The Easter Bunny is tired of being second-best to Christmas, so he hires Lobo aka The Main Man to take out Santa Claus in order for him to rule over the Holidays. But nothing goes as planned when The Main Man is involved. "The Lobo Paramilitary Christmas Special" is a 13.5-minute live action short film from 2002, so it has its 15th anniversary this year. The director is Scott Leberecht,a successful visual effects artist as well, and I see this is based on comic books apparently. I must say I am not familiar with the character of Lobo at all. Neither am I familiar with any of the three main actors in here. The story is really absurd: The Easter Bunny is sick of playing second fiddle to Santa every year, so he decides to hire Lobo to kill Papa Cringle. Lobo accepts the offer and at the same time Santa Claus takes the bunny hostage. So when Lobo arrives at Santa's place, after lots of bloodshed, he finds the Bunny as well. Santa offers Lobo thrice the amount Bunny paid him for letting him live and also offers him a nice rabbit stew. Will Lobo accepts? Something personal comes into play then and we find out Santa has his own history with the NRA. This is a very strange little film, not unentertaining, but lacks real love to detail to make it a rewarding watch. For example how does Bunny get out of the cage all of a sudden. And the ending is also a bit expected honestly. It's close, but I give this one a thumbs-down. Not recommended. Considering the minuscule budget for this film and that it was only an 11 minute long tester film, it was fraggin' awesome. The Main Man looked great in live action and despite the shortness of the film i was completely satisfied by the end of it, only Lobo could pull of such acts as shooting Santa and the Easterbunny and that is why it was so great. They didn't skip out on any of the Main Man's best qualities (his humour, violent nature and general lack of care for everybody other than himself) so any non-Lobo fans can watch this and see him in all his glory.<br/><br/>Overall this was a great film, watch it now, or i'll have Lobo frag you!
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