Kick-Ass tells the story of average teenager Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson), a comic-book fanboy who decides to take his obsession as inspiration to become a real-life superhero.
The perfect comedy/action film!
This is a great movie. It has a great combination of humour and action with a great cast. The pick of which has to be Chloe Moretz who plays Mindy. She handles the mix of comedy and fyling through the air firing guns brilliantly. The story is a good one too, with many twists and turns along the way. The blu ray bonus features are great also. There's a director's commentary as well as a 114 minute making of documentary, which is a very interesting look behind the scenes. In addition, there's other featurettes too. Overall, it's highly recommended.
A lot of hype surrounded the release of Kick Ass, not-least because of the controversy surrounding the butterfly-knife-wielding teen Hit Girl.
But now the hype and uproar has died down the film still stands up on its own merits as a genuinely funny, dark, and at times slapstick comedy.
Aaron Johnson (Dave) couldn't be a better fit for the invisible high-schooler turned in-over-his-head crimefighter.
But although he plays the eponymous hero, Aaron Johnson is upstaged by 13-year-old Chloë Grace Moretz (Hit Girl), who steals the screen at every opportunity with her brutal executions and foul-mouthed quips.
Visually, Kick Ass is strange because its palette is vibrant and diverse, in a time when superhero capers are striving for the 'gritty' look.
Couple that with the brutal violence and you have a strange juxtaposition which will have laughing with one breath and wincing with the next.
The soundtrack veers from punk to techno to an original superhero theme accented with pop-punk undertones, which all work well given the teen-centred story.
Great supporting performances by Nicholas Cage as Big Daddy (channelling Adam West's Batman) and Christopher "McLovin" Mintz-Plasse as Red Mist only strengthen the piece.
In all, unless you are familiar with the Kick Ass comics, the film is surprising in the best way. Its comic-yet-gory violence punctuates scenes containing sharp and memorable dialogue.
It may not live up to its pre-release hype, but it's certainly a welcome change in the superhero genre and a decent comedy in its own right.
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Please note this is a region B Blu-Ray and will require a region B or region free Blu-Ray player in order to play. When Dave Lizewski, an ordinary teenager, sets about trying to become the no-power vigilante Kick-Ass, he soon discovers he's not alone. But he's out of his depth - a fearless and highly trained father-daughter crime-fighting duo, Big Daddy and Hit Girl, have declared war on New-York mafioso, Frank D'Amico. As Kick-Ass and his new found friend, Red Mist, get drawn into their no-holds-barred world of bullets and blood, the stage is set for a final showdown - in which the DIY hero will have to live up to his name... or die trying. Actors Chloe Moretz, Nicolas Cage, Mark Strong, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Aaron Johnson, Clark Duke, Xander Berkeley, Lyndsy Fonseca, Omari Hardwick, Evan Peters, Michael Rispoli, Randall Batinkoff, Adrian Martinez & Ashleigh Hubbard Director Matthew Vaughn Certificate 15 years and over Year 2009 Screen Widescreen 2.40:1 Anamorphic Languages English - Dolby Digital (5.1) Additional Languages English audio description Subtitles English for the hearing impaired Closed Captions Yes Duration 1 hour and 53 minutes (approx)
Action comedy based on the Marvel comic strip. Run-of-the-mill high school student Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson), disillusioned with his humdrum life, is inspired by the heroes of the comic books he loves to become a real-life superhero called 'Kick-Ass'. His first attempts to fight evil-doers meet with little success, but undeterred by his various setbacks Dave perseveres and eventually joins forces with mysterious vigilante Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage) and his daughter Hit-Girl (Chloë Moretz) to bring down local crime boss Frank D'Amico (Mark Strong).
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