IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1250777/
Warnings: Language, Lotsa Violence, Short Sex Scene
Kick-Ass is a movie about a regular high school, nerdish boy (Dave/Kick Ass) in New York who decides to become a superhero. This movie is rather contradicting as A. It puts for the idea of "superheroes" in a realistic world and B. It's very unrealistic. It's meant to be humorous in a way.
The storytelling narrative itself is interesting, most of it is Dave's narrative. In one part, two of the characters' backgrounds are explained in a 3D, pop-ish, comic book art style, which is rather amusing and clever, if you disregard the convenience of it. Anyway, interesting storytelling - go.
Some of the characters were interesting too, but the one who was obviously (set up to be) the most fun was Mindy (Hit Girl), an 11 year old girl who loves weapons, talks tough, and has no qualms about killing bad guys. Honestly, I would have rather the movie be about her. Her father and mentor, Damon (Big Daddy) probably deserved some more development as well. Also, his costume was a bit too Batman-ish for me.
The anti-hero, Chris (Red Mist), would have been more interesting to me if he had changed sides, instead of been a sort of naive cliche. His father, Frank, a mobster crime boss running under the guise of a lumber company, was the villain. And really, the only thing I liked about Frank was his manner of speaking.
In the end, though pretty and sometimes amusingly outlandish, the movie mostly chalks up to being some fanboy's superhero fantasy.
Worth at least one watch, I guess. If you like comic book sorts of things.
Memorable Quote: "With no power, comes no responsibility. Except, that wasn't true."
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