As a longtime comic book fan I tend to stay more with the established super heroes because I know of their quality. The Kick Ass story had the credentials of writer Mark Millar, and illustrator John Romita Jr. working for it, but I still never read it. I wasn’t even that hyped to see the movie but, I figured it would be a good warm up or Iron Man and the other summer blockbusters.
The combination of unknowns and familiar faces made a solid cast, but it’s hard to say that anyone stood out. Chloe Moretz, who played Hit-Girl was probably the most unexpected, and bad ass of performances, but no complaints with any of the actors.
The fight choreography in the movie lived up to the title and I would say even went a step further. I would categorize it as Earth Shatteringly Bad Ass… too much? Oh well. What made it stand out as realistic was that every character that was a strong fighter had the credentials to do so. Kick Ass, who was relatively untrained, fought that way.
The storyline was not terribly original but did not come off as a rerun of other super hero stories. Regular people try to make a difference by dressing up in costumes and taking on criminals. The result is different than the usual. People get tortured, mangled, and killed, which makes sense and would probably be the case in real life. Add that to the abundance of potty mouth dialogue and I would say Kick Ass earned its R rating.
Overall, kick ass was an above average action movie with great potential to become a cult favorite. It was definitely a smart move to release it April, however. Even though Nicholas Cage is awesome and put in a solid performance his star power couldn’t have carried this movie against iron Man or Robin Hood, but then again neither of them have McLovin... I mean Christopher Mintz-Plasse. (8.2 out of 10)
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