My 325th Review: Way OTT film for the fans of fast freaky fun....

Rating: 8/10 (8 May 2010)

A lot of reviewers here are more concerned about others morals than just simply enjoying a film for what it is - if they went in expecting a superhero movie and didn't like le théâtre du grand-Guignol approach should have done their research.
This is not a film for dose whose only knowledge of comics and superheroes comes from knowing who and not what Spiderman, Superman are. This is a movie for those who know and have read Sandman and Mus, it's for those whose sense of irony and action is more in the Shoot'Em up, Wanted mould. I didn't find it that "violent", though it is, but it is as I said Guignol rather than action thriller, there are OTT bullets and knives aplenty around by the end.
The first half is really just about ordinary guy who dons a costume and messes up, but it is the second story of the cocaine mafia and Hit Girl that completely takes over and triumphantly steals the show.
This reminded more of the Tick than Superman, it is about a YouTube, Fark generation and it is fun, funny, and hip.
Not perfect by any means it is the best action film around at the moment and it full of self-irony and nods to a bunch of post-modern sensibilities.
All in all, surprisingly both stupid and intelligent, and well, just plain fun...