Holy $hit!!!

Rating: 10/10 (26 August 2010)

Well, holy $hit!! I'm in love with this film, the whole genre of more realistic and more graphic hero films set in motion by "The Dark Knight". Howver, this one revolves more around the teen style seen in "Spider-Man" so to speak. But in a more graphic and brutal manner you've got to love. I'm whole heartedly surprised that such a comic existed but I'm glad that it does and even more glad the film was theatrically released and just as brutal.
The cast is so vibrant and the choices could not have been better. Aaron Johnson as our title character, he does a superb job portraying the average American kid. There is no "I will avenge you!!" or "radioactive spiders", but he wants to be a hero simply because its cool. Who hasn't? The story takes that concept and somewhat expands it and what you get is a an awesome and original story for once. Chris Mintz-Plasse is casted as Red Mist, who is the son of our main antagonist (Mark Strong). He couldn't be more hilarious and yet an obviously conflicted character, facing the choice of justice and his father's praised life of sin. Nicolas Cage is finally in a role in which I actually like his character. Recently I've been finding reasons to hate him. What a redemption!! Got to love the constant in-joke of his out fit's resemblance to Batman's, but a true fan knows otherwise. It's all in good fun.
Perhaps the most talked about character and my personal favorite is Hit Girl, played by Chloe Mortez. For such a young actress she has plenty of spice and I'm beyond impressed. Often her lines are far too vulgar for this review to quote but buy the DVD because it is on sale already if you didn't know.Far beyond comic relief though, Mortez is the ultimate bad-ass. The character has an air of intensity that oddly flows with her frail and deceptively weak appearance. The movie spares no profane word and the action is just the way I like it the most: gruesome. the drama is well-payed and the humor fits in quite well. You quickly find yourself caring dearly for these characters and will enjoy every second of them. Comical yet so close to reality, and yet so bold and unique. One thing I also must say is that the choice of music is just phenomenal. "Kick-Ass" takes the super hero genre and blends it with realism seen rarely in this genre of movies. A well put together masterpiece really.
See it. Love it. =]
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