Starring: Nicolas Cage, Andrew Johnson, Chloe Grace Moretz, Mark Strong

Directed by: Matthew Vaughn

So I finally got to see the movie “Kick-Ass” today. Here is my review…

Plot/synopsis: Some may think this is an original film, not an adaptation of someone else’s work, but sorry, it is. “Kick-Ass” was adapted by a comic book series created by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr. The comic is published by Icon Imprint which is owned by Marvel comics. Taken place in NYC, a young high school student named, Dave, has an obession with comic books. He dreams of becoming a real life superhero himself. So he tries to make it come true by purchasing a green costume off the internet. He then trains to become an actual superhero by working out, learning how to fight, and practising moves on rooftops of buildings. Dave calls himself, “Kick-Ass” as a superhero name. His superhero dreams start to come true once Dave saves a man’s life being chased down by muggers. A leader of a drug gang becomes obsessed with wanting to kill Kick-Ass. Kick-Ass teams up with other superheros, Big Daddy (Nic Cage) and Hit-Girl (Chloe Grace Moretz) to try and hunt down this gang taking over NYC.

This film wasn’t liked very well by the critics. Many of them call this movie offensive because it had children in a violent movie and swearing, all that. blah blah blah… I never read the “Kick-Ass” comics, but I believe the director’s intention was to stay true to the original comic. The comics had the same thing, kids killing other people and swearing.

I thought the movie was brilliant and entertaining all the way through. Very enjoyable movie. I think Hit-Girl, Chloe’s character stoled the show. She was the most entertaining and she is only like 10 or 12 years old. She kills people and says a lot of F-words. I think this is Nic Cage’s best role in a long time. Many people hate Nicolas Cage, but I don’t. I’ve always liked him. Always thought his acting style was interesting and different. Plus, I like Cage’s knowledge with comics. What impressed me about Nic Cage in this film was that he did an Adam West impression in the film dressed as Batman.

The action sequences were a lot of fun to watch. When Hit-Girl gets into action, she’ll do all kinds of crazy moves and use all kinds of crazy weapons. Nic Cage’s character, Big-Daddy, has an obsession with guns, not gadgets like Batman. I thought the film was real good. It didn’t bore me and no dissapointments. Just a fun flick, that’s all it is. After seeing this film makes me want to read the comics.

It maybe offensive with children in a violent movie, and you will see adults beating children up in this film, but hey, it’s only a movie, right? It might anger parents, of course, but controversial films like this helps draw people into see the movie. Controversy creates cash. Controversy creates popularity. I liked the film a lot. This is all I have to say about it. See it soon.

Score for “Kick-Ass” = *** (3 stars as in “good”)

Kev