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It's thge year 8000, and mankind has mostly vanished - and with it
Christmas. Mutants and cyborgs have taken over the planet, and dog eat dog
has become the law of the land. Santa has survived though, but even he has
to survive, so he has become an undefeated prizefighter, and his healing
capabilities of course work in his favour. Santa is heartbroken the
Christmas spirit has gone from the world, but at least he has Martha, a
young cyborg girl he has saved from certain death and brought up as a
human ... and if nothing else, she never tires listening to his Christmas
stories. Then one night, the Easter Bunny - of course another
mutant/cyborg - kidnaps Martha. Santa can of course track down and defeat
the Easter Bunny and save Martha ... but why would the Easter Bunny -
never Santa's friend - want to kidnap Martha ... Professor Shackleton,
that's why. Professor Shackleton is Santa's old enemy, and he's one of the
reasons of the earth sore state, and now he wants to flood the world with
his latest breed of monsters ... and for that he needs Santa's DNA, thus
he needs Martha to lure Santa in. Martha by the way was one of
Shackleton's creations before Santa made an almost-human out of her. Eventually,
Shackleton succeeds of course, and not only does he get Santa's DNA, but
he also kills Martha ... which leaves Santa with a broken heart - and one
of Shackleton's robots Martha has been a prototype of, and Santa not only
manages to use her to revive Martha, he also turns her into an
almost-human like Martha. And the next time Shackleton attacks Santa's
place, all the robots in Martha's line defect to aid Santa ... which
sounds better than it is, because Shackleton has brought all sorts of
cyborgs, monsters - and a giant Easter Bunny ... First and
foremost, Infinite Santa 8000 is just good fun. Sure, the animation
could be more refined, the story might not be as thought through and
subtle as it could have been, and the rather modest budget of the whole
thing sometimes really shows - but what it is is a loving hommage to post
apocalypse movies, light-footedly playing with sci fi and horror mainstays
and making good-natured fun of holiday clichées. Plus the whole thing is
wonderfully paced, doesn't pay much attention to political correctness -
and quite simply packs a punch. Pretty much all you can wish from a
party movie, consumed with eggnog, preferably ;)
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