Kick Ass does exactly what it says on the label. Oh yeah.

Rating: 10/10 (31 March 2010)

Now being a fan of Matthew Vaughn's last two films, Kick-Ass clearly seemed like his most controversial outing to date, without even comparing it to his other work. Both Layer Cake and Stardust both though enjoyable and well received felt like discrete nods to the distributors that this man can do a fine job of directing no matter what the genre and that he deserves the room for development, since showing he is capable of great potential.
Then came along Kick-Ass, which easily is one of this years must see's, simply because it is nothing and everything like you expect. Example: Expect the costumes to look out of place, expect the C-word bomb from an 11 year old girl and expect a finale that almost makes the end of Kill Bill Volume 1 look like a fairytale. However what wasn't expected was the hilarious conversations between Big Daddy (Nic Cage as a Earless Batman) and his daughter Hit Girl (The awe inspiring Chloe Moretz) and the vast amount of violence, dark humour and the way it walks all over society like another blood splattered corpse of satisfaction.
Dave Livewski (Aaron Johnson) struggles to understand why there is no active costumed vigilante's around in New York to stop crime, and through his comic inspired heroism decides to become Kick-Ass (The hero this time, not the film title). So with his cheesy green wetsuit, determination and lack of social life, Dave's roller-coaster begins. His near fatal experience's doesn't hinder his growing reputation or superhero buddies including Red Mist (Superbad's Christopher Mintz-Plasse) and the infamous father-daughter duo to bringing blood-blitzed peace to a crime-ridden city.
Kick-Ass is a guilty pleasure that people shouldn't be ashamed to enjoy on the basis of the blaspheming and gore infested mass killings. There is a huge amount of likability for the leads who have all done justice to make the most of their characters capabilities; Chloe Moretz deserves particular credit to her notorious role by putting the 'Gonna blow your brains out' in well, just that. Matthew Vaughn has clearly established himself as a man of many talents and after this it's not hard to see why, there is certainly room for a sequel on the horizon, that's for sure.