Joel Kinnaman is quiet and deadly in Silent Night. Directed by the legendary John Woo, the revenge thriller opens on Christmas Eve, with Kinnaman's character, Brian Godluck, giving frenzied chase on foot to some hoodlums in cars. Cornered and shot in the throat, Brian loses the ability to speak.
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