Why you should and shouldn't see Kick-Ass

Rating: Null/10 (3 October 2011)

Early in the story Kick-Ass does a good job of illustrating what would really happen if someone decided to be a superhero (i.e., lots of pain). Later it becomes increasingly clear that this is itself a superhero movie, and has begun playing by superhero-movie rules. Physics and happenstance conspire with increasing frequency in favor of the good guys, rendering the movie's original premise--why doesn't anyone really do this, and what would happen if they did--once again meaningless.
Kick-Ass is funny, well-written and suspenseful throughout, though--just in different ways as the story turns. Hit-Girl is brilliant creation who forsakes all little-girl things in favor of her paramilitary training, jumps impossibly across all surfaces, and treats her enemies like fillets in a Japanese restaurant. But although she and Kick-Ass often have the amazing luck of Hollywood, be warned that they can get hurt.
Why you should see it You're a superhero geek. You like action movies. You've been trying for years to get up the nerve to get that costume out of its hiding place in the attic and go fight some evil. Or at least start your training at the local gym.
Why you should avoid it Cursing of any kind makes you say, "oh, my goodness!," so hearing a 13-year-old girl using the "f" word would probably make you say, "oh, my! What kind of movie is this?!?," turn red and run from the room.
--from my review at www.1man365movies.com