Santa with Muscles [Blu-ray]

Director: John Murlowski John Murlowski

Overview

Penurious but muscle-bound Blake Thorne (famed wrestler turned actor Hulk Hogan) has made a vast fortune marketing health food and health supplements. He once was a nice fellow, but as his wealth increases, he becomes increasingly self-centered and decadent. One day, he gets in a great paint-gun fight that goes too far. Blake escapes the cops by running into a shopping mall, quickly donning a Santa Suit and pretending to be St. Nick. A head injury causes Blake to suffer amnesia, and an opportunistic "elf" decides to convince Blake that he is indeed Santa. This leads "Santa" to help save an orphanage, filled with adorable moppets, from the machinations of a greedy, insane doctor.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/05/2019
UPC:	0683904634344
Original Release:	1996
Rating:	PG
Source:	Sonar
Region Code:	A
Language:	English
Time:	1:38:00

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Ed Begley Jr.	Ebner Frost
Hulk Hogan	Blake Thorne
Don Stark	Lenny
Garrett Morris	Clayton
Robin Curtis	Leslie
Aria Noelle Curzon	Elizabeth
Adam Wylie	Taylor
Kevin West	Dr. Blight
Clint Howard	Policeman
Mila Kunis	Sarah
Jennifer Paz	Helen Chu
William Newman	Actor
Bob Apisa	Actor
Pierre Du Lat	Actor
Steve Valentine	Actor
Kai Ephron	Actor
Diane Robin	Actor
Brenda Song	Actor
James Covell	Composer

Technical Credits

Dorrie Krum Raymond

Fred Mata

Jonathan Bond

Jordan Belfort	Executive Producer
Tom McSweeney	Casting
John Murlowski	Director
Danny Porush	Executive Producer
Brian Shuster	Producer,Executive Producer
Albert Zannotti	Special Effects
Dorrie Krum Raymond	Screenwriter
Fred Mata	Screenwriter
Jonathan Bond	Screenwriter
Patrick M. Griffith	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

There was never any possibility that Santa with Muscles would be a good film, but that doesn't mean it has to be as dreadfully dull as it is. The vapid title would seem to be a warning that the creators are not going to expend any more energy or imagination than they are absolutely forced to. There's nothing fresh here, nothing original, nothing to entice the viewer to stay awake. The only thing of any interest is how the film ever actually got made; it's the sort of project that should have been stopped dead in its tracks by any number of executives or sub-executives or even a gofer. Somehow, though, it got the green light, and the result is a film to avoid. Mind you, it's not that Muscles is the absolute worst film ever made; it's not something of Plan 9 from Outer Space dimensions. Instead, it's dull, dreary and enervating, lacking any personality of life. The most that can be said for it is that Hulk Hogan does try, although his acting ability and comedic talents are far too meager to allow his efforts to count for much. Still, he does try, which is more than can be said for director John Murlowski or the trio of screenwriters. 10-year-old boys, especially those who are already Hogan fans, might find enough here to keep them occupied; others should just forget it.

All Movie Guide - Craig Butler