More than lives up to its title

Rating: 10/10 (19 April 2010)

The superhero genre was starting to wear a bit thin in my opinion. Right when I thought I'd given up on superheroes, I saw Kick-Ass & all my doubts about the genre quickly faded away. The film starts out with Dave (Aaron Johnson), your stereotypical high school student with two good friends and a pretty normal life. One day, in a comic book store, he tells his friends that he wonders why no one's ever attempted to be a superhero. Dave then transforms into Kick-Ass. When your main character is the least interesting part of the film, it can easily be a good sign or a bad sign. In this case, it's definitely a good sign that Kick-Ass is the least interesting character in the film. Chloe Moretz, coming off her excellent performances in 500 Days Of Summer continues to show how great of an actress she is by stealing the show as Hit-Girl. After being in a row of bad films such as Next, Knowing,The Wicker Man & G-Force, Nicolas Cage returns in top form as Big Daddy, Hit-Girl's dad. Mark Strong is excellent as the bad guy Frank & Christopher Mintz-Plasse is excellent as his son, Chris who dresses up as Red Mist. Overall, Kick-Ass will satisfy even people who are not into the superhero genre, but it certainly helps.