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Synopsis: Frank Darrbo is a hapless fry cook. When his wife Sarah falls off the wagon and dumps him for Jacques, a drug dealer, Frank tries to get her back by reporting her kidnapped, grabbing her from Jacques' car, and wailing for her to return. After watching Christian TV and having a vision, he becomes a superhero to fight evil. He sews a costume, finds a weapon (a pipe wrench) and looks for crimes to stop. He has problems: his wrench inflicts real injury, so the cops want him for being a vigilante, his sense of boundaries is flawed, and Jacques' gang has guns. Libby, a clerk at a comic book store, becomes his sidekick, and it's time to go save Sarah. What chance do they have?
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Director(s): James Gunn
Production: IFC Midnight
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
50
Rotten Tomatoes:
48%
R
Year:
2010
96 min
$200,000
Website
703 Views


about not making

any major decisions for a year?

Nothing against Frank.

Nothing against you, Frank.

Okay.

Why can't you just be happy for me?

For us?

That is something they say on TV.

See?

That is what I mean.

You just cull together

all these things

you hear other people say

and put them together

into something

you think is a personality.

You are a real b*tch.

Sarah!

What if I know, Jennifer?

What if I know?

You want me

to get my life together?

You want me to change?

Sarah...

What if Frank is the only thing

that will save me?

What then?

The brutal assaults by the costumed man

calling himself The Crimson Bolt

continued last night

when he sent 42-year-old

Gerard Mavin to the hospital

with a fractured collarbone.

F***.

Check this sh*t out.

Witnesses say this unusual criminal

who wears a superhero costume

attacked Mavin without provocation.

A lot of people in this city

are finding this situation amusing.

But it's not a big leap

for a psychopath to go

from serial beatings

to serial murders.

The DPD has asked for your help

in finding The Crimson Bolt.

He's described as a muscular Caucasian,

about 6'5" with dark eyes.

Anyone with information please call...

F***.

Must be some sort of sex thing

with this motherf***er, huh?

What?

No.

I mean, I don't know.

Doesn't even interest me.

First I've heard of it.

What?

Yeah, news to me.

Huh...

How could you not hear it, Frank?

That's all

they been talking about.

This crazy motherf***er

dressed like Superman

is whacking people

with a pipe wrench

all over the city.

Just boom!

You're down.

Maybe they deserve to get whacked.

Deserve it?

Yeah, I heard that the people he's hitting,

they're the real criminals.

You just said

you never heard of him, Frank.

I didn't.

I haven't.

He just said it.

No, he didn't.

I just watched the whole thing with you.

I thought

I heard him say that.

You're like a monkey.

I'm not like a monkey.

Hey, me and Tish

going to the movies tomorrow.

You wanna meet us there?

No, I got stuff to do.

What, Frank?

What?

What do you gotta do?

Nothing.

Good, then you can get there early,

hold a place for us in line, okay?

Come on. Come on.

Okay.

I'll take you to the movies,

all right?

My treat.

Shake it off, all right?

Got to get out more, baby.

Always kissing me.

Weird.

Order up.

Three, please.

I beg...

If I could just...

Oh, come on!

Oh, no, he didn't.

Why do people have to do that?

We've been waiting here forever.

I mean, it's important

that you realize that

there's, like,

a sailor's hat involved.

Like an actual-

Sailor's hat?

Hey, excuse me.

Hey!

No butts.

What difference does it make to you?

Yeah, man.

No butting in line.

Go to the back of the line now.

Yeah.

Go f*** yourself.

F*** yourself.

Yeah.

Like, you know,

this big handsome guy back here,

he looks like f***ing sh*t.

Literally, what's wrong

with his face?

I don't know

if it's flat or wide or-

Anyway...

Mommy.

Annie, come on.

Don't butt!

Who do you think you're fooling?

I just saw you...

crunch!

Oh, my God!

- Oh, God!

Oh, no!

- Wait...

Oh, God!

