Big Daddy and Hit-Girl own this film!!

Rating: 10/10 (20 April 2010)

Kick-Ass. When I first saw the trailer when I was at the th eaters, viewing Sherlock Holmes with a friend, I wasn't too sure. At first glance, with the original green band trailer, I felt that it would be a comedy that would fall flat in the likes of Aaron Seltzer and Jason Friedberg, those who came up with the horrible Epic Fail (did I just say fail? I meant Epic Movie), with the okay Meet the Spartans and this bad disaster film, Disaster Movie. Eventually, my friend invited me this weekend (opening week-end) to see Kick-Ass, and since I just had a bit of money to spend, I sighed and said ''Why not?''. So, Saturday night (I went on Sunday), I you-tubed videos of Kick-Ass, and looked especially at the red-band trailer. And that's when I knew it was going to be a hell of a ride.
For those who have only seen the Green-band trailer (Which is horrible, by the way and does not do the film justice), Kick-Ass seems horrible. Thankfully, the horrible parts of this trailer only appear in the first fifteen minutes of the movie (at one point I felt like leaving because I thought I had just been fooled. Everyone in the auditorium seemed to be laughing when this dude crashes on top of the car, except me). But I am really glad that I did stay to see this film. The typical teen dilemma that happens surrounding Dave (Aaron Johnson) feels highly realistic (and yes, I am a teen, therefore I could relate a bit to Dave when he wasn't wearing his Kick-Ass costume).
The actors were all pretty good. Aaron Johnson is convincing enough as Dave, and Mark Strong is also awesome (except I felt like I had seen him do better in other movies, for instance, Sherlock Holmes). Christopher Mintz-Plasse, whom most of you will recognize as McLovin, from Superbad, has a terrific performance as Red Mist, whom I will not spoil too much on. But the main performances I felt were awesome were Nicholas Cage (Big Daddy, a.k.a Damon Macready) and his supporter, Hit-Girl (Chloe Moretz, a.k.a Mindy Macready). I couldn't understand where all the controversy surrounding her character, because when I was her age, my friends and I would cuss frequently and play war and kill many people in different manners in our heads). Hit-Girl got many laugh out louds from both the audience and myself, whereas Big Daddy had the most awesome scenes. Heck, I felt like watching an action movie whenever Big Daddy was on screen.
Big Daddy's scenes were the best because whenever Nicholas Cage would wear the costume (basically a look-alike of Batman's costume), you would feel his intensity (Big Daddy does not fight every criminal, only the ones he feels interfere with his cause, because he has a specific cause). The music chosen in the background could create with any scene either an atmosphere of intensity like in the warehouse scene where Big Daddy kills a lot of bad guys, or a comedic atmosphere, like Dave most of the time when he does not wear the Kick-Ass costume. Nicholas Cage is also incredible when it comes to creating many funny moments with his daughter Mindy. Their chemistry works perfect.
Story: Dave is a teen who does not know why nobody has ever tried to be a superhero. He buys a scuba suit off the internet, and decides he will become Kick-Ass, a crime fighter. Eventually, Frank D'Amico (Mark Strong), a mobster, hears about Kick-Ass, he decides he will try to stop him once and for all. Kick-Ass meets with Big Daddy and Hit-Girl, and they all team up to fight D'Amico. Perhaps the best thing about Kick-Ass is that it's different. Nobody has ever really tried to make a real, laugh-out-loud comedy based on superheroes. The actors work perfectly, the style is different, the laughs come and go all the time and perhaps the best is the way the action scenes were filmed. Perhaps Kick-Ass is a bit too early to be called a blockbuster yet but if Kick-Ass were to open the blockbuster season, I can definitely predict an awesome summer. If you are fan of hero movies such as Spider-Man, Iron Man, Watchmen, etc... then you will find a few winks here and there. Long live Kick-Ass, and I definitely hope for a sequel.