Almost immediately upon arrival, Roth is suspected of running a meth lab by two police officers - Billy Calhoun ( Dax Shepherd), the inept nephew of the police chief ( Kurtwood Smith), and the other, Carl Hooker ( Vincent D'Onofrio), an alcoholic known for making questionable arrests. In EL CAMINO CHRISTMAS, Eric Roth (Luke Grimes) is on a road trip out west from Missouri, in search of the father he never knew, with only an old letter and an address that leads him to a rural Nevada town.
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To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails. Those wanting heartwarming holiday fare, or even a holiday-themed comedy, should look elsewhere, as the uneven story and self-conscious cynicism don't even succeed as an antidote to sappy Christmas movies. The mother of one of the lead characters talks to her grown daughter about having sex with the cable guy and also about the lack of sexual prowess of the man she was on a date with the night before, all while a young boy is in the room listening. Besides all the alcohol consumption, there's marijuana smoking, cigarette smoking, and tobacco chewing. Some characters are shot and killed, others shot and injured. The police are shown to be inept - especially in a scene in which they think they're exchanging gunfire with the alleged hostage taker but are actually shooting at each other. This officer later is shown drunk while on duty and shooting his gun at the lead character's car during a pursuit. It's a self-consciously anti-feel-good Christmas movie, and as such, the attempt at noir cynicism manifests itself through alcoholism, inept police officers, and frequent swearing, including regular use of "f-k." An alcoholic and corrupt police officer of the small town in which the movie is set beats up the lead character with a billy club after arresting him under false charges. The movie verges on being depressing rather than funny. Parents need to know that El Camino Christmas is a 2017 dark comedy in which a young man on a road trip in search of his father ends up falsely accused of taking hostages in a liquor store.
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