Pretty much its own genre

Rating: 8/10 (6 September 2010)

This is the best "fake superhero who stumbles upon a crime syndicate that ruined the career of a cop who's now seeking vengeance by training his pre-pubescent daughter to be a lethal killing machine" movie that I have ever seen. The script is clever, the action is intense, and the violence is cartoonishly operatic. I was disappointed to see Nicolas Cage (hands down, my least favorite actor, especially since he robbed Sean Penn of his first Oscar—I mean, "Leaving Las Vegas," REALLY? Anyway, I digress) in this film, but I was satisfied with his fate. I'm not usually a fan of violent chopsocky flicks, but "Kick-Ass" was definitely a cut above—not your run-of-the-mill wannabe teenage superhero flick at all—I'm eager for the sequel.