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Pretty Good

Absolutely brilliant

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

This is a TV movie about a big time robbery of a mall. It insults our intelligence on just about every level. First off, Dean Cain does not look nearly old enough to have a family with children of the age shown here. But, how did this youngish, goateed fellow get to be a police lieutenant? He looks only about old enough to be out of the academy for about a year or so! Stumbling upon a robbery of the mall (where his wife works, of course) on Christmas Eve (see "Diehard"), Cain goes into pursuit mode. Well, I have news for these ignorant Hollywood script writers: forced opening of the outer doors of an elevator while it is in motion will result in immediate stopping of the elevator itself. There are also no convenient clean chains hanging to allow a person to shimmy down to the elevator cab. Oh, and our hero just happens to have a multipurpose tool in his pocket, with which he merely turns a screw on the elevator threshold and releases the doors. NOT! With this amount of foolishness to show just how improbable this movie is, I declined to be assaulted by it any further. Avoid this turkey!

This movie is a made for TV movie and as such some of these come off really good and others not so. Christmas Rush is not so but then again it is not so bad. Okay it is an obvious 'Die Hard' rip off but the interesting twist is the robbers motive. I will not give it away but I think this gave the film an emotional core that you will never get in all the other 'Die Hard' rip offs or die hard itself. I personally thought that at the end of Die hard was a bit too cheesy whereas the personal motive for the robber in this movie is quite understandable and suddenly he is not so much of a bad guy. I have always liked Dean Cain and I am happy that he has managed to keep in work after his role in Superman, many actors disappear without a trace after starring in a long running TV program. Maybe like Bruce Willis he will get a role that will launch him on the world stage. Watching Christmas Rush is easy on the eye and brain cells and has a good moral message while the demise of the lead robber will make you think.If I came across this film on DVD at a reasonable price I would certainly add it to my collection.

After years of watching high priced Hollywood drivel (with the odd exception) I have taken to loving this type of film. Its plot is about a simplistic as you can get, and the actions scenes are very entertaining. Sure the characters are wafer thing.. But isnt that the point. I vote highly for this type of film and hope the company spits out more and more of them.At least they reflect the budget they had, not the $100Mill pop videos that Burbank and suchlike are churning out.Not ideal Cinema movies, but great night in front of the DVD/VHS with a bottle of your chosen and some nibbles.....

This movie had in my opinion only two flaws: 1) having been filmed in the first place 2) having been released and shown ....well, I guess there are worse movies on TV, but at least some of them end up being funny.2 hrs. had been better spent watching paint dry.