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| Actors: Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Lyndsy Fonseca, Aaron Johnson
Studio: Universal Pictures UK
Category: DVD
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Rating:  4 reviews
Format: Colour, PAL
Languages: English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Media: Blu-ray
Region: 2
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 3
Running Time: 117 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5050582794465
ASIN: B003QXNBYU
Release Date: September 6, 2010 (New: This Week)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
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 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
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Cool case with lots of extras - a fun, if somewhat vulgar, movie September 4, 2010
Keith Joseph (West Berkshire, England)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This 'Kick Ass' DVD set comes in a cool black metal case, that's tricky to open and probably wouldn't like being trodden on, but it's cool none the less. Inside there's plastic inserts holding three DVDs. One is Blu-ray, and the other two are standard res DVDs: the film and 'disk 2' [the extras]. The 2 hours of bonus features include 'The making of kick-ass: A new kind of Superhero [114 mins]', The artwork of Kick-ass [storyboard and designs], the Director's commentary, and 'The comic origins of Kick-ass' featurette. The extras are on both the Blu-ray and split across the two standard DVDs, with the Blu-ray and disk 2 DVD giving ~2h of extras, while the standard film DVD has another 20 minutes of them [plus the movie of course]. The Blu-ray disk is 1080 hi-def 2.4:1 widescreen, English DTS-HD 5.1 audio, with English subtitles and English Audio description track 2 only. The DVD is English 5.1 audio with English SDH subtitles. No other languages supported. I can't find any region code info other than -/R0 written on all the disks. The movie run time is 1h 58mins on Blu-ray, and rated 15. As you would expect the Blu-ray looks great on my teenage sons hi-def+PS3 system, and we are happy with the standard DVDs universal play on our other systems. There doesn't seem to be an 'iPod' friendly compressed digital version of the film though [which could lose a star for some].
And to the movie itself, well it's kind of a vulgar, violent and puerile version of 'Watchmen' [OK that film was even more violent and puerile], but Kick-ass is great fun none the less and has surprisingly sensitive moments amongst the carnage. It's pretty much an anti-superhero mickey-take movie, based around a likeable teenage lad who decides to become a super-hero, despite having no super-powers or any training - the result is predictable and the costumes chosen are almost as lame as the crime-fighter names. Naturally the movie is saved by the coarse humour [a sort of live action, intense 'Incredibles']. With Nicolas Cage as 'Big Daddy' the movie could have been called 'Adam West rides again' - as a kid the camp 1960's 'Batman' was a fave of mine. Doesn't matter which came first either, the Kick-ass comic or the movie. So while you are waiting for 'Scott Pilgrim vs the world' to come out on DVD/Blu-ray, why not try this movie set. Being 14 at the time, my son was annoyed he couldn't see the film at the cinema, but now, just in time for his 15th birthday, it's arrived - and he rates the movie and DVD set 5*, plus we paid about the same for this three DVD steelbox combo set as the single Blu-ray release, so it was also 5* for value as well ...
Typical Kick-ass quote: "I'll be honest, there wasn't a whole lot of crime-fighting at first. But even so, it kept me pretty busy. I called it preparation, but if you called it fantasizing, it would've been hard to argue. All I knew was, I never felt so good about myself".
Kick-Ass - Kill Bill meets Polly Pocket July 24, 2010
Red on Black (Cardiff)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
This film doesn't so much rewrite the book on the basic template of the superhero movie as nuke it and destroy any traces of its previous existence. Its release outraged the very excitable and predictable Daily Mail who frothed with anger and raged with that righteous indignation which tabloid newspapers so love. "One of the most shamelessly irresponsible films ever" they roared and clearly the whole of civilisation was threatened, lock up your daughters etc etc. Ironically the Daily Express and the Sun loved it, yet watching this film does require that you suspend some morality issues for its duration and can leave you with some unease. Certainly Chloe Moretz's brilliant portrayal of the 11 year old Hit Girl is one of the cinema highlights of the decade but be prepared for the uber violence that goes with this and a level of swearing that makes Gordon Ramsay look like a choir boy (particularly the dropping of the C bomb). That said "Kick Ass" is a intense, breathless, bloody and often brilliantly funny black comedy which Quentin Tarantino would have died to direct. Based on the 2008 graphic novel by Glasgow-born Mark Millar and New York artist John Romita jnr, this film is much more "Sin City" than "Superman".
