Dwayne Johnson's recent setbacks, including Red One, point to a shift in his box office appeal. Can his career recover from these choices?

Projector company Barco has announced that from 15 November five theatres in the USA will present the upcoming movie Red One, showcasing the talents of Dwayne Johnson.

The movie's shining light is JK Simmons as a muscly Santa who can easily do 500 press-ups in five minutes. He manages to sell the schmaltzy lines and is a great fit as Saint Nick in his second Santa movie outing following Netflix's exceptional Klaus. Unfortunately, the plot means he's off-screen after the first act and the movie suffers for it.

Reviews and reactions are in for Red One, the new Christmas movie starring Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans – and they're not great. The film sees Santa Claus, played by JK Simmons, kidnapped. Callum Drift (Johnson), head of security in the North Pole, sets out to rescue him, teaming up with bounty hunter Jack O'Malley (Evans).

I’m not sure that a Hollywood movie has ever kicked off the season with less real Christmas spirit than "Red One."

It sounds like a bad joke, but Jake Kasdan (and $250 million) turned a story about action heroes rescuing Santa Claus into a real film The post ‘Red One’ Review: Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evan’s Expensive Christmas Action Comedy Could Have Been Worse appeared first on TheWrap.

Lucy Liu and J.K. Simmons also star in Jake Kasdan's action fantasy about an elaborate plot to kidnap Santa Claus and hijack his reindeer for nefarious purposes.

The Rock gets knocked silly by monsters and murderous snowmen in his bid to save Santa Claus in a festive film devoid of Christmas cheer 2/5 stars Christmas with The Rock is not nearly as much fun as one would hope.