Red One

Mythological Oversight and Restoration Authority (MORA) is a clandestine, multilateral, military organization that protects a secret peace treaty between humans and mythological creatures. Callum Drift, head of Santa Claus's security detail, plans to retire after one last Christmas run, having become disillusioned with people's increasingly toxic behavior, exemplified by the growth of Santa's Naughty List. On Christmas Eve, an unidentified black ops team breaks into the North Pole complex and kidnaps Santa, who is held by a mysterious woman in a vault that siphons his magic, rendering him unconscious. MORA director Zoe Harlow's subordinates discover that Jack O'Malley, a freelance black-hat hacker, compromised Santa's location. Zoe apprehends Jack for questioning. Jack, a longtime Santa skeptic, explains that he had no idea what the information meant and merely sent it to an anonymous buyer. Zoe hires Jack to help find Santa and places a tracker on him, reluctantly teaming Callum with him. The mysterious woman and her sons duplicate the Glaskäfig (German for "glass cage"), planning to imprison all the people who have ever been on the Naughty List. Jack and Callum track down Ted, the broker who bought the information on Santa's location, in Aruba. Ted reveals that the kidnapper is the winter witch Grýla. She sends her snowman henchmen to eliminate them. Although Callum and Jack are victorious, Ted is frozen before he can be questioned. Callum suspects that Grýla is working with Krampus, Santa's estranged adoptive brother and Grýla's ex-lover, who created the Naughty List. Callum and Jack break into Krampus' lair, but are captured. Callum appeals to Krampus to help him find Santa Claus, who misses him, but Krampus refuses, and reveals that Grýla came to him to recover the Glaskäfig, a magical imprisoning snow globe. Jack steals back Callum's magic gauntlet and returns it to Callum, allowing the pair to escape. Grýla successfully tests the snow globes by imprisoning Jack and his estranged son Dylan each inside of one. The two prisoners have a heartfelt conversation that by making them "nicer" causes the snow globes to break. Following the implanted tracker, Zoe and Callum find Jack at the North Pole complex and realize that Grýla and her sons, along with Santa, have been inside the complex the entire time, having caused the search as a diversion. Zoe and Callum also learn that Grýla's team of shapeshifters has taken over the complex. Zoe and Callum find and free the imprisoned Mrs. Claus and other security staff. In Santa's old workshop, Zoe and Callum find Jack, Dylan, and the equipment that Grýla used to mass produce the Glaskäfigs. As Grýla prepares to leave with an unconscious Santa, using his sleigh to distribute the Glaskäfigs, she is confronted by Callum, Jack, Zoe, and their allies, leading to a fight. Grýla launches the sleigh, but is intercepted by Callum and Jack, with assistance from Krampus, who arrives to help. Santa recovers, defeats Grýla with the help of the flying reindeer, and seals Grýla inside a Glaskäfig. Santa and Krampus acknowledge each other and part ways peacefully, while Grýla is taken into Zoe's custody. Before he leaves on his Christmas Eve run, Santa invites Jack and Dylan to accompany him. During that ride, Callum watches as Jack regains his sense of wonder and builds a relationship with Dylan. With his faith restored, Callum decides against retiring.