Post by ferrari512s on Apr 7, 2014 21:40:40 GMT -5
Kick-Ass Movie
Kick-Ass is a 2010 British-American superhero action comedy film based on the comic book of the same name by Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr.
The film was directed by Matthew Vaughn, who co-produced with Brad Pitt and co-wrote the screenplay with Jane Goldman.
It tells the story of an ordinary teenager, Dave Lizewski (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), who sets out to become a real-life superhero, calling himself "Kick-Ass".
Dave gets caught up in a bigger fight when he meets Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage), a former cop who, in his quest to bring down the crime boss Frank D'Amico (Mark Strong) and his son (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), has trained his eleven-year-old daughter (Chloë Grace Moretz) to be the ruthless vigilante Hit-Girl.
Oh yeah, and by the way, the movie features a real kick ass Red Mist Mustang that really steals the show!
The Kick Ass Plot!
Who cars about the plot show me more Mustang!!! Sure, why not show both...
Dave Lizewski (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) is an ordinary teenager who lives in Staten Island, New York City.
Dave purchases a bodysuit and makes modifications to it. He then embarks on a campaign to become a real-life superhero, armed with a couple of batons.
He becomes the victim of a stabbing and a hit and run during the first of his crime-fighting encounters.
This leaves him with multiple fractures and metal plates, all of which cause him to require extensive rehabilitation.
In the process of recovery, he gains a capacity to endure pain and enhanced durability. In his absence from school, a rumor spreads that he is gay.
As a result, his longtime crush, Katie Deauxma (Lyndsy Fonseca), immediately attempts to become his friend.
After intervening in a gang attack, Dave's actions are recorded by a bystander and put on the internet, turning him into a celebrity.
Calling himself "Kick-Ass", he sets up a Myspace account so he can be contacted for help.
After responding to a request from Katie, he deals with a drug dealer, Rasul (Kofi Natei), who has been harassing her.
Kick-Ass uses a taser against Rasul, but in the event, his thugs quickly overpower him.
To his shock he is rescued by eleven-year-old vigilante Hit-Girl (Chloë Grace Moretz), who kills Rasul first, and then kills all of Rasul's thugs and leaves with her father, Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage).
Big Daddy is Damon Macready, an honest former cop who was framed as a drug dealer by Mafia boss Frank D'Amico (Mark Strong), which led his wife to commit suicide, after giving birth to Mindy.
Against the advice of his former partner Marcus (Omari Hardwick), Big Daddy trains his daughter Mindy to be a skilled crime-fighter and works to undermine D'Amico's operations.
D'Amico believes Kick-Ass is responsible and targets him, impulsively killing a party entertainer dressed like Kick-Ass.
D'Amico's son, Chris (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), suggests a different approach.
He assumes the role of the vigilante "Red Mist" in order to befriend Kick-Ass and lure him into a trap at D'Amico's lumber warehouse.
When Kick-Ass and Red Mist arrive at the warehouse, Frank's men are dead and the warehouse is on fire.
With the help of Chris's teddy cam, they find out it was Big Daddy who killed Frank's men and set the warehouse on fire.
Following his lucky escape, Dave decides to quit being Kick-Ass. He confesses the truth to Katie, and she forgives him and becomes his girlfriend.
After finding a number of messages from Red Mist urgently requesting they meet, Dave decides to don his Kick-Ass costume one last time.
At their meeting, Red Mist convinces Kick-Ass to call his allies, unwittingly luring Big Daddy and Hit-Girl into an ambush.
Upon arriving at one of Big Daddy's safe houses, Red Mist shoots Hit-Girl out of a window, and D'Amico's men storm the place, capturing Big Daddy and Kick-Ass.
One of Frank's bodyguards gleefully steals a bazooka that is mounted on the wall.
Frank intends to have his thugs torture and execute his captives in a live Internet broadcast viewed by millions. Hit-Girl, having survived the shooting, storms the hideout and kills all of the gangsters.
However, during the struggle, one thug sets Big Daddy on fire. Hit-Girl and Big Daddy say a tearful farewell before he dies of his injuries.
Hit-Girl infiltrates Frank D'Amico's headquarters, killing numerous guards and henchman on her way. During the battle in the penthouse she runs out of bullets.
Kick-Ass arrives on a jet pack fitted with miniguns that Big Daddy had previously acquired, and kills the remaining thugs.
Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl then take on D'Amico and his son. While Kick-Ass fights Red Mist in the training room, Hit-Girl is overpowered by Frank.
As Frank aims his gun and prepares to finish off the defeated Hit-Girl, Kick-Ass comes to the rescue armed with Big Daddy's bazooka.
Frank is blasted out of the window where he is exploded in mid-air.
Red Mist regains consciousness and grabs a samurai sword in the hope of killing Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl.
However, he is too late and arrives in time to see Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl leaving on the jet pack.
