So, I just got back from watching the movie Kick-Ass and instead of writing that 12-page essay that's due tomorrow, I'm instead writing this review of the movie. And no, I will not utter that popular catch-phrase "Kick-Ass KICKS A-!" I won't. I refuse.
The story is pretty much your average run-of-the-mill superhero movie. Guy becomes superhero, guy saves the day. One would think this is the case. They would be wrong. Instead, we get this almost parody of the entire superhero mythos. It is, in all sense of the word, a real take on the superhero. There are people who use guns, knives and our hero gets stabbed in the gut at the very first instance.
It's bloody, it's violent and it's real. Gritty and everything one could want from a superhero movie. It really shows that superheroes can never really exist as they do in comic books. However, they can exist and that is what this movie is ultimately trying to prove. If it's actually saying anything at all.
The characters are real, with the titular Kick-Ass being your average school geek who is suddenly thrust into a world of violence when he dons the superhero outfit. There's Hit-Girl, who is my personal favorite, an 11-year-old ninja-like character who loves to shoot and kill people. There's Big-Daddy, played strangely enough by Nicholas Cage, who just loves to kill people. Then Red Mist, but he's not very memorable.
I read something on the internet about how mother's were offended by Hit-Girl swearing left and right and even saying the word "cunt" a few times. So, they weren't offended by the fact that she was killing everyone? Hm.
There's a love story in there, but its resolved so poorly and quickly that it's just bad storytelling. But it's so unnoticeable that you ignore it.
In short, this movie is awesome, its fun and you should watch it.
Back to the essay.
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