It delivers, deconstructs and made me laugh

Rating: 8/10 (27 April 2010)

Some critics and viewers have criticised Kick Ass, because of the character Hit Girl, for her swearing and (to a lesser degree) violence. I personally think Hit Girl is awesome (the daughter of Lisbeth Salander and Dexter Morgan), and I also think the criticisms miss the point.
Kick Ass is advertised as an outright, slapstick comedy, with a simple story, when it is really a dark comedy/satire which (as a friend put it) deconstructs the superhero mythos. Still, this movie had plenty of moments that made me laugh. The guy leaping from the building, Kick Ass's crush on his teacher, Hit Girl's joke on Big Daddy, the car scene, and others.
The characters are mostly really likable. Kick Ass has decided that he will stuff what others think, and he will help out people in trouble. Even though it comes at a price, he continues. Hit Girl and Big Daddy just want to take down the mafia, fix what the law has failed to do, and avenge the lady who was Hit Girls mum and Big Daddy's wife. These are things that many of us have probably wanted to do, and thought about doing.
Another success of Kick is it's (as a friend put it) deconstruction of the superhero myth. Watchmen created inverted versions of DC superheroes and villains (The Comedian/Joker), and looked at how the world might treat masked, skilled vigilantes and super powered humans, if they actually existed. Kick Ass rather looks at how real, average humans would get by if they became masked vigilantes. Kick Ass is stabbed and hit by a car, Hit Girl loses her father, and Big Daddy loses his life. Kick Ass and Hit Girl do not come out of this unscathed.
The movie is also a satire of society's attraction to violence, and it's satire of itself. During the torture scene, the TV stops airing it. The viewers, despite, being disturbed at the scene, race to the internet to see it. It could be seen as sending itself up. It's as though the makers knew the movie was going to be controversial, because of the violence, but people would go in, aware of what they in for.
The next success is Hit Girl. She really steals the whole thing, and that is a good thing. She is a break from the monopoly of swearing being the monopoly of boys. She is tough, confident, and...well kick ass. They way she skewers the crims is fantastic. People who criticise the movie simply for the fact she is a violent, swearing 11 year old, just don't gell with me. It's their opinion and they're entitled to it. But really, what age is appropriate to mutilate people and drop the c bomb? The criticisms hypocritical, the boy in Role Models swore like a trooper (with the F bomb) and I heard nobody complain.
As a comic book fan, and movie goer I really liked this movie. Bad guys get chopped, the movie takes shots at itself, Hit Girl is fantastic, and it's funny. I had a real good time with this film.