Kick-Ass (Three-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy)

Description

“How come nobody’s ever tried to be a superhero?” When
Dave Lizewski – ordinary New York teenager and rabid comic-book geek – dons a
green-and-yellow Internet-bought wetsuit to become the no-nonsense vigilante
Kick-Ass, he soon finds an answer to his own question: because it hurts. But,
over coming all the odds, the eager yet inexperienced Dave quickly becomes a
phenomenon, capturing the imagination of the public. However, he’s not the
only superhero out there – the fearless and highly trained father-daughter
crime-fighting duo, Big Daddy and Hit-Girl, have been slowly but surely taking
down the criminal empire of local mafioso Frank D’Amico. And, as Kick-Ass gets
drawn into their no-holds-barred world of bullets and bloodletting with
Frank’s son Chris, now reborn as Kick-Ass’s arch-nemesis Red Mist, the stage
is set for a final showdown between the forces of good and evil, in which the
DIY hero will have to live up to his name. Or die trying… The
cinematic equivalent of a half case of Red Bull chased with donuts, Kick-Ass
is a giddy, violent experience–and not your average superhero movie. Based on
the comic book by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr., it offers a set of heroes
who are decidedly without superpowers: Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson) decides
he’ll be just like a comic-book character, and puts on a ridiculous green suit
to fight crime as the mysterious Kick-Ass. Luckily, somebody else had the same
idea and comes along to rescue the incompetent crusader: Big Daddy (Nicolas
Cage) and his daughter Hit Girl (Chloe Moretz), who also happen to be running
around town wearing masks and vanquishing evil. And here we have the movie’s
masterstroke: Hit Girl, a pint-sized preteen who slaughters bad guys and
swears like a sailor on leave (and was the focus of a measure of controversy
when the movie was released). The main target of our heroes is a gangster
(Mark Strong, Sherlock Holmes), whose neglected son (Christopher Mintz-Plasse,
McLovin from Superbad) figures he might just pull on a costume himself and
become… Red Mist! (One of the many funny things about Kick-Ass is that the
superhero names are hopelessly lame.) Director Matthew Vaughn is operating at
the same glib level as his Layer Cake, with cutesy song cues galore and a
freewheeling appetite for cartoon violence. This means the movie’s high wears
off quickly, but it does get high–a crazy, hilarious (and by the way:
decidedly R-rated) kick. All that, plus Nicolas Cage executes a deadly Adam
West imitation when he pulls on his cape and cowl. That’s entertainment.
–Robert Horton Stills from Kick-Ass (Click for larger image)

Features:

Product Details:

• Genre: Action/Adventure
• Format: Digital_copy, Blu-ray
• Contributor: Omari Hardwick, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Lyndsy Fonseca, Dexter Fletcher, John S. Romita Jr., Chloë Grace Moretz, Brad Pitt, Clark Duke, Michael Rispoli, Nicolas Cage, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Mark Strong, Garrett M. Brown, Corey Johnson, Kris Thykier, Xander Berkeley, Randall Batinkoff, Jason Flemyng, David Reid, Matthew Vaughn, Jane Goldman, Evan Peters, Tarquin Pack, Mark Millar, Adam Bohling See more
• Language: English
• Runtime: 1 hour and 57 minutes
• Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 2.35:1
• Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
• MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
• Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 3.84 Ounces
• Item model number ‏ : ‎ Relay time: 117min
• Director ‏ : ‎ Matthew Vaughn
• Media Format ‏ : ‎ Digital_copy, Blu-ray
• Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 57 minutes
• Release date ‏ : ‎ August 3, 2010
• Actors ‏ : ‎ Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Mark Strong, Chloë Grace Moretz, Omari Hardwick