Does this film Kick-Ass? You bet!

Rating: 9/10 (16 April 2010)

Kick-Ass is one of the most original films to come out in years, particularly in the superhero genre. Forget Batman, Spiderman and Superman. Kick-Ass is the new hero in cinema. Aaron Johnson played nerdy Dave desperate to be a superhero though he has no ounce of powers and is just a normal fifteen year old as he asks how far would go to protect someone you don't know being hurt? Would you stop to help them or just look the other way? He's also longing for a beautiful girl in school called Kate. He teams up with Hit-Girl, a very cool and superbly acted part played by Chloe Moretz and Big Dadddy, Nicolas Cage (seriously) dressed up like Batman with the exact replica voice of Adam West to take down a drug lord played excellently by Mark Strong who also has a son who dresses up as a hero calling himself Red Mist.
Chloe Moretz steals the show in my opinion as she is the one who truly kicks ass, taught by her dad to shoot, fight and kill with swords (grown up men!) This is a fantastic film that takes you by the balls and takes you on a roller-coaster ride of your life. All expectations of what you think this film will be like is thrown out of the window. With a superb script and acting. (Nicolas Cage being back on form after his less than average performances of recent). Kick-Ass is so outrageously daft in a brilliant way making it deliciously daring and absolutely hilarious and it dosen't pretend to be otherwise as it makes great fun of itself. The action sequences are also crafted with an expert eye. My jaw dropped when I first saw it. It's that amazingly done. But be warned though it is funny it's also extremely crude and violent so if you don't like guts steer clear.
The movie is intelligent in my opinion with such originality and daftness. Kids becoming superheroes with no powers! I absolutely loved it and Matthew Vaughn knows how to keep the pace of the film going, not by endless expanded scenes but keeping the characters moving and transitioning the film from romance to action to comedy and drama ceaselessly which is no easy task. There is the definite possibility of a sequel on it's way. If you haven't seen this yet, what are you waiting for? GO!