Their latest stop is Phoenix where department store manager Bob Chipeska (JOHN RITTER) is so concerned about the duo that he asks store detective Gin (BERNIE MAC) to keep an eye on them. Also watching them is Sue (LAUREN GRAHAM), a local bartender with a Santa fetish, and young Thurman Merman (BRETT KELLY), a picked-on and naïve 8-year-old who lives with his grandmother (CLORIS LEACHMAN).
As Willie and Marcus prep for their next nighttime raid, Willie's errant, crude and rude behavior threatens to have the duo fired. Yet, as Sue becomes Willie's girlfriend of sorts and Thurman's sweet-natured but needy demeanor slowly but surely casts a spell on him, the bad Santa eventually begins to open his heart.
Violence includes the police shooting a fleeing suspect in the back (he lives), a person presumably being killed after purposefully being crushed between two vehicles, some fighting, struggling and striking of others, a brief gun battle and some property damage. Some of that violence and other scenes have bloody results while some crude humor also occurs.
Various characters have varying degrees of bad attitudes (many of them bad, mean-spirited and/or criminal), while all sorts of imitative behavior is present. Various characters smoke and/or drink, with one being drunk and/or passed out on more than one occasion.
Should you still be concerned about the film's appropriateness for yourself or anyone else in your home, you may want to look more closely at our detailed listings for more specific information regarding the film's content.
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(2003) (Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox) (R)
Alcohol/
DrugsBlood/Gore
Disrespectful/
Bad AttitudeFrightening/
Tense ScenesGuns/
Weapons
Heavy
Moderate
Extreme
Minor
Moderate
Imitative
BehaviorJump
ScenesMusic
(Scary/Tense)Music
(Inappropriate)Profanity
Heavy
None
Minor
None
Extreme
Sex/
NuditySmoking
Tense Family
ScenesTopics To
Talk AboutViolence
Extreme
Heavy
Mild
Moderate
Heavy
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Reviewed November 13, 2003 / Posted November 26, 2003
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