We couldn’t have been more blown away by Kick-Ass. A top-notch story, great performances (especially Chloe Moretz as Hit-Girl), incredible humour and a surprisingly meaty film-going experience were disguised as a goofy superhero comedy by Lionsgate’s one-dimensional advertizing campaign. If you haven’t seen Kick-Ass, and you can take some gruesome violence and potty-mouthed humour, you owe yourself a night out at the movies to let Matthew Vaughn and Mark Millar Kick your Ass!
KICK-ASS REVIEW: Brutal, Bloody, Brilliant
We couldn’t have been more blown away by Kick-Ass. A top-notch story, great performances (especially Chloe Moretz as Hit-Girl), incredible humour and a surprisingly meaty film-going experience were disguised as a goofy superhero comedy by Lionsgate’s one-dimensional advertizing campaign. If you haven’t seen Kick-Ass, and you can take some gruesome violence and potty-mouthed humour, you owe yourself a night out at the movies to let Matthew Vaughn and Mark Millar Kick your Ass!
I thought this movie was fantastic – can’t think of much anything bad to say about it, it was funny and intense. It seemed like they didn’t really know how to or want to spend too much time on McLovin’s (I doubt I’ll ever really be able to remember his real name) character, so his storyline didn’t seem fully satisfying or complete. So much of this movie was pricelessly good – right from the opening sequence where the presumed narrator takes his shiny new wings for a spin. And our introduction to Hitgirl and her dad – as you guys noted – was hillariously unexpected. They were such non-traditional characters, it was always fun to see what they were up to.
That said, you guys gave Nicholas Cage more slack than I would have. The fallout of the unmasking sequence should have been more intense than it was – maybe they didn’t want to overdo it, given some of the grimness in the rest of the picture – but I thought he had a squawking tone of voice that ruined some immersion. Generally speaking I refuse to see movies featuring Cage, so that’s likely poisoning my perspective.
Overall, I thought this movie was pretty incredible.
Thanks guys!
Gotta love seeing TO and Hamilton in this movie… I mean NYC
Those losers at Youtube took the review down for copyright. Anyway agree with the review. Thought it was awesome. I pray for a sequel.
@NeoSaturn I know! My house was actually IN a shot and it wasn’t even MY movie for once! Weird…
~Matt
Here’s a list of movies you guys can review from here onto the summer:
The Losers
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Iron Man 2
Robin Hood
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Splice
The A-Team
The Karate Kid (?)
Jonah Hex
Toy Story 3
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
The Last Airbender (YYYEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!)
Predators
Inception
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
The Other Guys
The Expendables
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
And that’s about it for now. I’ll give you another list for the fall/winter releases later on down the road. Glad you guys enjoyed Kick-Ass!
As always a great review!
I agree, Chloe Moretz as Hit Girl was down right astounding. I left going “She -made- that movie” and I’m glad to see thats how a lot of reviews have gone. I look forward to hopefully another Kick-Ass down the road.
By the way, love the new YGN intro CGI, was perfect, I Just keep picturing all these little updates for TV
this movie isnt that funny like i thought
Saw Kick-Ass yesterday night and you were right (as usual) LOVED IT!! and Hit Girl just gave me that sense of: yes! that is possible! Great movie, bloody, naive, perfect!