boys look like criminal masterminds, the stage is set for a homage to John McTiernan’s 80s classic Die Hard, albeit (like the underrated Paul Blart: Mall Cop) from a far more kiddish perspective. There’s even a dialogue reference spoken by Miranda Tapsell’s pregnant security guard Gladys, who exclaims during a tense altercation with the baddies, “So this is what it means to die hard!”
