Bad Santa 2 (2016)

Lighting doesn't always strike twice. Bad Santa is a holiday classic. It never ceases to make me laugh or entertain me around the holidays. Returning to this story should have been a Christmas miracle but it ends up being krampus nightmare. While the original was a filthy piece of genius, striking just the right balance of disgusting and funny, Bad Santa 2 just falls completely into the disgusting pile and seems to have no clue how to be funny.

Perhaps the idea had run its course. Perhaps there is only so much funny in a vile, drunk Santa Claus.

Okay likely not. The idea is a gold mine. This is just a complete failure on capitalizing on the opportunity. There is an art to making dirty jokes. Without that art its just dirt. And this one is missing any of the funny. I barely cracked a smile. 

I think I should just go back to the original and enjoy that one more season.

Bad Santa 2
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Kathy Bates, Tony Cox, Christina Hendricks, Brett Kelly
Director: Mark Waters
Writers: names redacted to protect the innocent...