Kick-Ass
Review
by Anthony Morris
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Kick-Ass
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What would happen if somebody in the real world decided to put on a costume and fight crime?
That's the hook the ultra-violent superhero comedy Kick-Ass,
but it's a hook that gets discarded early in favour of having a ten
year old girl wearing a mask running around with a sword cutting up
mobsters. Which, I think you'll all agree, is a lot more interesting.
It
all starts when teen nerd Aaron Johnson (Dave LizeWski) decides that
someone's got to stand up against crime and injustice and it might as
well be him. As you'd expect, things don't go well. But
when one of his attempts to deliver street justice turns up on YouTube,
suddenly sticking on a costume and fighting crime is The Next Big
Thing. There must be something in the
water in New York, because it turns out that Kick-Ass (as Aaron calls
himself in his superhero duds) isn't alone when it comes to masked
crime-fighting: Big Daddy (a hilarious Nicolas Cage) and Hit Girl
(Chole Moretz) are also out there taking down crime in a far more
bloody and lethal manner. Not surprisingly, it turns out crime isn't going to take this lying down. Directed
by Michael Vaughan and based on a comic written by Mark Millar
(thankfully the comic's more unpleasant edges have been sanded off)
this is basically a live action cartoon where a lot of the fun comes
from seeing exactly how far everyone involved is willing to push
things. So if you're easily offended,
or the type of person that thinks seeing a pre-teen girl murder a bunch
of criminals to the Banana Splits theme song is bad for society, this
isn't for you. However - if you find
ultra-violence, Adam West impersonations and someone put in a giant
microwave funny... well, welcome to your new favourite film.
4
out
of 5
Kick-Ass
Australian release: 8th April,
2010
Official
Site: Kick-Ass
Cast: Aaron Johnson, Chloë Moretz, Nicolas Cage, Chris Mintz-Plasse, Mark
Strong
Director: Matthew Vaughn
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