Great but lacking an overall tone to achieve excellence!

Rating: 8/10 (22 April 2010)

Kick-Ass is a cool film and even more than cool it tries to be an excellent movie which is highly commendable especially if you take into account the dross that makes it to our screens sometimes. It shows that people who are talented and committed to providing the goods can shine through. That said what this film lacks is a tone, not knowing what it wants to be at its core, a teen flick, a spiderman/batman flick, a comedy, a hard core action, a character study about parenthood? It also shows in the soundtrack which has a general messiness about it. Having said all of this, what does work is the characters they are interesting and involving and the action is brutal, painful and yes sometimes fun! A film well worth a visit to your local theatre for, go see and enjoy!!!