Get off him!

What the hell

are you doing, you...

You butted too!

Oh, God, Stop him!

Someone stop him!

Hey.

Have you seen this?

It's weird.

What?

It's just what we talked about last week.

I mean, you have to admit,

remember?

No.

A guy who...

can I just...

Can I come back there?

What?

Can I just come back there with you?

We're friends, so...

No.

I'll wear those plastic gloves.

Kitchen door's right there,

sweetheart.

Maybe she's fixing

to ask you to prom, Frank.

I don't know her.

I mean, come on.

Remember?

No.

His name is The Crimson Bolt.

And he just...

like, he just uses a wrench

as a weapon.

I mean, somebody did it.

Somebody became a real one.

That sounds like a crazy man.

I'm Libby, by the way.

Hello.

Don't go making some joke

about "Libby's on your label,"

'cause it just...

it pisses me off.

What's your name?

Frank.

Oh, man.

I hope you'll be frank with me.

I hope you'll continue to be frank

in all of our future discussions.

Wait.

You just asked me

to not make fun of your name,

and then you just

made fun of my name.

I got something for you.

What is it?

You should come.

It's gonna be rad.

Lots of really awesome people.

Are you him?

What?

Are you the guy?

Are you this guy?

No.

It's okay if you are.

No, I'm not him.

No.

It's cool.

I hate when people butt.

I got a lot of work to do.

We're really busy right now.

Put your hands

behind your head, you freak!

Frank Darbo.

Detective John Felkner.

Hello.

You filed a report with me a couple weeks ago.

You mind if I come inside for a sec?

Inside the house?

It's just a bit chilly.

Yeah.

Thanks.

Oh, thanks.

So you filed that report.

Now, you and I came together

to the conclusion

that your wife wasn't kidnapped,

and she left you.

Is there something in there?

What?

Is that a basement?

That's a closet.

You just keep looking over there.

No, I...

No, I don't.

Yeah, you do.

No.

There's nothing in there.

All right.

There's a dog in there.

A dog?

Yeah.

You keep him in the closet?

I'm afraid he'll bite someone.

Oh, no, you don't have

to worry about that with me.

I'm a dog person.

That's who he likes to bite the most.

Dog people.

Thank you for coming.

You're quite an intense fellow, there, Frank.

If you wouldn't mind

signing this...

It basically just cancels out the charges.

I forgot to do it last time.

Captain is going through

the change of life.

She had a conniption fit.

Just sign right here.

There we go.

All right.

Thank you, Frank.

I'll let you get back to...

whatever it was you were doing.

God...

Did you really call me

to be The Crimson Bolt,

or was that just in my head?

I don't want to go to prison

and be butt-raped

and work in the library,

rolling those carts around

and handing out magazines

for the rest of my life.

Isn't violence

against the Bible?

God, please...

Give me a sign that I should

continue being The Crimson Bolt.

Or if I should

just throw everything away

before it's too late.

I'll even turn myself in,

if that's what

you want me to do.

But please,

don't want me to do that.

Okay, did you just say

throw it all away,

or was that just me thinking

throw it all away?

Okay, I'm gonna

throw it all away.

If you don't want me to,

please, give me a sign.

Maybe you could

make something float.

Okay.

Easy turns with minimal effort...

That's right, Holly.

This is the gun that Demonswill used

to spread his lust dust

over the school,

the very same lust dust

that caused you and Jimmy

to dress in these provocative outfits

and download those pornographic

images on your computer.

I'm so stupid.

Sex is a sacred act

that should only take place

within a loving marriage.

No doubt.

My virginity is something

to be proud of.

I'm gonna have

these nipple rings

taken out tomorrow.

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James Gunn

James Gunn is an American filmmaker, actor, novelist, and musician. He started his career as a screenwriter in the mid-1990s, writing the scripts for Tromeo and Juliet, Scooby-Doo and its sequel Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004), and the 2004 version of Dawn of the Dead. more…

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