Another movie of the New American Madness

Rating: 1/10 (4 June 2010)

I'll give you an important piece of background information that will help you understand this movie: Hollywood, just like most of America, is in the process of turning insane.
That's why the movies coming out of America in recent years make less and less sense.
"Kick-Ass" is a fairly clear example for this tendency. Superficially, it resembles formats of older, saner movies. It is a bit of Spiderman, a bit of "The Incredibles" and a bit of a dozen other movies.
But behind the facade, madness lurks. The "good guys" in the movie are not good at all. They kill just as mercilessly and indiscriminately as the supposed "bad guys" (or even more so): It's all just one big mess of violence.
This disgusting, graphic violence is mixed with sappy cuteness. An eleven-year old girl - and she really is cute, I have to admit - goes on a killing spree. Together with her gun-crazy father. I beg your pardon: THAT'S your "story"? One of the worst scenes is when one of the "superheros" shoots the little "superhero" girl in the chest. For no reason. With no warning. Just like that. That actually physically shocked me and I hated the writers for it. Such a vile scene. Who'd write a thing like that?
It's insanity, no more, no less. A movie like the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan: No purpose, no mission, no real enemies, just violence, violence, violence.
I did enjoy some parts of the movie - it was funny here and there -, but mostly I was just appalled by this cinematic insult to everything which is good and right.