Stars: Aaron Johnson, Chloe Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Nicholas Cage
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Release date: August 3, 2010
MPAA Rating: R
Dave Lizewski is just a normal kid. His only super power becomes invisible to girls. He never crossed paths with a radioactive Spider, has never been subjected to an intense bursts of gamma radiation, and he has not mutant DNA. This is because these things are pretty impossible. But Dave Lizewski not think putting on a mask and helping people have become impossible. It is this mixture of naiveity and optimism that turns him into the first hero of its kind in the movie Kick-Ass.
Based on the hyper-violent comic strip created by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr., Kick-Ass tells the story of Dave Lizewski transformation from normal teenager to normal teenager with a mask. After a scuffle with some bandits caught on video and posted to the web, it's quickly viral. Web star status leads to an Inbox filled with requests for help and suddenly Dave, portrayed by relative newcomer Aaron Johnson, makes the hero work, albeit dangerous hero work for your average daily teen. There's always safety in numbers, however, and Kick-Ass, fast itself forms a weak alliance with fellow heroes, Big Daddy (Nicholas Cage), red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) and Hit-Girl (Chloe Moretz) in an attempt to take down the mob boss Frank D'Amico (Mark Strong).
Director/Producer/writer Matthew Vaughn (layer cake, Stardust) shows his chops here as he lifts John Romita Jr. 's images from the page comic and translates them to the big screen with an uncanny ability to capture the artist's original vision. Some scenes, namely introduction, is almost perfect frame by frame. In fact the only separate the film from its source material, at times, fidelity of the images. When Romita inserted a fair amount of grittiness of the comic, slick Vaughn counters with the same production seen in many comic book movies in the last decade. Vaughn toes the line between campy and terrible, and use the behavior of the characters and over the top violence that follows their actions, in order to allay the beautiful colored, overly stylized production and Hollywood feel.
The main source of all this gritty violence is little Mindy Macready, a 10-year-old, who goes by the name of the Hit-Girl. Chloe Moretz, of upcoming vampire flick with Let me in, stealing the scene here with his interpretation of a little girl who would rather play with butterfly knives than dolls. As Dave Lizewski puts it in the cartoon, "she's as John Rambo meets Polly Pocket."
The rest of the cast turn above average performances and, in particular, Mark Strong, which makes his role as Frank D'Amico transition between last year's Lord Blackwood in Sherlock Holmes and next year's turn as Sinestro in the upcoming Green Lantern. It is no wonder he keeps landing these roles-he makes an excellent antagonist.
As it may be to believe, the movie doesn't quite live up to put buckets of blood Millar and Romita Jr. as hard on display in the graphic novel. There is still plenty to go around here, and when combined with ample amounts of strong language and some sexual situations, Kick-Ass is classified a fanatical r. the little tweak in the amount of gore is not only the departure of Matthew Vaughn and co. take from source material either. While the main story arc is left mainly untouched, purists can get their feathers ruffled in the way some events unfold and smaller differences for minor plot points.
There is not much to get excited as bonus features on the disc. Apart from a 20-minute interview with the comic creators, you are usually treated to a bunch of storyboards and marketing materials. Director's commentary track, if you're in the kind of thing, is your typical stew interesting tidbits and soul crushing boredom. Ekstrælementer set aside, the movie well enough on its own to justify a purchase if you're into comics, comic book movies, or action movies. You will want to get on the ground floor also. After Vaughn wraps his current project, X-men: first class, production on Kick-Ass 2 begins.
Still not convinced? Well, is the name of the movie Kick-Ass. It would be a really bold Move if they called it, and it was not, kick-ah. UH well do you know a pretty good movie.
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