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Part of me feels like there should be something wrong with watching an 11-year-old girl kill dozens of men, but during my two hours at this movie, I couldn’t find the problem with it. Hit Girl, played by Chloe Moretz, is one of the three superheroes in Kick-Ass. Along side her father, Big Daddy (Nick Cage) and Kick-Ass himself (Aaron Johnson), the three team up to fight evil and one of the biggest crime families in New York City. |
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As the film starts, the future Kick-Ass, currently known as Dave Lizewski, describes himself as the average invisible high school student. He has some good friends, and enjoys reading comics, and looking at girls. One day he ponders aloud why no one has ever tried to be a superhero before, and even though his friends come up with plenty of reasonable answers, his curiosity remains. So, he simply orders himself a green scuba suit on the internet, and secretly hits the streets to fight crime. His first attempt to rid the streets of evil goes horribly wrong, and he ends up in the hospital with many reconstructed bones. However, his resolve remains strong, and in another attempt to do good gone awry, Hit Girl and Big Daddy show up to help, and tell Kick-Ass that he can call on them whenever he needs to.
Big Daddy and Hit Girl are a whole different level of superhero. They have trained in physical combat, and have more weapons than the average militia; and even though they are also in favor of fighting crime, they do it for revenge. They are fighting Frank D’Amico, who put Big Daddy (before he was Big Daddy) behind bars for five years while ruining his career. D’Amico’s son (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), eager to become a part of the family mob business decides to become a superhero as well, to befriend Kick-Ass, and help his father end the reign of superheroes. So, he turns into Red Mist -- the super villain who appears to be a superhero.
There’s so much about this movie that’s great. First of all, who doesn’t want to be a superhero? And who doesn’t want to see the bad guy lose? The plot itself isn’t all that complicated, and it does contain the classic hero story arc, but it works. This movie wasn’t made for its plot; that was already in the comics. This movie was made so the screen could be filled with comic book-style ultraviolence and gore. It was made so we could cheer for an everyday guy becoming a superhero, and cheer as the bad guys brains get adhered to the wall; and I personally enjoyed the ride. 3 1/2 out of 5 stars. |