The plot revolves around teenage dork Dave Lizewski (nicely played by Aeron Johnson) and his alter ego "Kick Ass", Young David's only superhuman feat is to be "invisible to teenage girls" and to have a "First class honours degree" in a particular speciality of all teenage boys especially when thinking about his English teacher. He and his friends are repeatedly beaten up and he decides as a result to order a wetsuit off the internet, adopt the moniker of Kick-Ass, sets up an internet contact page and sets out to patrol the streets with the totally expected disastrous results. It is here he comes into contact with a father and daughter vigilante team namely Big Daddy (a kind of Batman with a ASBO) and Hit Girl who are dedicated to destroying a ruthless crime boss (Mark Strong) whose own superhero/super-nerd son "Red Mist" played by Christopher Mintz-Plasse is central character. Nick Cage superbly plays the clearly insane father role with such normality at first that it's subversive although by the end of the film he is more like "Sailor" from Wild at Heart. This is man who will buy his daughter an AK47 for a birthday present. It is however the wonderful Chole Moretz, bedecked in her purple wig who steals every scene as Hit Girl a eleven year old assassin who makes Una Thurman's "Bride" in Kill Bill look like Nora Batty. She brings new meaning to the term "Bratz" and the only vaguely near counterpart she has in film history is the much older French anti hero Nikita from Luc Besson's film of the same name, except that Hit Girl is neither "teenage" or "delinquent" I will say no more about the film's story other than again to stress if you cannot stomach either violence or gleeful profanity, or are offended by the premise of the film stay well clear, indeed the 15 certificate on this is hugely debatable.
The other great facet of the film is its pace and underpinning script. Jane Goldman has constructed witty and perfect dialogue particularly for the gormless charm of Dave Lizewski and his teenage chums. The film flashes by at a furious rate of knots and the action many high octane scenes and especially the uber violent finale is superbly directed. The sizzling soundtrack is superb and mixes the Banana Splits theme tune, Sparks "This town ain't big enough for the both of us with Elvis! I was accompanied to the cinema by my teenage son who is in late teens and two of his friends who declared the whole thing "awesome" at the end. For once they are right Kick-Ass is an instant and brilliant cult classic which you will either love or hate. Unlike the truly wretched Robin Hood 2010 (if you see it, you would pay Hit Girl to visit Russell Crowe!) this film screams out for a sequel, and its good to see Mark Strong as a proper villain. Its fast, furious and funny. A delicious eye popping black comedy and about a subversive as a superhero gets. Just make sure you don't buy it for your parents Christmas present.
AMAZING! September 7, 2010
M. Murray (Leeds, UK)
I think this film is on a par with the dark knight, perhaps not in terms of suspense and all that, but in terms of breaking the trend of having really childish approaches to comic book-esq films, it really goes for it! There are some really dark bits to this, but oddly enough some really hilarious bits, especially with Hit Girl and Big Daddy (Chloe Moretz and Nicholas Cage). Nicholas Cage really has got his character done perfectly, his voice when he's dressed up as a superhero is classic!
One thing which is rarely worth mentioning in films, but here has been done brilliantly is the soundtrack. When the mental fight scenes are going on, especially the one involving hit girl towards the end is put in perfectly with that scene.
This film really is worth adding to the collection and on Blu-Ray some of the scenes really do look awesome, particularly the cityscapes and fight scenes. Not to mention, this one has a really cool case!
 Kicks Ass! September 6, 2010
dB (UK)
Blu-ray review:
The film itself is wonderful of course, but I just want to comment on the blu-ray transfer and extras.First of all, this particular edition has been packaged in a lovely black steel-case, this is a truly great looking blu-ray disc. Massively oversaturated at times, this is the obvious intention of the director, giving it a great comic book look. The picture is crisp and sharp, though colours do tend to bleed into another in certain scenes. The audio is crisp with dialogue clearly audible even during the action scenes.
The extras are very in-depth, including a making-of that runs to nearly 2 hours in length, showing in detail everything from pre to post-production. This particular feature should have been called Lick-Ass though as the cast and crew fall over themselves to praise Matthew Vaughn. I don't particulatly blame them for fawning over him, as he did a great job with the movie, but it does go on a little.
2 DVD's have been included: the feature and a disc of extras, rounding off a pretty impressive set.
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