Long before The Santa Clause 2 (eight years, in fact), there was The Santa Clause. This movie introduced us to Scott Calvin (Tim Allen), who is basically a regular guy trying to come to grips with the fact that his ex-wife and her new husband have custody of his son, and he doesn’t get to see him very often.

Add to that the fact that his job is rather demanding, and even when he does get to see his son, such as on Christmas Eve, he’s usually running late, and his son doesn’t always want to see him, so things just aren’t going very well. All that is about to change.

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Everyone loves a good zombie movie. Unfortunately this isn’t one of them. It was okay, but I’ve seen many better.

In the future, it seems, the zombies are so prevalent that those who aren’t zombies are taking up residence in cities protected by natural defenses (rivers) and armed guards. They send the less fortunate (those who aren’t rich) out to raid cities for alcohol, cigars and leftover canned goods – but they don’t let them live inside their walled gardens, except to fight in arenas for entertainment.

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