Kick-Ass is a great movie, but it is definitely not for everyone. It is an action-comedy that is part homage and part spoof of the comic book superhero movies. It is very adult and most assuredly not family-friendly. It is basically a movie that involves a bunch of absolutely normal people dressing up in costumes and fighting crime (and finding out that doing so is not all that easy, and very painful). It stars Aaron Taylor Johnson as a nerdy teenager named Dave Lizewski who basically buys a costume online, dubs himself the name Kick-Ass, and goes out to fight crime (with very underwhelming results at first). As a result of being majorly hurt he develops a nerve problem that results in his not feeling pain, and with metal implants that actually allow him to kick ass, and then his heroic antics go much better.
The movie boasts a strong cast, including Nicholas Cage and a very young Chole Grace Moretz as "Big Daddy" and "Hit Girl" respectively, which are most definitely a takeoff on Batman and Robin. Moretz's character is the main reason that the movie is not for kids as pretty much every word out of her mouth is a swear word. You could tell she was having a ball being able to use the kind of language she was not allowed to in "real life" at the time. The rest of the case included Christopher Mintz-Plasse who is best known for his role as McLovin in the movie Superbad, Lyndsy Fonseca, Evan Peters, and Mark Strong, who basically plays a mob boss. The movie is over the top violent (mostly with tongue firmly planted in cheek) and does have some sexual situations, but no outright nudity.
For those who get the Blu-Ray, the movie looks and sounds great in the HD format. The extras include a commentary track with the director and a BonusView mode that combines the director commentary track with clips of interviews with members of the cast and crew and behind-the-scenes footage. There is also a making-of documentary that clocks in at just under two hours, but it is split into four parts so you don't have to watch the entire thing in one sitting. Then there is a twenty-minute feature on the comic book the movie was adapted from, a photo gallery, and trailers for the movie, including the Red Band trailer.
The movie is definitely not for everyone. As I said it is very violent and certainly having a twelve-year-old spouting profanity and killing people left and right will turn a lot of people off to the movie. So, if you are one of those, it is best not to even consider this. If, however, you are generally a fan of superhero/comic book movies and also like spoof movies (which this sort of is, although not in the "scary movie" franchise) and do not take it too seriously, this is a fun movie.
The movie boasts a strong cast, including Nicholas Cage and a very young Chole Grace Moretz as "Big Daddy" and "Hit Girl" respectively, which are most definitely a takeoff on Batman and Robin. Moretz's character is the main reason that the movie is not for kids as pretty much every word out of her mouth is a swear word. You could tell she was having a ball being able to use the kind of language she was not allowed to in "real life" at the time. The rest of the case included Christopher Mintz-Plasse who is best known for his role as McLovin in the movie Superbad, Lyndsy Fonseca, Evan Peters, and Mark Strong, who basically plays a mob boss. The movie is over the top violent (mostly with tongue firmly planted in cheek) and does have some sexual situations, but no outright nudity.
For those who get the Blu-Ray, the movie looks and sounds great in the HD format. The extras include a commentary track with the director and a BonusView mode that combines the director commentary track with clips of interviews with members of the cast and crew and behind-the-scenes footage. There is also a making-of documentary that clocks in at just under two hours, but it is split into four parts so you don't have to watch the entire thing in one sitting. Then there is a twenty-minute feature on the comic book the movie was adapted from, a photo gallery, and trailers for the movie, including the Red Band trailer.
The movie is definitely not for everyone. As I said it is very violent and certainly having a twelve-year-old spouting profanity and killing people left and right will turn a lot of people off to the movie. So, if you are one of those, it is best not to even consider this. If, however, you are generally a fan of superhero/comic book movies and also like spoof movies (which this sort of is, although not in the "scary movie" franchise) and do not take it too seriously, this is a fun movie.
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