Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s career has been defined by movies that resemble AI-generated parodies, although few have been quite as aggressively mediocre as Red One, which hits theaters Nov. 15. A big-budget,

Red One may not be as terrible as many have expected it to be, thanks to some charming moments, but is still largely a holly-jolly misfire.

That’s “Red One,” a piece of Christmas crapola starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Chris Evans. If you see it, yule regret it. Our two hours of holiday drear begin with the title, which refers to the POTUS-like code name that the U.

Red One offers Christmas-branded synergy for Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans, with little room for invention or genuine good cheer.

Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans wish you a very bro Christmas with “Red One,” full of slap fights, he-man snowmen and one jacked Santa. Director Jake Kasdan’s yuletide fantasy adventure (★★ out of four;

Amazon originally intended for the $250 million Christmas movie to go straight to Prime Video before it bought MGM.