Matthew Vaughn should be indicted for this pile of excrement

Rating: 1/10 (2 May 2010)

My partner and I went to a regional cinema to see this last night, based on a couple of positive newspaper reviews, and a friend's recommendation, who I don't normally consult. In the event I was appalled at how the marketing of this film was so misleading - this was no satire or spoof of the comic-book hero genre, and it certainly wasn't funny. How has a film like this been allowed to be released which wallows in depictions of sick and pointless ultra-violence, exploits children, - and what is this US fascination with the "C" word in films? The microwave frying and the car-crusher squashing of humans by both the supposed goodies and the baddies is just so beyond comprehension. Matthew Vaughn needs to be drummed out of the movie industry for even making this load of tripe, and Nicolas Cage who sometimes makes tolerable movies - what was he thinking? The worst movie I have seen in the 21st Century.