Kick Ass

Posted on: 31 March 2010

I saw this film a few days ago now. After watching it I decided I'd wait a few days for it to sink in as, to be quite honest, it caught me off guard a little. This is a strange film. On first impressions it looks like a light-hearted super-hero comedy, with average chumps attempting to beat up bad guys but inevitably getting their asses handed to them. And, as a brief summary, that's what the film is. But let's just say there's a lot more besides.

"I've always wondered why no one did it before me. [..] You'd think one eccentric loner would've made himself a costume. I mean, is every day life really so exciting? Are schools and offices so thrilling that I'm the only one who ever fantasised about this? C'mon, be honest with yourself, at some point in our lives we all wanted to be a super hero."

That was the tagline that hooked me in. But make no mistake, this is one violent film! Albeit the violent is comedic, à la Kill Bill, but it's safe to say, if you've got a weak stomach you might find Kick Ass to be a bit hard to swallow at times. As expected, Kick ass has cheesy teen-comedy esque moments throughout, but the clever integration of realistic, hard-hitting violence helps the film "grow up" a little in my estimations, and move it up to the next level. And to be honest I liked it a lot more than I thought I was going to from the outset.

There's something uniquely dark about this super-hero comedy that made this an enjoyable and watchable film that I intend to see again. I'd recommend Kick Ass, if only for seeing a sweet little blonde girl in a super hero costume say the 4-lettered C-word to a bunch of fully-grown hench drug lords. A blood bath ensued.

Rating: 8/10