"You Wanna Play...?"

Rating: 9/10 (28 March 2010)

Being in Cinema management I had the foresight that Kick Ass was "one to watch". I saw some scenes at a Universal Film day and thought that it was warming up nicely...this film was never going to disappoint.
Its Superbad with a sprinkling of Spiderman and Kill Bill. Kids in costume going on the offensive against the crime lords. It is well written and sparkles with gore and humour.
The lead actor, Aaron Johnson is very Michael Cera-esquire but that is not a bad thing. It is a very fashionable film comedy era indeed and spoof movies are all grown up with emotion and deep characters.
I think if I am being over critical some of the fight scenes were a blur and perhaps some better use of slow-motion effects might have broken this up.
Definitely one of my favourite films of the year so far!