Tagline: I can't fly. But I can kick your ass.
So I had wanted to see this movie thinking it would be, forgive me, kick ass since I had heard the rave reviews from my beloved SXSW at one of the premieres there. I was very happy it was getting such good promotion and such a large release. Also the fact that Matthew Vaughn was the producer/writer/director who had worked on Stardust, Snatch, and Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels added to the awesomeness that I was expecting from this movie.
The movie is adapted from a comic, which was written at the same time of the screenplay, in which an ordinary high school boy dons a green wetsuit and becomes an overnight internet sensation after he is caught on tape attempting to ‘fight crime’ although he possesses no super powers, crime fighting ability, or a real reason to do so. Suddenly Kick-Ass finds himself in league with other super heroes, Hit Girl, Big Daddy, and Red Mist as he is caught up in real crime and an struggles to keep himself in one piece. The movie stars Aaron Johnson as Kick Ass, Nicholas Cage as Big Daddy, Chloe Moretz as Hit Girl, and Christopher Mintze-Plasse as Red Mist.
The plot was interesting and unique and provided us with very memorable characters. I will bet that this will provide us with the most popular Halloween costumes this year. The characters were completely believable and very witty. It had a sense of fantasy mixed with realism, which is hard to pull off. Character development wasn’t really there however it wasn’t really necessary in this sort of movie. The story was plausible, suspenseful, and didn’t take itself too seriously and provided much entertainment for the audience. It really seemed to take what Defendor had tried to do, but just pull it together with the suspense and light-heartedness that it needed.
The scenes were shot nicely and this movie had beautiful color correction. The sets and wardrobe were perfect and captured the comic feel to the movie without being too over the top. It just popped in the right places. The choreography of the fight scenes were truly awesome and, can’t help it, just kick-ass! The pace of the movie was a little uneven however and I can’t decide if it’s due to plot or editing, but I’m leaning towards the plot. The movie sort of shifted from hilarious, to suspenseful, to dramatic which created a small lag to the movie as each scene had a different tone to it almost, but it was forgivable since everything else was awesome.
The whole movie was really made by Hit Girl. Chloe Moretz did such an amazing job that couldn’t have been pulled off by anyone else besides maybe Dakota Fanning. She really gave the movie the comedy and toughness which just pushed everything higher. Nicholas Cage finally did a good job with his role and was very comedic without being annoying. McLovin’ was good as his normal character. Kick-Ass, Aaron Johnson, was likeable and funny enough for the part but honestly he was pretty forgettable. I think that part could have been cast better. Really again, it was Hit Girl, which I think brought this movie from an okay movie with good fight scenes to just an awesome badass movie.
Overall, I really liked the movie. It was a little different than what I was expecting. I was not expecting as much blood and death as was delivered, but it just made the movie cooler and more realistic. On the other hand, there was much less cursing than I had anticipated. With all the controversy surrounding the movie, I was expecting Hit Girl to just be spewing curse word after curse word. While she does give us a shock from her 11 year old mouth, it wasn’t as much as I was expecting. This movie is paving the way for this new genre, in the same pool as Zombieland, the believable yet funny yet kick ass fighting movie. It just makes the movie even cooler once you find out that Matthew Vaughn basically raised the funding himself and took on as many roles necessary in order to get this picture made, since the studios passed on the movie. I would recommend to anyone who likes these types of funny bloody movies with a sense of humor and an R rating. ‘With no power comes no responsibility’ -- Kick Ass.
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