Dave Lizewski is a normal high school student, he does not really fit into any of the groups at school and only really has two good friends. He loves comic books and superheroes and wonders why no normal person has ever tried to be one. He takes it upon himself to try and become a regular superhero.
Kick Ass is born and soon Dave is taking to the street to fight crime. Unfortunately things do not go well and he gets a good kicking resulting in him going to hospital and having several metal plates inserted into his body. After he has recovered he is not disheartened and soon goes back onto the street and becomes in internet success when he help a man who is being beaten by gang members.
When Kick Ass is doing another job who is in danger and gets saved by a young girl called, Hit Girl, he soon discovers that he is not the only superhero in town and he is invited to help Big Daddy and Hit Girl.
Just how far can Kick Ass go before being revealed and will he become the superhero he has always dreamed of?
I have been wanting to see this film for quite some time now as the trailers made it look really good, I am pleased to be able to say that it did not disappoint me at all and both me and hubby really enjoyed it from start to finish. The storyline was good and it did seem quite original with the fact that we had a normal boy who was not bitten by a spider of radioactive waves to make him have special powers and he had to train to become good at what he did. The acting was another great part of the film.
The lead role of Kick Ass / Dave was played by Aaron Johnson and he for me was an excellent choice. He looked geeky and not the normal choice of a superhero and I think this helped to make the storyline slightly more believable. He delivered all of his lines with ease and seemed to genuinely believe in what he was saying. I enjoyed the normal side of his life which we got to see, where he was struggling with the girls and this did bring some normality to the storyline. He worked well with the props and stunts he had to do and he made them look fun and quite cool. We had another good superhero Hit girl, she was played by Chloe Mortez. I thought she did a fantastic job and for me was the real star of the film. She looked like a normal sweet girl when not in costume and when she was in costume it really did suit her and she seemed very natural playing this hard hitting side. She too delivered all of her lines with ease and they were natural, she did seem a little to cocky when working with the weapons but this just showed how she had been raised and bought up by her father Big Daddy. Nicholas Cage played the role of
Big Daddy and he too played a good role. I thought he was tough on his daughter at times but we got to understand a little more about his background as the story moved on and this helped me to understand why he was like he was.
We did have some good support roles in the film and actors included, Clark Duke, Evan Peters, Mark Strong and Christopher Mintz-Plasse, he played the role of Red Mist and he did bring a lot of humour to the film.
The film is a comedy and for me it was quite mixed, we did have some very ibvio0s laughs and they did make both me and hubby laugh out loud but a lot of it was small things which happened and they were good but not overly obvious. You really do need to watch this film and know it is a sort of Mickey take and not a serious film and then you will find the whole thing quite funny and enjoyable to watch. Despite this being a comedy there is a lot of violence in it and so it is not a film I will be letting my boys watch despite there love of superhero movies. We do have a lot of action and fighting and it was all produce to a high standard and fitted very well into the story and funny element. The weapons which were used all looked good and all the people working with them seemed at ease and to know what they were doing with them. Even the young actors worked well and seemed at ease shooting at people.
The music was all modern and fitted into the film very well, it helped to add to the drama and tension of the film, it is not a soundtrack I would go out and buy separately but it worked well on this film. The costumes were all very good and the normal clothes did not require much thought at all. The superhero costumes were excellent and really fun, the way some of them were based on the big superheroes worked well and added to the humour side of the story.
The DVD does have some bonus features and they include:-
Feature commentary with Director Matthew Vaughn
It’s on: The comic book origin of Kick Ass Featurettes.
I am not a fan of bonus features so I have not watched these and therefore unable to make comment on how good or not they are.
We bought the DVD for just under £7 from Amazon which I felt was a good price, I would not be prepared to pay a higher price for it. The running time is 1hour and 53 minutes and the rate is a 15. I fully agree with the rate as there is a lot of violence in the film.
I am pleased to be giving this film a good solid 4 stars, the story was good and so too was the acting. I have dropped one star as there could have been a little more obvious laughs for us but don’t get me wrong it is still a funny and enjoyable film which is well worth a watch.
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