Kick-Ass (2010)

Kick-Ass (2010)

Directed by: Matthew Vaughn
Screenplay by: Jane Goldman and Matthew Vaughn

Genre: Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Running Time: 117 Minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Viewed: Theater

I can't read your mind. But I can kick your ass.

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Comments: I'm a big fan of superhero films. In terms of sheer enjoyment, they rank right up there for me alongside horror films. I'm also a fan of absurd comedy. Tell me that a movie will have an 11-year-old girl who says words like "cock," "cunt," and "fuck" while slaughtering countless people, and I'm going to be interested. All of this was combined into Kick-Ass, and it was getting positive reviews to boot, so I was extremely excited. That's why halfway through the film, I was very displeased. The first hour is scatterbrained as hell and paced so awfully that I would be putting it mildly by saying that the film is a complete clusterfuck. Luckily, Matthew Vaughn gets his shit together and pulls the film together in the second half, tying everything together in an awesome and entertaining fashion. It's also pretty amazing that this film was allowed to be an R rated film, as on paper it sounds like perfect fodder for the teenage crowd. But Vaughn fills Kick-Ass to the brim with foul language and graphic violence (which includes said 11-year-old girl getting the shit kicked out of her at times). Overall, the movie works. The story is actually rather clever and everything comes together nicely. But in the introductory stages, it's awful. I'd love to see Vaughn take his time and re-edit the first part of the film to be released on DVD as a Director's Cut. Or I'd like to see the main chick (not the 11-year-old girl, Kick-Ass' lady friend) move her hands when self-tanning cream is being applied to her. Either will do.