A mediocre movie with an identity crisis

Rating: 1/10 (29 May 2011)

Kick Ass is nothing but a mediocre film.
It is not an awful movie, neither it's outstanding. Let's see:
(1) The plot: a guys sees how the city is ruled by bad people and thinks "it would be awesome that someone stood up and fought them... an average joe that decided to face them". Our main character does that role. Not outstanding, bot awful. Just mediocre.
(2) Performances: all the main actors fit their roles, all of them deliver. Though they are not outstanding, neither awful. They are just mediocre.
(3) Camera arrangements: they are not excellent, neither bad. Simply mediocre.
So, we have a movie that is simply mediocre.
Now, why does it have an identity crisis? - Because the movie has some fun moments, but they are not fun enough to make you roll over the floor laughing.

Because the movie has some action scenes, but they are mild. I mean you see blood (let me talk about that later), but there is no climax. You see some bullets fly, some kills, but no intensity.

Because the movie has some gory situations, but not enough to call it a gore movie. I mean, you see some blood splats, but nothing else. No intensity.

Because it tries to be a teenager movie (they typical class loser that wants to get the nice girl and can't), but it does not have the plot elements. No tension created. Suddenly from one moment to the other, the guy snaps his finger and gets the girl.

Because there are no decent criminals. I mean, criminals are laughable, but not laughable enough for a comedy. They are wannabe bad-guys, but they are too serious too be in a comedy and too silly to be in a crime movie.

For all these reasons, you finish watching the movie and you ask yourself: is this supposed to be a comedy, an action movie or what? Like in any mediocre film, when you end seeing it, you feel that you spent 90 minutes watching a movie that was like "meh.... okay. Ummmm... got to take out the garbage. Yeah.". You don't complain saying it was a waste of time, but you neither say "hell yeah.... this was good movie".
So, in the end, Kickass is condemned to fall into oblivion.