Nice concept, but average after that

Rating: 8/10 (12 May 2010)

I expected a silly super hero movie, although I knew from the extremely well done publicity that it was a little different from that. Good job marketing team! However, besides the idea of a geeky Jewish kid becoming a silly costumed defender of justice for no apparent reason, the rest was your average teenage hero movie.
That doesn't mean it didn't deliver the kick ass action, the emotional content and a little of that Peter and Mary-Jane thing, because it did. If you take Spiderman, remove his powers, make him even geekier (yes, it is possible) and then add a slightly demented Batman and his daughter in the movie as a secondary character, you get Kick Ass.
The ending was a little disappointing, as well. If you beat the drums about the powerless every day kid super hero, don't create a ridiculous action scene at the end that makes no sense tactically, anyway.
Bottom line: good for a few laughs, but don't take it seriously.