Bad Santa 2

It has been 13 years since Bad Santa made his first appearance on our cinema screens, and now the franchise has returned with a sequel still portraying much of the same shameful humour as the original.

Bad Santa 2 sees Billy Bob Thorton reprise his role as Willie Tugboat Stoke, the miserable drunk, who tries to have sex with every woman he meets and is now plotting to steal money from a christmas charity. The film certainly does its job in making you laugh at people’s stupidity, but doesn’t quite carry out the entire 90 minutes.

The same old gags keep getting rehashed and it seems to just get dumber and dumber as it plods along to the end. Bad Santa 2 is far from anything that will be talked about in years to come; a sequel that really is just capitalising on the success of its predecessor. (DJ)

★★

BY DANIEL JARAMILLO