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Year: 2010
USA: IFC Films
UK: G2 Pictures
Cast: Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page, Liv Tyler, Kevin Bacon,
Michael Rooker, Andre Royo, Sean Gunn, Stephen Blackehart, Don Mac,
Linda Cardellini, Nathan Fillion, Gerardo Davila, Grant Goodman,
Paul T Taylor, Connor Day
Director: James Gunn
Country: USA
USA & UK: 96 mins
USA Rated: Unrated
UK Certificate: 18 contains strong bloody violence
USA Release Date: 1 April 2011 (Limited Release)
UK Release Date: 8 July 2011 (Limited Release)
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Synopsis
"He'll totally f**king beat evil."
No stranger to rebel filmmaking, James Gunn cut his teeth writing
for Troma before making his directing debut with 2006's SLITHER. In
a similar vein, his follow-up feature combines absurd humour with
balls-out violence to create something that is both unashamed and
inimitable. But this time Gunn adds a new ingredient, one that is
dark, dramatic and subversive to the core.
Frank’s (Rainn Wilson) world implodes when his ex-addict wife,
Sarah (Liv Tyler), is taken in by a seductive drug dealer, Jacques
(Kevin Bacon). But he quickly decides to fight back under the guise
of a DIY superhero called Crimson Bolt.
Kitting himself out with a hand-made suit and armed with a wrench,
he teams up with a crazy sidekick named Boltie (Ellen Page). The
Crimson Bolt beats his way through the mean streets of crime in
hopes of saving his wife. The
rules were written a long time ago: You are not supposed to molest
children, cut lines or key cars; if you do, prepare to face the
wrath of the Crimson Bolt!
Filmmaker James Gunn (SLITHER) has written and directed SUPER, a
dark comedy, which could be described as the definitive take on
self-reflexive superheroes.
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