Well i just saw the movie earlier today and thought I'd post my 2 cents about the movie. This will be a review of some sort. The first one on this blog. I'll try to keep it short. I definitely think Kick-Ass is worth watching. Not a must-watch but definitely worth it. My verdict about it being worthwhile had NOTHING to do with the movie whatsoever and heres why...
First of all, I live in a pretty conservative country so finding out that Kick-Ass was going to be showing here without being renamed to some crappy title was pretty damn miraculous. I go to the cinema, I queue up to buy my ticket and i go up to the counter. What do I say? "Kick ass!". Thats pretty priceless. It's not that often you get to go out in public and say that to some strangers face. Especially here in Malaysia. That is reason number 1 why you should go and watch Kick-Ass.
Okay, now I'm sitting in front of the screen and the movie starts playing. After the first couple of minutes I am feel EXTREMELY relieved because it actually seems like its going to be a pretty decent movie unlike the last one I watched - the train wreck that was Clash of the Titans. It started off with some pretty crude humour. You know, the type where you laugh at first then you go "Eeeeewwww....". Then we get to see the lead character, Dave Lizewski and how he becomes Kick-Ass.
About midway through the movie, I started to feel as if this movie was 'over the top' and it seemed to be heading in a downward spiral when they threw in the "loser/nerd/geek gets the girl" cliche but then it picks itself up in the last three-quarters of the story. How does it manage to do so you ask? Well honestly, the true star of the show was Chloë Grace Moretz as Mindy Macready. She plays the knife-wielding, gun-toting, ultra violent 11-year old masked vigilante, Hit-Girl. Yep, Hit-Girl has received A LOT of criticism all over the globe for being such a violent and vulgar character. Especially since she's supposed to be only 11-years old. Along side her father, Damon Macready a.k.a. Big Daddy they form a pretty lethal partnership. The movie only becomes interesting when you see these two in action. Nicolas Cage plays Big Daddy, who happens to look alot like Bat Man. At the peak of the movie in the warehouse scene where Big Daddy is kidnapped along with Kick-Ass, Nicolas Cage actually manages to remind us all that he still is a pretty solid actor. From then on, its all about Hit-Girl and it is pretty awesome. Don't know how awesome? Well let me try to give you a rough picture. If you have watched the movie Wanted, then imagine Angelina Jolie's action scenes in that movie and multiply it by about 5 or 10 times. Yeah, thats how violent and awesome Hit-Girl is.
All in all, it is a pretty good movie. Entertaining if your an action buff. Might not be your cup of tea if you don't like excessive violence, swearing and superhero movies. Like I mentioned earlier it does get a little drab when your midway through the movie but hang in there, all the "good parts" are in the last three-quarters of the movie. The acting is good, it has a good concept, awesome action scenes and enough humour. It even had the romance although that was pretty cliche. Did Kick-Ass really kick ass? No. Not really but Hit-Girl most definitely did! If I had to rate this movie I think I'd give it a 7/10. I was originally leaning towards a 5 but the ending was really good.
First of all, I live in a pretty conservative country so finding out that Kick-Ass was going to be showing here without being renamed to some crappy title was pretty damn miraculous. I go to the cinema, I queue up to buy my ticket and i go up to the counter. What do I say? "Kick ass!". Thats pretty priceless. It's not that often you get to go out in public and say that to some strangers face. Especially here in Malaysia. That is reason number 1 why you should go and watch Kick-Ass.
Okay, now I'm sitting in front of the screen and the movie starts playing. After the first couple of minutes I am feel EXTREMELY relieved because it actually seems like its going to be a pretty decent movie unlike the last one I watched - the train wreck that was Clash of the Titans. It started off with some pretty crude humour. You know, the type where you laugh at first then you go "Eeeeewwww....". Then we get to see the lead character, Dave Lizewski and how he becomes Kick-Ass.
About midway through the movie, I started to feel as if this movie was 'over the top' and it seemed to be heading in a downward spiral when they threw in the "loser/nerd/geek gets the girl" cliche but then it picks itself up in the last three-quarters of the story. How does it manage to do so you ask? Well honestly, the true star of the show was Chloë Grace Moretz as Mindy Macready. She plays the knife-wielding, gun-toting, ultra violent 11-year old masked vigilante, Hit-Girl. Yep, Hit-Girl has received A LOT of criticism all over the globe for being such a violent and vulgar character. Especially since she's supposed to be only 11-years old. Along side her father, Damon Macready a.k.a. Big Daddy they form a pretty lethal partnership. The movie only becomes interesting when you see these two in action. Nicolas Cage plays Big Daddy, who happens to look alot like Bat Man. At the peak of the movie in the warehouse scene where Big Daddy is kidnapped along with Kick-Ass, Nicolas Cage actually manages to remind us all that he still is a pretty solid actor. From then on, its all about Hit-Girl and it is pretty awesome. Don't know how awesome? Well let me try to give you a rough picture. If you have watched the movie Wanted, then imagine Angelina Jolie's action scenes in that movie and multiply it by about 5 or 10 times. Yeah, thats how violent and awesome Hit-Girl is.
All in all, it is a pretty good movie. Entertaining if your an action buff. Might not be your cup of tea if you don't like excessive violence, swearing and superhero movies. Like I mentioned earlier it does get a little drab when your midway through the movie but hang in there, all the "good parts" are in the last three-quarters of the movie. The acting is good, it has a good concept, awesome action scenes and enough humour. It even had the romance although that was pretty cliche. Did Kick-Ass really kick ass? No. Not really but Hit-Girl most definitely did! If I had to rate this movie I think I'd give it a 7/10. I was originally leaning towards a 5 but the ending was really good.
