Starring: Aaron Johnson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Mark Strong, Chloe Moretz, Nicolas Cage
Director: Matthew Vaughn
MPAA Rating: R for violence, gore, language, and sexual content. Not for young kiddies unless you are Chloe Moretz
'Kick-Ass' is a 2010 film based on the 2008 comic books of the same name.
The story surrounds the life of awkward teenager, surprisingly-not-played-by-Michael-Cera, Dave Lizewski (cougar-loving Aaron Johnson) and his typical life of being awkward in high school.
His love for comic books and superheroes expands out of his mind and into an obsession to become a superhero himself for justice, peace, and all that crap.
His first attempt to fight crime results in severe injuries. His nerve endings become damaged which gave him a greater tolerance for pain.
Being stubborn and/or out of his mind, he continues the road he originally set out on to "fight" crime. Luck finds Dave when he comes across a fight and defends a man from a bunch of thugs. The event is recorded by a bunch of onlookers and on one of the videos, he gives himself the superhero name: Kick-Ass.
Courtesy of Youtube and the news media, Kick-Ass becomes a phenomenon.
He later comes across two other superheroes: Hit Girl (refreshingly foul-mouthed Chloe Mortez) and Big Daddy (bear-suit wearing, woman puncher [see 'The Wicker Man'] Nicolas Cage). They state that they could work together and they will keep in contact.
Big Daddy is simply a former cop who was framed by crime leader, Frank D'Amico (Mark Strong) many years ago and plans his revenge with his daughter, Mindy.
Frank D'Amico is not happy with the way things are going and vows to stomp down on the superhero business that is annoying the hell out of him and getting in the way of things. Christopher Mintz-Plasse portrays his son, Chris, who constantly pines for his father's approval/affection.
What I thought:
I was surprised how much I liked this movie. Actually, I can honestly say I love it. When I first heard of the movie and saw the pictures, I thought it was one of those many parodies that Hollywood does (like 'Vampires Sucks'), this time on the film 'Watchmen.'
'Kick-Ass' and 'Watchmen' had the same yellow font style for the posters so I assumed it was another parody film since I'm not familar with the 'Kick-Ass' comic books.
Anyways, the beginning was all right, but the dialogue was pretty funny to me.
You've probably heard it a lot, but yes, Chloe Moretz plays a 12 or 13 year old with a foul mouth. I would just like to say that people need to get their heads out of their asses and shut the f*ck up.
It's a role that she portraying. I'm sure that she really isn't a violence loving, young maniac. And besides who has NOT started saying bad words around that age? Then it suddenly goes back to the parents of Moretz. I actually find it refreshing they let her take that role and say those lines. Their kid doesn't have to hide language behind the parents' back, unlike us, who had to watch what we said around our parents. Even her mother said, "It's her role."
I just had to get that out cause I think Chloe Moretz is an all right actress who does not depend on being backed up by Disney to become famous and well-known. That's what makes her different from most child actresses and for that, I applaude her. I think she did an excellent job as Hit Girl. An excellent job on the whole movie, but she pretty much made it.
Rating:
Rent worthy? If you haven't seen it yet, go ahead and watch it. I'm not sure if it's available instantly on Netflix, but it is available through mail-order. Blockbuster has it too.
DVD/Blu-Ray worthy? Already have it on Blu-Ray.
Keep on watchin'
The Little Critic
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