This isn't hyped at all - it's genuinely excellent

Rating: 9/10 (26 March 2010)

Watched it tonight, it is indeed very very good and surprised me. In some ways the trailer is misleading - it's definitely very funny, no doubt about that, but it's very dark in places. I'd say only very early scenes are played for laughs. A lot of the scenes in the second half are full of suspense and only have 'light relief' for humour. It's comic in the sense that, say, Snatch is. If anything it plays out like a gangster film, with goodies and baddies taking turns to have the upper hand. Certainly several places were brit-crime-flick in tone. (Before you ask, yes it does work along side the equally strong 'teen comedy' side of things - he's unwittingly drawn into this murky world)
It was great to see the shot and dialogue nods to, well, just about every famous superhero film - usually quite subtly (I recognised some shots, although can't place from where), occasionally knowingly.
This definitely isn't a gimmick film - it's exceptionally well made, with an excellent story with no 'stupid' plot bits to think of, fantastic acting and characters you care for. Some of the action scenes are truly superb, and all different - there's some very imaginative stuff going on here. The trailer definitely doesn't have all the best bits (something I was worried about)
Actually, more I think about it, the more I think I've watched something superb tonight. Great entertainment and an excellent film. 9/10
As an aside, come to think of it, if the entire film was no-substance entertainment, like the trailer might imply, then there's no way critics would be getting such high praise - it would be getting 3/5, 6/10 etc.. Empire and Total Film have given it 5 and 4 stars because it's an exceptionally good film. Simple as that!