Kick-Ass

"With no power comes no responsibility... Except that wasn't true."

Directed by Matthew Vaughn

2010

Viewed June 5, 2011

In a world full of super hero comics, games and movies, teenager Dave Lizewski wonders why no one has tried to be a super hero. He decides to take things into his own hands and buys a scuba suit and mask and walks the streets looking for people to save. He gets into a fight with some thugs and the video is put on Youtube and Kick-Ass gets thrown into the spotlight. Meanwhile, Damon Macready (a.k.a. Big Daddy) is training his young daughter in the different forms of combat so together they can bring down drug tycoon Frank D'Amico. Kick-Ass has a really good mix of humor, seriousness, super (or not so super) heroism, action and heart. My only really big problem in this movie is Big Daddy and his daughter Hit Girl. Hit Girl is played wonderfully by Chloe Grace Moretz. She's quick witted and kicks a lot of bad guy butt. The father/daughter duo work wonderfully together and Nicholas Cage does a great job as Big Daddy. The thing that I had the biggest problem with is that this dad purposely puts his 11 year old daughter into harms way. He trains her and basically brainwashes her to become a killing machine. I'm really not cool with someone who puts a bullet proof vest on their daughter and then shoots her in the chest. There's also the issue of Hit Girl getting punched in the face and beaten up by a grown man. Even though the characters were very entertaining and perfectly cast, I still had a hard time with all of that. B-