“Violent Night” (** out of four) was an ungainly action thriller about a group of mercenaries (led by John Leguizamo) who break into the estate of a wealthy family (Beverly D’Angelo, Edi Patterson, and others) and it’s up to Santa Claus (David Harbour) to save the day and save Christmas. Fast-paced but utterly dumb and derivative. Film more than lives up to its title and some scenes are blatant homages/ripoffs of “Die Hard” and especially “Die Hard 2.” Incredibly, this was written by the same team responsible for “Sonic The Hedgehog”!