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 of why doesn't anyone try to become a superhero: because it hurts. But, overcoming all the odds, the eager yet inexperienced Dave quickly becomes a phenomenon, capturing the imagination of the public. However, he's not the only superhero out there – the fearless and highly-trained father-daughter crime-fighting duo, Big Daddy and Hit Girl have been slowly but surely taking down the criminal empire of local Mafioso, Frank D'Amico. And, as Kick-Ass gets drawn into their no-holds-barred world of bullets and bloodletting with Frank and his son, Chris, aka Red Mist.Loved this movie!!! I can't believe how much I loved this movie! Even though it was so morally reprehensible on so many levels, I loved this movie! The story was well written and developed. The script was tight, sarcastic when necessary and realistic when necessary. The characters all got the proper build up. They laid groundwork for a sequel. The action was awesome. This was an incredibly well done comic book movie. As for the morally wrong stuff . . . . . Should a child the age of Hit Girl be saying some of those lines? Dear God No! Should a grown man be beating the crap out of a little kid like that? Dear God No! Should we be promoting disillusioned teenagers to buy scuba suits and fight crime? Dear God No! Were there a lot of unecessary scenes thoughout the movie just for the die hard fanboys to get off on? Dear God Yes! But they are the ones that made this movie possible in the first place, so go ahead and honor them. Sure it got them a R rating and cost the studio millions of dollars, but they chose to honor the fan boys. I get that. I accept that. That's what made my brain work past the morally wrongness of this movie at times and enjoy the awesome comic book/popcorn movie ride that it was.
I strongly recommend that everyone check this movie out. Again - it is crazy violent at times and has many "not okay" parts to it, but it is one hell of an enjoyable ride if you can work past all that.
