Rating of
2/4
"Kick-Ass" by Amanda
symp4thedevil - wrote on 10/04/12
Yes I read the graphic novel. Why are they making a sequel to this flick centered around Hit-Girl? Well ...that was all that was enjoyable about this typical, standard, predictable, flashy, super-hero saturated, pop-corn-choking flick. Seeing the trailer and calling it a day is cheaper, saves you time, and shows off the funniest moments in the flick as well as the best Hit-Girl beat-em-up sequences.
Nicholas Cage thinks he's Batman and raises his daughter, Hit-Girl, as the ultimate assassin. Nerdy kids with no life and no martial arts experience take to the streets in spandex and get completely destroyed by criminals. Then there is a crazy action explosion yet predictable plot twist. It involves a Lex Luthor-like villain, betrayal...all emobodied in a nerdy teen's quest for the hottest girl in high school.
Been there. Done that. It feels as though the idea for this graphic novel to film was presented to the producer like this:
"don't worry..we have a 13 year old that loves using the f-word and would kill Bruce Lee in a fight. Yes it has explosions, is predictable, features DC characters in an 80's teen movie with a plot only Rick Moranis' mother could love. No Molly Ringwald, yes sexual Weird Science discovery. The Goonies II for NES but now with spandex and capes"
"YES YES! DON'T FORGET JETPACKS!"
There we have it.
