Staring: Aaron Johnson, Chloe Moretz, Nicholas Cage
Directed by: Matthew Vaughn
Rating: ★★★★
Kick Ass begins with a young boy who dreams of one day being a superhero, so that he can stand up for those who no one else will help. Sound familiar? It is, because Kick Ass intentionally begins by spoofing Spider-Man and other superhero films, which sets it apart from these movies that are now so well known to us. For a start, the protagonist, Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson), who calls his superhero alter ego Kick Ass, has no real powers at all; he just thinks that if he acts like a bad ass superhero, he will be bad ass superhero. And as you can imagine, this doesn’t quite turn out to plan, with hilarious but painful consequences.
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| Kick Ass does indeed, kick ass. Eventually, anyway. |
Based on a satirically dark comic book by Mark Millar, Kick Ass is intentionally meant to be different from the rest, and the funny thing (and in my opinion, good thing) about the story is that the secondary plot, concerning former policeman Damon Macready (Nicholas Cage) and his daughter Mindy (Chloe Moretz), is actually the real superhero storyline, and Kick Ass just seems to be dragged into it, and by this point in the film he doesn’t want to be. Mindy is a real superhero, and although she is only twelve years old, there are some hilarious and shocking scenes in which she decimates entire crews of gangsters and villains under the guise of her superhero alter ego, Hit-Girl.
The film starts off as a spoof, and then in the middle begins to go into more conventional superhero almost chick flick territory, but the ending is really superb, and after waiting quite a while for some Kick Ass action, it is finally delivered to us in a visually stunning and edge of your seat fashion. Some of the sequences are gory and disturbing, but most of them are done humorously, as the overall feel of the film is one of comedy.
The leads all give good performances, but the star of the show is definitely twelve year old Chloe Moretz, who punches through all of her scenes with some serious weight, stealing the spotlight from the titular hero by completely (and intentionally) showing him up. It is also good to finally see Nicholas Cage in a good film, giving a good performance, after his string of box office bombs.
Overall, Kick Ass does seriously Kick Ass, and if you enjoy superhero films, then this is definitely one to watch.
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