Over hyped, trendy nonsense.

Rating: 1/10 (11 September 2010)

I was very disappointed with kick ass.
Everyone who had seen it told me how good it was, that it was laugh out loud funny original etc and I liked the concept.
What I watched was a disjointed mess of a movie that didn't know if it was a comedy, action flick or comment on society.
We have what appears to be a comedy at the beginning, an ordinary boy with no superpowers who wants to do some good. Buys a horrible suit and wants to be a superhero.
So his first mission he confronts two men stealing a car then gets stabbed in the stomach? Was this meant to be funny? When he recovers he finds a girl he fancies at school thinks he is gay so he goes along with it (hilarious - laugh out loud? not really) and we meet a pre teen girl who says c*nt and c*ck a lot which again isn't really funny or original (see The Last Boy Scout - 1991).
So what is kick ass? I really don't know - I turned it off after an hour and I don't do that lightly. Either i was sold a different movie or sadly this appears to appeal to todays audience. Kids killing people and swearing. Cool!
It came highly recommended but I thought it stunk.
Obviously this must be what counts as comedy for todays young generation - sad cos there is not an original laugh in it.