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Kick-Ass Combi Pack (Blu-ray + DVD) Steelbook

Nicolas Cage , Mark Strong , Matthew Vaughn    Suitable for 15 years and over   Blu-ray
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (226 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Nicolas Cage, Mark Strong, Chloë Moretz, Aaron Johnson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse
  • Directors: Matthew Vaughn
  • Producers: Matthew Vaughn, Adam Bohling, Tarquin Pack, Brad Pitt, David Reid
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: English
  • Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired: English
  • Region: Region B/2 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Universal Pictures UK
  • DVD Release Date: 6 Sep 2010
  • Run Time: 117 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (226 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B003QXNBYU
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 48,117 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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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

Product Description

Kick Ass tells the story of average teenager Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson), who decides to take his obsession with comic books as inspiration to become a real-life superhero. As any good superhero would, he chooses a new name -- Kick Ass -- assembles a suit and mask to wear, and gets to work fighting crime. There’s only one problem – Kick Ass has absolutely no superpowers. His life is forever changed as he inspires a sub-culture of copy cats, meets up with a pair of crazed vigilantes -- an eleven year old sword-wielding dynamo, Hit Girl (Chloë Moretz), and her father Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage) -- and forges a friendship with another fledging superhero, Red Mist (Chris Mintz-Plasse). But thanks to the scheming of a local mob boss Frank D’Amico (Mark Strong), that new alliance will be put to the test.


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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars THE TITLE SAYS IT ALL 6 Aug 2010
Format:DVD
It's 3 in a row now from director Matthew Vaughan.
Following on from his no nonsense feature debut 'Layer Cake' was the charming 'Stardust' and now this little gem.

Filmed at the same time as the comic was being written; infact the film got finished before the comic in the end - Kick Ass is a refreshing blast of comic book celluloid.

It follows the exploits of Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson) who one day, decides to become a superhero and inadvertently attracts the attention of a couple of other super dudes called Big Daddy (Nicholas Cage) and his 11 year old daughter Hit Girl (Chloe Moretz). He then becomes embroiled in their plans to bring down a rather nasty bit of work (portrayed by the ever reliable Mark Strong) as well as being the catalyst for the appearance of another wannabe real life superhero.

Without giving any of the plot away, mark my words when I tell you that if you are in the least bit offended by profanity and excessive, but wonderfully executed hyper kinetic violence - stay away. However if you like both the former and latter as well as an involving story, some laughs and some suprising human drama, then kick back - watch and enjoy Kick Ass.

I only hope that if and when a sequel is released, that it not only lives up to the standard set by this primer but exceeds it.
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49 of 53 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the BEST Movies of 2010 !! 2 Oct 2010
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I will not be covering the storyline - as others seem to have done that fine - but I will say that this film has something for everyone, great storyline, great acting, plenty of action (some might say too much explicit violence - but not me, it suited the plot of the movie). It had humour in the right places, it had edge of you seat drama. The main characters were a treat to watch - let's hope there is a sequel !! You can see this movie has one of the highest star rating of any movie on Amazon.

And it's a British film - see, we can make great movies !!
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Terrorism for the eyes 7 Sep 2010
Format:DVD
Based on British writer Mark Millar's comic book series, this is an ultraviolent satire from the writer/director team behind 2007's Stardust. Like that film, Kick-Ass tweaks the nipples of genre convention to create something bold, distinctive and memorable. Unlike that film, Kick-Ass's central love story is between a father and daughter, the former educating the latter by shooting her in the chest with a handgun from ten yards.

The plot concerns a normal kid, Dave Lizewski (Nowhere Boy's Aaron Johnson) - not an uber-geek or a ruffian - who dreams of being a superhero. When a mugging leaves his nerve-endings ruined, he unwittingly finds himself allied with the twisted dream team of Big Daddy (Nic Cage) and Hit Girl (Chloe Moretz) as they seek to take down the vicious crime-lord, Frank D'Amico (Mark Strong). Impalements, oversized microwaves and dual-handgun ballet ensue.

If film-making is a process of small judgements adding up to a single whole then Goldman and Vaughan get most the decisions right. The pacing is superb, with the snappy, fabulously foul-mouthed script bridging a series of thrillingly inventive set-pieces, chief among which are Hit Girl's introduction as she splatters the walls of a drug den to The Banana Splits theme song (a possible reference to the grandfather of the modern superhero movie, Richard Donner), as well as a first-person perspective rescue mission played out to a re-working of John Murphy's "Kaneda's Death" theme from Danny Boyle's Sunshine.

There are a couple of cons. D'Amico is a familiar mob boss with familiar patriarchal issues; he could have used a perversion or two aside from bloodlust. And Big Daddy's old police buddy (Omari Hardwick) is unfortunately sidelined, destined to remain perennial backup, as if too damn honest to spoil the party. And what about Xander Berkeley's sporadically glimpsed Gigante? Perhaps the sequel ("Balls to the Wall") will share the love more evenly.

Unlike the bloodless, toothless, sexless Scott Pilgrim Versus the World, Kick-Ass spits vile anarchy from every orifice. Both films are wish-fulfilment fantasies for grown-up geeks, but while Scott Pilgrim reduces the sub-genre to 8-bit whimsy, Kick-Ass enhances it to glorious, eye-gouging HD.
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4.0 out of 5 stars One night in spiderman....
I didn't hear much about this movie until it came out on dvd and blu-ray. I guess it's more like one of those movies you watch on a rainy day. I could watch this one over and over. Read more
Published 14 days ago by James O' Mullane
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
Loved this film. Perfect mix of comedy and action for a light saturday night DVD. Cant wait for the sequel to be released this year.
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Even considering the many changes done to the story this is still one of the best movies based in comics I've seen.
Published 25 days ago by Ricardo Sousa
3.0 out of 5 stars great film but not as stated
A great film but didn't come with a sleeve as the title stated.
I'm quite disappointed about this and I will contact amazon.
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Published 1 month ago by Filthy Raider
5.0 out of 5 stars Great fun
What pure entertainment this movie is. Looking at the DVD cover, you wouldn't buy it, but the story is so original. A schoolkid decides to be a superhero and takes on street gangs. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Phil
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
Hilarious, exciting and great entertainment. Fantastic fun and immense entertainment. Brilliant comedy from Johnson and Vaughn and a good choice for a rainy day.
Published 3 months ago by Matt
5.0 out of 5 stars Very, very funny
A great take on the superhero genre. Quite dark in place, and shocking in others, but all in all a very funny watch, very well written
Published 3 months ago by Rob Hopper
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