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The cinematic equivalent of a half case of Red Bull chased with donuts, Kick-Ass is a giddy, violent experience--and not your average superhero movie. Based on the comic book by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr., it offers a set of heroes who are decidedly without superpowers: Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson) decides he'll be just like a comic-book character, and puts on a ridiculous green suit to fight crime as the mysterious Kick-Ass. Luckily, somebody else had the same idea and comes along to rescue the incompetent crusader: Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage) and his daughter Hit Girl (Chloe Moretz), who also happen to be running around town wearing masks and vanquishing evil. And here we have the movie's masterstroke: Hit Girl, a pint-sized preteen who slaughters bad guys and swears like a sailor on leave (and was the focus of a measure of controversy when the movie was released). The main target of our heroes is a gangster (Mark Strong, Sherlock Holmes), whose neglected son (Christopher Mintz-Plasse, McLovin from Superbad) figures he might just pull on a costume himself and become… Red Mist! (One of the many funny things about Kick-Ass is that the superhero names are hopelessly lame.) Director Matthew Vaughn is operating at the same glib level as his Layer Cake, with cutesy song cues galore and a freewheeling appetite for cartoon violence. This means the movie's high wears off quickly, but it does get high--a crazy, hilarious (and by the way: decidedly R-rated) kick. All that, plus Nicolas Cage executes a deadly Adam West imitation when he pulls on his cape and cowl. That's entertainment. --Robert Horton
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Crime fighter's delight,
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This review is from: Kick-Ass (Bilingual) (DVD)
This movie is not for the squeamish, those sensitive to violence or swearing. That said it is a very entertaining and interesting movie touching on the themes of being a good samaritan and internet celebrity. A teenager wonders to his friends why no one has ever donned a costume and become a crime fighting superhero in real life. He soon discover's why with terrifying consequences. The film does provide what every comic book fan wants, the comic story brought to life with all its grit and warts intact, including an 11 year old swearing assassin. Nicolas Cages stars as Big Daddy in a performance one can actually enjoy while Chloe Grace Moretz virtually steals the show with her scenes as Hit Girl. Yes the movie is disturbing on many levels but it is also deeply entertaining.
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Fun, Fun, Fun!,
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This review is from: Kick-Ass (Bilingual) (DVD)
I agree with Mr. Horton's review (see above); this movie is not for the squeamish and should not be takentoo seriously, but enjoyed for what it is: an over the top camp on old comic book heroes, very entertaining; I was hesitant to watch it at first because I expected one of those high school movies lame both in content and direction; it was the opposite; set aside the predictable beginning about three nerds who are picked on at school, the story quickly and surprisingly unravels into a Quentin Tarentino type of excessive, comic violence, hyper action comedy that won't leave you bored for a second; Finally, a director who wasn't afraid to be controversial and go all out in telling a comic book story as it was meant to be (in our minds as teenagers); I'm surprised someone in puritanical Hollywood managed to get this film out; it's about as opposite to Disney (whom I liked as a kid) as you can get, and I LOVED it!! If you like entertainment no holds barred, irreverent, that doesn't take itself seriously but that promises to take you for a crazy, outrageous fun ride, that's the movie for you; no "family values, right wing platitudes" here; Mr Tarentino must have loved this one :-)
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