Needed developing

Rating: 5/10 (14 May 2010)

A lot of people seemed to like this movie, thus the 8.3 rating, but Kick Ass didn't really hit the right chord with me.
I feel like the characters weren't developed nearly enough, leaving me indifferent to the bad guys and unsympathetic towards the heroes. For example, the scene where hit girl kills Razul (and others), I'm left wondering why she had to kill these menacing, but not exactly evil, thugs.
Some people have complained about the violence of this movie, but truthfully, there have been worse things out there. The issue I think, was that because the bad guys didn't seem THAT bad, killing them seemed tasteless and wasn't enjoyable to watch. (Granted, the scene where Hit Girl tries to save Big Daddy and Kick Ass was pretty damn awesome) Anyway, bottom line. The baddies weren't bad enough, the goodies weren't good enough, story needed developing.