Almost there

Rating: 7/10 (10 June 2010)

Thanks to it's unique atmosphere, good pacing, the delightful cast and the almost fantastic fact, that Kick-Ass absolutely has the balls to push the envelope as it is not desperately craving for ratings and family friendliness, like - you could expect from a mainstream movie - This is one of the most charming, enjoyable and entertaining movies I've seen this year.
But. Having all this together, the possibilities would have been at least to make one of the the most original movies in this genre ever, an opportunity that Matthew Vaughn decides to miss. The startup is hilarious and keeping up that tendency probably would have got this movie into history, but at a certain point, it takes a different direction where people (let me quote) "...have the expensive s*** that does not exist..." and the 11 year old girl's beating up crowds of ripped crack dealers and professional criminals with ease. Which - after setting up its own rules to not do exatly that - was a major letdown for me. Also Kick-Ass occasionally suffers from some seriously bad dialog. Watching it the second time around, without awaiting a wonder, I liked it more though and by the way, the comic book narrative is really well executed.
Bring on the sequel, but please, without prostituting the whole thing to do better at the box office.
7/10