A Catastrophically Great Comic Transformation

Rating: 9/10 (27 July 2012)

I want to start out by saying that Kick-Ass is my number one film of all time. It's got a mixture of, pretty much everything that i love in a movie - lots of bloody action, dark comedy blended in, a slight tinge of romance, and a large dose of awesomeness.
We have a great young actor, Aaron Johnson, (Angus Thongs and Perfect Snogging), Christopher Mintz-Plasse, (Superbad), Chloe Moretz, (Let Me In, Dark Shadows), Nicholas Cage, (The Wicker Man, Knowing), and many other great actors.
It's the story of Dave Lizewski, played by Aaron Johnson, who has a dead mother, and two average guys. He describes himself as not the popular, not the funny, not the geeky, just a normal high-schooler. Him and his friends, played by Clark Duke and Evan Peters, are sitting in a comic book shop one day, pondering why no-one has ever become a superhero before.
Walking back from the store, Dave and his friend encounter two muggers, who steal their comic books and money.
When Dave gets back home, he orders a swimsuit. This is what is to become, the Kick-Ass costume. The day he gets it, he tries it on, and he has these sort of, stick/baton things that he can use as a form of attack.
After school, he sees the two muggers again on his way home; they are trying to break into a car. They ask him, 'The f*** you looking' at!".
Dave runs back around the corner, and in classic parody of most superheroes, rips off his shirt to reveal the costume. He goes back around to the muggers, and begins to attack. All seems to be going quite balanced, almost 60/40 to Dave, when suddenly one of the muggers stabs him. They realize that he's been stabbed, and flee from the scene.
As Dave tries to leave the area, in obvious agonizing pain, he is doubled over, almost crawling, if you'd like. He is UN-aware that he has crossed into the middle of a road, and a car comes speeding, running him over.
I'll only give tell you that, because if you haven't watched this film yet, then you seriously need to. Nicholas Cage definitely plays the protective father role very well, but the fact that he has brought his daughter into the world of violence is very different to any other father role you may have seen before. The first scene you see of Hit Girl and Big Daddy out of costume is, to say the least, quite comical.
Anyone who was a fan of superhero movies, like spider-man, (Because this is a very spider-man-Esq movie) will definitely enjoy this. Miss it and you'll regret it for the rest of your life. Trust me.