If you are a big comic book fan like the main character in this movie is you should enjoy this movie.
Kick- Ass is a movie about a teenager Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson) who is a huge comic book fan that decides to turn his obsession as inspiration to become a real life superhero. He puts together a character and names it Kick-Ass. He gathers up a suit and mask for his new character to wear and starts fighting crime. The only problem is the new super hero has no superpowers.
This new character of Dave’s changes his life forever when he has to deal with copycats. He meets up with a pair of vigilantes which includes an 11 year old that is a sword wielding dynamo, Mindy Macready, aka Hit Girl (played by Chloe Moretz) and her father Damon Macready that goes by Big Daddy which is played by Nicolas Cage. He teams up with another superhero, Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse). A local mob boss gets involved named Frank D’Amico played by Mark Strong that puts them through a test.
Kick-Ass is a twisted, funny, high-octane adventure which is directed by Matthew Vaughn and is based on the Comic Book written by Mark Miller and John S. Romita.
The Movie Kick-Ass will hit the Theaters on April 16, 2010.
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Jan Barrett