The movie starts off in a very inspiring way, but unfortunately if you've seen the preview it takes a bit of the majesty of the scene away. And after that we're introduced to some of our characters, and the movie takes on a usual story plot, rising tension, point of no return, falling action, but it does so in such a stylish way.
I'm sure you've heard the phrase, "The road to hell is paved with good intentions" and really it never seems more true in this movie. Kick Ass wants nothing more than to be a hero, stand up for those who we as a society let get picked on. But it cost him nearly every time, he isn't your average super hero, heck he's not even your average hero, and while some say the metal plates that end up attached to some of his bones, and the loss of nerve endings thus reducing the pain he feels is his power, I disagree, it is undying optimism. He just doesn't let up no matter what is thrown at him.
Of course the topic of controversy isn't Kick Ass so much as it is Hit Girl which really to me, just dumb founds me. Other than being an 11 year old girl nothing this character does is any different than any other female action star we've seen before. Hell she isn't even the most violent or foul mouthed kid we've seen in movies. But people seem to forget movies like Children of the Corn, Pet Sematary, or the Exorcist. Her character is there for two reason, the shallow one being it's just plain bad ass watching this girl kick the shit out of people, and a deeper one or just what type of person do you have to be a successful super hero.
Kick Ass wants to hold onto his humanity and wants to basically deal with the symptoms of crime rather than the source. Hit Girl and Big Daddy, well they want to burn the whole thing down. But one could even argue that really only Big Daddy understands the big picture and that by making everything a game for Hit Girl he's taking away the consequences of it all, which is something that dawns on her the first time she bleeds.
This movie is oozing with its love of the source material, ie classic comics. It really shows the ups and downs of a super hero in a real life setting, the value of life, the idea that some might need to die so that others will live, what real responsibility is.
I would also like to add one more thing about Hit Girl, there seems to be some talk on the internet that she's too provocative and I honestly don't see that being the case, here are the only two outfits I could see causing controversy but even they don't seem bad to me.
Now to put the school girl outfit in context she is wearing it to lull some of the villians into letting her into a secure building belonging to a crime lord, she acts like a little girl who's lost looking for her parents. So there I've said my piece if that's perverse then I don't know what people are smoking now a days.I loved this movie and I for one can't wait to buy it on Blu-Ray.
Now for the who should go and who should stay.
Go
if you love over the top violence, comic books, superheroes, and a movie that will make you think.
Stay home
if you hate violence, think that all children are innocent and should never be depicted as violent sociopaths, hate cursing, or are a cinema snobs who thinks the only good movies are movies that either make lots of money or are like Citizen Kane.
