Dwayne Johnson: 'Red One' is holiday action-comedy with heart

15 Nov 2024, 10:00 by Karen Butler · UPI

NEW YORK, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- Dwayne Johnson says "heart" is the secret ingredient to his holiday-themed, action-comedy, Red One.

Directed by Jake Kasdan and opening in theaters Friday, the film follows Callum Drift (Johnson) as the head of North Pole security and Jack O'Malley (Chris Evans) as a hacker-bounty hunter, who team up to savea kidnapped Santa Claus (J.K. Simmons). Lucy Liu and Bonnie Hunt co-star.