Kick-Ass

If Roger Ebert's 1 star review of Kick-Ass tells us anything, it's that he's becoming less and less significant as a film critic. Personally, I've very rarely found myself agreeing with him. It seems like he likes all the wrong movies, for all the wrong reasons. People are certainly entitled to their own personal opinions of a movie, but if you're payed to do this, you have a responsibility to give the most accurate review possible. This is not what happened with his review of Kick-Ass.

Kick-Ass tells the story of Dave Lezewski, played by the interchangeable Aaron Johnson. Dave is what one might call a geek. He's not the popular kid at school, and has only a couple of friends. Dave wonders why, with all the movies and comics available, nobody has ever tried to be a super hero in real life. After taking a severe beating during his first attempt at crime fighting, Dave is left with metal pins holding him together, which gives him the ability to take a more brutal beating than most people. Dave, or "Kick-Ass" at this point, soon learns that he's not alone in his venture. We're now introduced to Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse turning in a funny villain performance) Big Daddy(Nicholas Cage channeling Adam West) and Hit Girl, played by Chloe Moretz, who absolutely steals every scene she is in.

As mentioned before, Chloe Moretz steals the entire show. Every scene she is in is non stop entertainment. It's impressive, being only 11 years old, that she's so demanding on-screen. Chloe is also in the starring role of the American remake of Let The Right One In. If they make a sequel to Kick-Ass, which they most certainly will, They need to focus mainly on Hit Girl, and they'll most definitely have a #1 hit on their hands.

Kick-Ass is nowhere near as violent, and depraved as some of the more morally uptight critics have led on. Don't get me wrong, You see the carnage that is done, but it's intentionally handled in a cartoony way, because after-all this IS a comic book movie. The film manages to be both lightheartedly comedic, and dark at the same time. There were times you were laughing and other times blown away by what just happened on the screen, the action was intense.

All and All Kick-Ass was one of the better comic book films to come to the theater. Be Thankful Matthew Vaughn, the director stuck to his guns, as early buzz indicated that a big studio would finance it if the rating was taken down to pg-13, and Hit Girl was taken out of the film. If the director would have done that, it would have just been another ho-hum superhero flick to watch and forget. Hit Girl is what makes the movie, She is the reason this film has it's title. In the words of 11 year old Hit Girl, Okay you cunts... Go watch This Movie!

8/10