Kick Ass 3

Rating: 8/10 (20 June 2015)

For the first third of the film I was thinking that this was going to be a poorly constructed & written Bond ripoff with lots of formula action & stereotyping of characters. Supporting that thought was the eye candy and famous name selection of actors, who seemed to fulfill the above formula/stereotyping school-of-acting technique admirably. But then the comic book character spoofing began to emerge and first came with force with a church scene, so outrageous, that I had to cringingly watch again, just to confirm what I was seeing. Eggsy was responsible for about 60 departed poor souls (well they were haters supreme) within the house-of-the-lord no less, and another 40 or so dispatched by fellow church going haters. Add another 100 or so elsewhere and Eggsy surpasses "John Wick" for one person personally sending baddies off to another (better?) life. There was another film, a few years back, of someone cleaning up a semi-abandoned "Projects" development of druggies, but I can't remember the title. That one had similar outrageous numbers. Finally, the coup de grâce, was the July 4 fireworks, with appropriate musical overtures, of the security exploding heads. Disgustingly outrageous. Rivals "Kick Ass" for over-the-top imaginative, albeit fantastical, action scenes. There was one positive message - humans, watch out, Gaia is going to extinguish you if you don't clean up your act.