Only some scenes "kicked ass"

Rating: 6/10 (3 August 2010)

The whole concept of the film was pretty interesting, but the writing for it was not that good. The story was pretty uneventful or in lament terms; stupid. Plus the fact they set the movie up to be non stop fighting and there really wasn't that much. So all you could ask for was the action to make up for it. Some of it did, but not really. Here is why I liked the movie though. I love the cast, a few scenes really did "kick ass" and the story did have potential even though it was not done right. I guess I couldn't help but like the film even though there were so many things wrong. The best cast member was Chloe Moretz. Her acting and fighting was so great, they could make a movie just about her. Aaron Johnson was decent as the main character. He is mostly a nerd who really couldn't fight. Then you have the villain who is Christopher Mintz-Plasse. He was pretty funny. Now Nicolas Cage was just OK and there is one scene that was so stupid I wanted to punch Cage in the face and say, "why did you agree to this?" So overall this is an interesting movie. I am sure they will make more and I think it has potential to do better. Just have to wait and see.