![]() ![]() And Mark Strong shines as the big bad guy crime boss (unexpectedly hilarious). And unless you're Roger Ebert, there's some deliciously twisted humor to be found in those ass-kickings. "Kick-Ass" features more bloody fight scenes than you can shake a stick at, with Moretz doing most of the anatomical damage. ![]() Cage gleefully chews the scenery in his gun-wielding Batman ripoff role (complete with Adam West dialogue impersonation). But the question gets away from Vaughn, as the movie introduces a larger narrative and centers on a violent pre-teen girl (Chloe Moretz) who, as the sidekick to the Batman-esque Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage), eschews a normal childhood in favor of ACTUALLY kicking ass. who then proceeds to promptly gets his ass kicked on more than one occasion. "Why hasn't anyone become a superhero?" That question is at the heart of Matthew Vaughn's "Kick-Ass", a deconstructionist superhero movie that sees awkward teenager Dave (Aaron Johnson) actually don the spandex and venture out onto the rooftops. ![]()
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