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Kick-Ass 2, a review by Tom

Kick-Ass 2 (2013/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Universal Pictures (United Kingdom) Director: Jeff Wadlow Writing: Mark Millar (Original Material By), John S. Romita Jr (Original Material By), Jeff Wadlow (Screenwriter) Length: 98 min. Video: Widescreen 2.40 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French: DTS 5.1, Italian: DTS 5.1, German: DTS 5.1, Spanish: DTS 5.1, Hindi: Dolby Digital 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Subtitles: Arabic, Danish, French, German, Finnish, Italian, Japanese, Hindi, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Icelandic

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Stars:Plot:
After Kick-Ass's (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) insane bravery inspires a new wave of self-made masked crusaders, led by badass Colonel Stars and Stripes (Jim Carrey), our hero joins them on patrol.

When these amateur superheroes are hunted down by Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) - reborn as The Mother F!?ker - ony the blade-wielding Hit Girl () can prevent their annihilation!

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Commentary
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Digital Copy

The sequel to Kick-Ass is a nice movie, but it misses the punk the first one had. I wasn't much a fan of the "Kick-Ass 2" comic when I first read it, but that was more because of my expectations of it. But since then the prequel comic "Hit-Girl" came out, which was more like my expectations and bridges the time between the two Kick-Ass comics. Luckily, the film is based both (Kick-Ass 2 and Hit-Girl).
I am not much fan of some of the changes for the movie adaptation. Like the introduction of the "sick stick" and the adrenaline shot. I liked the scene in the comic, where Hit-Girl decides that Mindy is here secret identity and starts treating it as such. I.e. she "plays" the role of Mindy at school, but she really is Hit-Girl. In the movie she only recognizes this truth towards the end.
Jim Carrey did a great job in his role. I am not sure if I would have recognized him, if I hadn't known he is in the movie.
On the one hand I am glad of the changed ending, in case there will be no sequel, as it takes away the downer ending of the comic. But if a sequel is made, then they lost some great basis to continue from.

(From Tom's Random Reviews on January 18th, 2014)

Unstoppable, a review by addicted2dvd

Unstoppable (2010/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Director: Tony Scott (1944) Writing: Mark Bomback (Writer) Length: 98 min. Rating: Rated PG-13 : Sequences of Action and Peril, and Some Language Video: Widescreen 2.40:1 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Portuguese: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo Subtitles: Chinese, English, Portuguese, Spanish

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Stars:
Denzel Washington as Frank
Chris Pine as Will
Rosario Dawson as Connie
Ethan Suplee as Dewey
Kevin Dunn as Oscar Galvin
Kevin Corrigan as Inspector Werner

Plot:Extras:

• Scene Access
• Audio Commentary
• Feature Trailers
• Bonus Trailers
• Featurettes
• BD-Live
• Digital Copy

I enjoyed this film quite a bit. It easily kept my attention through-out. What made this one even better is that it was based on true events... I personally always thought films based on true events made the best stories. I thought the cast did a wonderful job. This is actually the second film I've seen recently with Rosario Dawson... as she was also in Zookeeper. If you never seen this film... I definitely recommend it. Well worth the time put in to watch it.



(From The Alphabet Marathon: Blu-ray Edition on July 29th, 2014)

HawthoRNe: Season 1 Ep. 4: All the Wrong Places, a review by addicted2dvd

ALL THE WRONG PLACES
As Christina uncovers a rare disorder that could place an accident victim and her young son in grave danger, Bobbie is pressed to counsel a young man facing the loss of an arm.

Notable Guest Stars:
DB Woodside (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 24) as David


My Thoughts:
Another episode I enjoyed... though not quite as much as the previous ones. I actually enjoyed the side story about the amputee then I did the main storyline.

My Rating:

(From HawthoRNe Episode Reviews on June 23rd, 2013)