Why So Blu?

Fight It Out With ‘Grudge Match’ on Blu-ray This April!

Honestly, when this came out theatrically last year, I wanted nothing to do with it really.  Then, surprisingly, mostly positive reviews poured in.  I kind of felt like it’s a spoof on the Rocky franchise as well as Raging Bull, two legendary boxing sagas, so that’s kind of why I avoided it.  But that’s childish, right?  I think so.  Oh what the hell.  I want to give it a chance!  It does have two “legendary” actors in the title role.  It has to be good, no?  Well thankfully, I don’t have too long to find out due to Warner Bros. press announcement today where they announced an April 8th Blu-ray release date for…Grudge Match.  Check out the full press release below for more information!

Burbank, CA, February 19, 2014– Past-their-prime boxers pack a comic punch in “Grudge Match,” arriving onto Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and Digital HD on April 8 from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. “Grudge Match” stars Oscar® winner Robert De Niro (“Raging Bull,” “Silver Linings Playbook”) and Oscar® nominee Sylvester Stallone (the “Rocky” films, “The Expendables”) as old boxing rivals who come out of retirement for one final match.

Peter Segal (“Get Smart”) directs the comedy, which also stars Kevin Hart (“Think Like a Man”) as Dante Slate, Jr.; Oscar® winner Alan Arkin as Razor’s former trainer, Louis “Lightning” Conlon, who gets to put Razor through his paces again; and Oscar® winner Kim Basinger (“L.A. Confidential”) as Sally Rose, who was once the love of Razor’s life.

 

The Blu-ray Combo Pack features the theatrical version of the film in hi-definition on Blu-ray, and the DVD features the theatrical version in standard definition. Both include a digital version of the movie on Digital HD with UltraViolet.* Fans can also own “Grudge Match” in Digital HD on April 8 via purchase from digital retailers.

 

 

SYNOPSIS

 

In “Grudge Match,” Billy “The Kid” McDonnen (De Niro) and Henry “Razor” Sharp (Stallone) are two local Pittsburgh fighters whose fierce rivalry put them in the national spotlight.  Each had scored a victory against the other during their heyday, but in 1983, on the eve of their decisive third match, Razor suddenly announced his retirement, refusing to explain why but effectively delivering a knock-out punch to both their careers.  Thirty years later, boxing promoter Dante Slate, Jr., seeing big dollar signs, makes them an offer they can’t refuse: to re-enter the ring and settle the score once and for all.

But they may not have to wait that long: on their first encounter in decades, their long-festering feud erupts into an unintentionally hilarious melee that instantly goes viral.  The sudden social media frenzy transforms their local grudge match into a must-see HBO event.  Now, if they can just survive the training, they may actually live to fight again.

BLU-RAY AND DVD ELEMENTS

 

“Grudge Match” Blu-ray Combo Pack contains the following special features:

• The Bull & The Stallion
• In the Ring with Kevin Hart
• Ringside with Tyson & Holyfield
• Blow for Blow with Larry Holmes
• Kevin Hart Unedited
• Alternate Opening
• Alternate Endings with an Introduction by Peter Segal
• Deleted Scenes

 

Standard Definition DVD contains the following special feature:

• Deleted Scenes