Mindy and Dave retire from crime fighting to live a more normal life, and Mindy returns to live with Marcus and enrolls at Dave's school.
Dave has been told to look after Mindy, "not that she needs it." Dave is done with crime fighting, happy to have inspired a new "generation" of superheroes.
Chris, still wearing his Red Mist outfit, is shown donning a new mask as he quotes Jack Nicholson as the Joker, "As a great man once said, 'Wait till they get a load of me'" and fires his gun.
Source
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kick-Ass_%28film%29
‘A Real Kick In The Ass’ – Galpin Autosports 2008 Red Mist Mustang
The Galpin Auto Sports (GAS) 2008 Red Mist Mustang was built for super hero Red Mist in the movie ‘Kick Ass’, played by Christopher Mintz-Plasse, who you might know better as McLovin from the movie ‘Super Bad’.
Even though the GAS Red Mist Mustang is a ‘one-off’ built for the movie, it is a real Mustang that packs a solid punch, with a Rich Evans designed bodykit that turns heads wherever it goes.
GAS got involved with the movie when Red Mist director Matthew Vaughn came over to the GAS shops looking for a possible custom Mustang to use in the movie since GAS had already built several cars for movies in the past.
Matthew met Steve Carpenter, Sales Manager at GAS, and the two hit it off as Steve saw an opportunity to build another Mustang for a Hollywood movie. A few days later Steve met with Matthew and Rich Evans to go over sketches and plans on what the Mustang should look like and have inside for the movie.
As I said before, this isn’t a ‘shell car’ just used for several scenes in the movie, but a real, fully functional, high-performing Mustang that is a real ‘kick in the ass’ when you mash your foot down on the throttle.
With the plans and sketches penned by Rich Evans in hand, Steve went to work with the GAS crew with a 2008 Mustang GT and started to transform it into the Red Mist for the movie.
GAS built the unique bodykit true to the sketches from Rich Evans, and then had it custom painted red with Galpin Boss black paint stripes and graphics. The factory pull-out doors were changed to Lamborghini styled scissor doors for that unique, custom look. To finish the unique exterior look, GAS ordered custom red-on-black 20X9in. front, and 20X10.5in. rear wheels wrapped with high-performing Pirelli P-Zero Rosso low-profile ZR rated tires.
The GAS crew then added a custom cold air-intake system and a Vortec Supercharger to bring the power up to 550hp for incredible acceleration. The Mustang’s 5-speed manual transmission was left untouched since it can handle up to 600hp.
Next, the suspension was lowered using Ford Racing springs and shocks that gives the Red Mist a more menacing stance and extra road hugging capability to match the more powerful engine.
To stop the Red Mist Mustang as fast as it accelerates, GAS fitted custom Wilwood punched and slotted, vented discs and calipers to the front and rear wheels.
Inside, the GAS crew added custom two-tone, red and black bucket seats, a custom steering wheel, red LED mode lighting, took out the rear seat and parcel shelf, added front and rear cameras with a split screen on the navigation system, fitted auxiliary gauges on the dash shelf and ‘A’ pillar to check out the vitals, located two toggle switches on the dash behind red protectors to operate the two nitrous oxide bottles located in the trunk with purge capabilities to provide the smoke-filled red mist emanating from jetting outlets on the giant front hood scoop, then finished it off with HID headlamps up front.
The movie was a hit and the GAS built Red Mist Mustang made a huge impression on the fans that bought tickets to see the movie.
Source
www.automotiveaddicts.com/14018/galpin-autosports-2008-red-mist-mustang-kick-ass-movie#prettyPhoto
Specification of this modified Red Mist Mustang...
www.lowonfuel.com/auto-news/red-mist-mustang-kickass-mustang/
Excerpt from the above site...
The Red Mist Mustang started life as a 2008 Ford Mustang GT before it was delivered to Galpin Auto Sports (GAS). About $200,000 later, the car you see here is was rolled out of their garage. They actually built two of these cars for the movie and both of them are the real deal. The Red Mist Mustang comes equipped with an aftercooled Vortech Supercharger system and Nitrous Oxide to help the car produce approximately 600 horsepower. Not too shabby considering that Christopher Mintz-Plasse (AKA McLovin), who the car was built for, had to learn how to drive a manual transmission in this very car. A custom body kit, bright red custom paint, and Lamborghini style doors really help this car stand out.
To help the Red Mist Mustang grip the road in the movie, the Mustang was given Ford lowering springs and high performance shocks along with a set of custom red and black 20 inch wheels wrapped in Pirelli P-Zero Rosso low-profile tires.
Inside the car they added a GPS Navigation system with front and rear camera’s, an i-pod docking station, red LED lighting, and custom seats. The Nitrous Oxide we mentioned earlier can be purged from inside the Red Mist Mustang and shoots multiple streams of mist through red LED lighting and out through the cowl induction hood.