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You
look at the normal
trailers for
Kick-Ass,
you look at the
normal marketing for
it, and you read
about it, whatever
they did to get your
attention for the
movie- and you go
into thinking that
it’s an original
comic book movie.
It’s an original
character hitting
the screen and
coming to the public
for a first time.
That’s not exactly
true; it’s based on
Mark Mueller’s
Kick-Ass
Marvel series.
Based
on the marketing a
lot of people think
that this is a
normal super hero
movie, there’s
adventure and action
but no ‘real’
violence… also
false. Out of the
entire collection of
comic book and super
hero movies made,
this one is the most
violent. Really
Kick-Ass
is a plethora of the
unexpected. It’s
funny, it’s
dramatic, it’s fun,
it’s serious, it’s a
little bit of
everything rolled
into one and the
final product is a
kick-ass movie.
Dave Lizewski (Aaron
Johnson) is a
teenage comic book
fan boy. When he
gets fed up with his
boring plight in
life and starts to
look for something
else, he decides to
become a super hero.
He buys a costume
online that works,
and he begins
training. He trains
until the day he’s
ready… then he gets
stabbed and hit by a
car. You’d think
he’d be smarter
after such an event,
but nope… Dave goes
right back at it as
soon as he’s out of
the hospital. He
dons the costume and
starts searching for
some crime to stop.
The crime eventually
finds him and he
gets in an amazing
fight and his
actions become a
YouTube sensation.
Kick-Ass gets his
piece of fame in the
process, garnering
millions of plays,
gaining a huge
fan-base, and even
getting some
copy-cat super
heroes to launch
their own careers,
including the young
sword-wielding Hit
Girl (Chloe Moretz)
and her father, Big
Daddy (Nicholas
Cage).
The new super heroes
get the attention of
mob boss Frank
D’Amico (Mark
Strong) who decides
that these new
heroes need to be
taught a lesson. The
two sides square off
through the second
half of the movie,
leading up to an
epic showdown at the
end of the film.
Director Matthew
Vaughn did an
awesome job with
Kick-Ass.
It’s one of the most
original movies
that’s been done in
the past few years
mainly due to his
vision. The shots
aren’t standard
shots and he
combines two visions
into one to make an
intense film. Part
of the two versions
is the cartoonish
side of
Kick-Ass.
It’s the part with
all of the jokes.
How the costumes and
some of the settings
look on screen-
that’s the
cartoonish side of
Kick-Ass.
Then there’s the
real side of the
movie, the violence
and death, the dark
elements of some of
the scenes and the
media and social
media incorporated
through the movie.
The two worlds meet
perfectly in
Vaughn’s vision and
an awesome movie
comes out.
Kick-Ass
is an awesome
feature and even
though it didn’t do
amazing in theatres
it has the potential
to become a cult
classic on home
video through Blu-Ray.
The feature is
amazing, and the
amount of bonus
features is
staggering. There’s
commentary,
featurettes on the
comic book, a bonus
viewing mode, and a
HUGE making-of
feature. If this
movie gets a cult
following on Blu-Ray
there’s more than
enough to keep them
entertained. Add
that to a decent
video transfer and
some great audio and
this is one of the
more complete Blu-Rays
out there.
Kick-Ass
is a tremendous
movie that its
target audience will
find highly
entertaining. That
said this was made
for its demographic.
Its R rating is a
serious R rating.
Little kids and
young teenagers
should probably stay
away due to
excessive violence
and content and the
conservative folks
should just stay
away too. Simply
said Kick-Ass kicks
ass.
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