Revenge from Home

Revenge from Home is a 2023 American Christmas comedy film produced by Columbia Pictures, Samuel Goldwyn Films and Red Hour Productions. It is produced by Ben Stiller, directed by John Landis and is similar to the "Home Alone" franchise as it takes place in Chicago, Illinois. It was released on November 10th, 2023.

Plot
The Gibson family is preparing to spend Christmas in Paris, gathering at Mark and Jennifer's home in a Boston suburb on the night before their departure. Mark and Jennifer's son, Aaron, is frequently ridiculed by his siblings and cousins, particularly his older sister Michelle. While Jennifer tells Aaron to wait in her car and goes shopping, Aaron takes it for a joyride. Jennifer sees Aaron driving her car and chases him. Aaron sees and runs over a man named Jonathan Grouse, who is revealed to be a thief. Aaron screams at Jonathan's face before going home. Arriving home angrily, Jennifer grounds Aaron for a week. Mark calms Jennifer down and they decide to leave him home alone for a week before they go to Paris. After having a conversation with Aaron, Jennifer apologizes to him and he forgives her. Aaron's neighbor Martin Smith arrives in the house and tells Aaron what happened. Aaron tells Martin about Jonathan, the thief who hates being screamed at. After hearing about Jonathan, Martin tells Mark and Jennifer not to worry about him, because he's the thief who hates being screamed at. Mark and Jennifer agree and wave goodbye to Martin before tucking him to bed.

The next morning, Mark and Jennifer wake Aaron up and tell him that they're going to leave him home alone while their family goes to Paris. Aaron is at first not amused with this idea, but enjoys it anyway. After taking out the trash, Aaron meets Jonathan, who shows up outside the house. Aaron screams at Jonathan's face again and runs away. Jonathan chases him through the streets. Aaron tries to hide from Jonathan, but after Jonathan finds him in his hiding places, he screams three times at his face again before escaping him. Aaron climbs on a building to see if Jonathan is gone, but Jonathan angrily catches him and tells him not to scream in his face again. Suddenly, Aaron and Jonathan scream and fall off the building while getting stuck in Christmas lights that are tangled up in his leg. Jonathan is caught by the police before running away.

That night, Aaron orders pizza and watches cartoons while enjoying being home alone. Meanwhile in Paris, Mark and Jennifer tell Michelle and the rest of the family that they're going to have the best Christmas ever without Aaron, because they told him that he is home alone. Michelle panics, but Mark calms her down and tells her to wait until they get home. Michelle reluctantly agrees before Mark, Jennifer and the rest of the family can arrive home next week. Back in Boston, Aaron is cornered by Jonathan. Aaron screams at his face again and Jonathan shushes him before robbing a bank and Martin's house. Aaron panics and goes back inside the house. Aaron calls Martin and tells him that Jonathan has robbed both the bank and his house. Martin is shocked about this and angrily confronts Jonathan, but Jonathan yells at him and runs off with the money.

The following day, Aaron goes shopping while using Michelle's credit card. He gets a call from Mark, who angrily yells at him about his money being stolen after the bank manager calls him about it. Aaron tells him that Jonathan stole the money. A furious Mark tells Aaron that he's going to teach Jonathan a lesson when he and the rest of the family gets back from Paris. Jonathan decides to rob the Gibson home and Aaron overhears him discussing plans to break into the house that night. Aaron arrives in Martin's house after Martin tells him to come inside. Martin tells him that his family missed him years ago while going on vacation. Aaron tells Martin to call his family and tell him that he missed them.

Aaron returns home and rigs the house with booby traps. Jonathan breaks in, springs the traps and suffers various injuries. An angry Jonathan, with his eyes on fire from one of the booby traps, confronts Aaron and prepares to get his revenge, but Martin crashes into the house in his truck and sends him flying into the bathtub, with the water distinguishing his fiery eyes. Martin gets out of the truck and tells Aaron that he called his family and said they will be there tomorrow. Aaron is excited about this and he and Martin hug each other.

On Christmas Day, Jonathan is arrested by the police. A furious Jonathan sees his car being towed near the red zone and yells at a police officer about Aaron before receiving a departing punch in the face from Mark as payback. Mark takes the money back and the police officer thanks him. Mark, Jennifer and the rest of the family arrive home, and they and Aaron reconcile. Aaron keeps silent about his encounter with Jonathan, but Jennifer tells him that his worst nightmare is in jail now and Aaron agrees with her. Mark sees the house destroyed and tells the rest of the family to call the repairmen to fix the house. Aaron watches Martin reuniting with his family before being yelled at by an angry Michelle for using her credit card without her permission.

Cast

 * Tucker Chandler as Aaron Gibson, the main protagonist of the film.
 * Ben Stiller as Jonathan Grouse, the main antagonist of the film who hates being screamed at.
 * Alec Baldwin as Martin Smith, Aaron's neighbor and the main deuteragonist of the film.
 * Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Mark Gibson, Aaron and Michelle's father and Jennifer's husband.
 * Christine Taylor as Jennifer Gibson, Aaron and Michelle's mother and Mark's wife.
 * Maggie Elizabeth Jones as Michelle Gibson, Aaron's older sister.
 * Anne Reid as Sharon Gibson, Aaron and Michelle's grandmother and Mark's father.
 * Ryan Malgarini as Dave Gibson, Jennifer's brother and Aaron and Michelle's uncle.
 * Kate Upton as Amber Gibson, Dave's wife and Aaron and Michelle's aunt.
 * Macaulay Culkin as Chris Gibson, Amber's brother and Aaron and Michelle's second uncle.
 * Brenda Song as Heather Gibson, Chris's wife and Aaron and Michelle's second aunt.
 * Mason Wertheimer as Jason Gibson, Aaron's cousin and Dave and Amber's son.
 * Brooklynn Prince as Anna Gibson, Aaron's second cousin, Jason's brother and Dave and Amber's daughter.
 * Dakota Song Culkin as Cody Gibson, Aaron's third cousin and Chris and Heather's son.
 * Carson Song Culkin as Adam Gibson, Aaron's fourth cousin, Cody's brother and Chris and Heather's second son.
 * Dennis Haysbert as Officer McCarthy, a police officer.
 * Kyle Bornheimer as Steve, a pizza delivery guy.
 * Hilaria Baldwin as Lori Smith, Martin's wife.
 * Max Charles as Ryan Smith, Martin and Lori's son.
 * Darby Camp as Sarah Smith, Martin and Lori's daughter.

Trivia

 * Tucker Chandler and Ben Stiller co-starred in the Madagascar franchise. Tucker and Ben voiced both young and adult versions of Alex the Lion respectively. The young Alex, played by Chandler, was on "Madagascar: A Little Wild" and the adult Alex, played by Stiller, was on the three "Madagascar" films.
 * Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Kate Upton co-starred in The Other Woman. Nikolaj and Kate shared the same names of the characters from that movie named Mark and Amber.
 * Macaulay Culkin decided to do another "Home Alone" film and star in this movie before "Stoned Alone".
 * Macaulay Culkin and Brenda Song co-starred in Changeland. They have gotten engaged, married and have two children named Dakota and Carson.
 * Jonathan Grouse yelling to Aaron Gibson "I've had enough of your revenge from home!" is a reference to the title of the movie of the same name.
 * The running time for this film is 97 minutes.