Kick-Ass

I’ve officially decided Kick-Ass is my new favourite film.



I saw the film nearly two weeks ago and it’s taken me so long to write up a review as I wanted to do it justice (and forgot the brilliant line I came up with whilst in the theatre.). Yet I probably still won’t.


Film lovers across the globe have been long-awaiting Kick-Ass due to its major hype, numerous magazine covers and controversial originality which could have caused the polar effect and left audiences feeling let down. On the contrary, Kick-Ass perfectly lives up to its hype, bringing us a film with so much good about it.


To start with, the originality comes from Kick-Ass being a rated 15, yet from the point of view of a teenage school boy with girl problems. With the on-paper potential to be a rubbish teen flick, Kick-Ass is actually ideally written for the older audience, entertaining with adult humour at the same time as taking you back to the same imaginative youth as the main character, Dave’s.


What’s more, despite the majority of the hype surrounding 13 year-old actress Chloe Moretz’s script, it still isn’t completely predicatable, managing to maintain the humour that the film revolves around, despite expectations.


Most important, though, is the superb cast. Not one actor lets the film down throughout, nor does anyone outshine the others. Brit actor Aaron Johnson (Nowhere Boy) is flawless as an American teen, and, despite being sometimes shy and timid in reality, is brilliantly unabashed in his role as Dave Lizewski. Funny man Christopher Mintz-Plasse (Superbad, Role Models) also wows as the ignored son of the enemy, AKA Red Mist. Moretz takes to her role easily as well, and provides the ideal partner to Nic Cage’s Adam West inspired Big Daddy. Even the actors in smaller roles make the most of their time on screen making every moment count for something.


All in all, if you haven’t seen Kick-Ass by now, it probably means you’re not overly enticed by it. If that is the case, then there’s no argument you can make against it that can’t be remedied by seeing it. The likelihood is it will soon become most people’s new favourite film too.