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Summary “How come nobody’s ever tried to be a superhero?” When Dave Lizewski – ordinary New York teenager and rabid comic-book geek dons a green-and-yellow internet-bought wetsuit to become the no-nonsense vigilante, Kick-Ass, he soon finds an answer to his own question: because it hurts. But, overcoming all the odds, the eager yet inexperienced...
Directed By: Matthew Vaughn
Written By: Jane Goldman, Matthew Vaughn, Mark Millar, John Romita Jr.
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Summary “How come nobody’s ever tried to be a superhero?” When Dave Lizewski – ordinary New York teenager and rabid comic-book geek dons a green-and-yellow internet-bought wetsuit to become the no-nonsense vigilante, Kick-Ass, he soon finds an answer to his own question: because it hurts. But, overcoming all the odds, the eager yet inexperienced...
Directed By: Matthew Vaughn
Written By: Jane Goldman, Matthew Vaughn, Mark Millar, John Romita Jr.
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 38 Critic Reviews
66
71% Positive
27 Reviews
27 Reviews
18% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
11% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 38 Critic Reviews
66
71% Positive
27 Reviews
27 Reviews
18% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
11% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
It brings together several popular strains of contemporary moviemaking and combines them into one big, shameless, audacious, compulsively watchable, irresistibly likable piece of pure entertainment.
Maybe I enjoyed the similarly themed Kick-Ass because it took me back to that innocent time. Or maybe it's because this is the most brazenly funny bloodbath unleashed on the public since "Pulp Fiction."
User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 758 User Ratings
7.9
84% Positive
637 Ratings
637 Ratings
11% Mixed
87 Ratings
87 Ratings
4% Negative
34 Ratings
34 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 758 User Ratings
7.9
84% Positive
637 Ratings
637 Ratings
11% Mixed
87 Ratings
87 Ratings
4% Negative
34 Ratings
34 Ratings
Feb 5, 2024
Still remember when Aaron Johnson was a real kick ass at that time ! the movieis so fun !
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Mar 17, 2022
I can't think of a better summary for this film, but this is not only one of the more enjoyable superhero films recently, but also of the overall year of 2010. I had heard it was good, but I wasn't sure whether it would be my thing. I needn't have worried. Kick-Ass was hugely enjoyable from start to finish. The production values from the photography and editing to the glorious costumes are striking, and the soundtrack has a lot of energy. As does the fast pace, the smart and witty dialogue and a fun and unpredictable story. The characters are also at least engaging, the action is fantastically choreographed and edited and the acting even from Nicholas Cage(who I have found resume-wise inconsistent) is much better than one would hope. Overall, truly wonderful and totally kicks ass. 10/10 Bethany Cox
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It's also perfectly content to be an insanely violent, funny take on an established genre. And in that respect, Kick-Ass lives up to its name.
Kick-Ass should delight fans of the original comics and garden-variety action junkies as well. Suggested subtitle: "Iron Man, You Just Got Served."
Kick-Ass is a compendium of all sleazy things, and it sings like a siren to our inner Tarantinos.
Vaughn did a cracking good caper film with a pre-007 Daniel Craig called "Layer Cake" six years ago, but Kick-Ass has little of that film's heady panache and instead batters you about the face and neck with wildly over-the-top fountains of gore, bone-cracking slow-motion, and, yes, Cage, who dials his acting down a few notches from the kicky Herzogian mindf---ery of "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans."
Kick-Ass - based on a graphic novel - thinks it's so brave and bold. But it's more like the title character, a dweeb who just thinks he's tough.
Jun 27, 2021
Perfectly directed and written. 2 thumbs up! A better sequel should have close the series
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Sep 19, 2018
I thought it was funnier back then. The film now looks pretty ugly, and the visual effects have visibly aged. The music selection follows no discernible logic. The plot is a completely standard vigilante/superhero story with no twists and turns. Unfortunately, the film isn't as brutal as the comics.That's offset by the enthusiasm of everyone involved: Aaron Taylor-Johnson is great, I only like Chloë Grace Moretz in this film, and Nicholas Cage's performance is rather reserved. Many of the gags still work for me, and the idea of gangsters nonchalantly fighting with children is fun.Conclusion: I loved it back then, I think it's okay now, and I'll probably never watch it again in the future.
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Apr 26, 2019
Kick-Ass isn't necessarily a bad movie, I think It really stands out from other movies because of how colorful it **** Lighting is done pretty well and the performances from Chloe Mortez as well as Nic Cage is done Wonderfully,But after that there isn't a lot of worth for the movie. Kick-Ass does not work for me and most of the elemnets feel pretty cliched, but when you look past that you have a pretty watchable movie.
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Sep 6, 2017
Les débuts du film sont assez gratifiants, comme un vent de fraîcheur dans le monde des films (très souvent) idiots de super-héros... une approche à la fois plutôt réaliste et comique mais sans en faire trop de part et d'autre, un exercice d'équilibriste en somme que l'on sait difficile et casse-gueule... J'allais presque dire qu'il y a là une espèce de début de réflexion sur le fantasme des super-héros et de tout ce folklore américano-américain : porter le masque, se déguiser, se mêler de tout et de rien, ce besoin de puissance et j'en passe et des meilleures, est-ce que tout cela n'est pas profondément freudien après tout ? Mais trève de pseudo-psychanalyse à la petite semaine, car Kick-Ass ne tient ni ses promesses ni ses débuts prometteurs et plus il avance, plus il devient un film idiot de super-héros comme les autres mais sous une couche de vernis de "cool-attitude" épaisse comme ça. Il ne sait plus s'il doit choisir la comédie ou le réalisme dramatique, alors il oblique et choisit la tarantinade caricaturale jusqu'à la fin. C'est évidemment ce qu'il peut y avoir de pire pour un film que de finir en tarantinade dégénérée avec quelques couches de "coolitude branchouille" par dessus : tout y devient hautement improbable et grotesque, ni vraiment drôle ni vraiment sérieux mais parfois inutilement cruel et ridicule. La réalisation des nombreuses scènes d'action reste inégale et se repose trop sur des effets spéciaux pas très fameux. Le film garde néanmoins un bon rythme et peut se révéler spectaculaire mais gâche éperdument son potentiel à peine effleuré.
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Oct 6, 2013
The character Kick-Ass didn't do remotely anything memorable and epic. They also really up the movie by shoving some irrelevant love relationship upon him. This movie is utterly horrible. Aaron Taylor-Johnson is boring to watch, Chloë Grace Moretz can't act and Nicolas Cage is the rotten cherry that tops this movie. They wasted Mark Strong and the only commendable performance was Christopher Mintz-Plasse playing Red Mist. Other than that, this movie made me want to "Kick-My-Own-Ass".
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Production Company
- Marv Films
- Plan B Entertainment
- DMG Entertainment
Release Date Apr 16, 2010
Duration 1 h 57 m
Rating R
Tagline I can't fly. But I can kick your ass.
Website http://www.kickass-themovie.com/
Awards
Scream Awards
• 2 Wins & 17 Nominations
Golden Schmoes Awards
• 4 Wins & 8 Nominations
Empire Awards, UK
• 2 Wins & 6 Nominations
