Kick-Ass

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Kick-Ass

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2010

1h 57m

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Comedy

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Using his love for comics as inspiration, teenager Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson) decides to reinvent himself as a superhero -- despite a complete lack of special powers. Dave dons a costume, dubs himself "Kick-Ass," and gets to work fighting crime. He joins forces with the father/daughter vigilante team of Big Daddy and Hit Girl, then befriends another fledgling crime-fighter called Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), but a scheming mobster soon puts their alliance to the test.

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Critics Consensus

Not for the faint of heart, Kick-Ass takes the comic adaptation genre to new levels of visual style, bloody violence, and gleeful profanity.

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Kjerstin Johnson

Bitch Media

12/23/2020

Find one review that doesn't say that Hit Girl steals the show. She gets the best scenes, and actually complicates the plot... So, I guess you don't have to pass on Kick-Ass.

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Deborah Ross

The Spectator

08/30/2018

The plot doesn't add up to much, but doesn't have to, as this is a film defined by its high-energy, go-for-it-whatever, convention-toppling spirit.

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Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

09/11/2017

C-

f you're one of the many nerdy high school boys plagued with unpopularity and pimples, you'll adore the underdog story of Kick-Ass. But if you're one of the rest of us, you probably won't.

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Douglas Davidson

Elements of Madness

May 27

Even as other elements of the narrative don’t shine so brightly ... one cannot deny the significance of this film on both Vaughn’s career and all the superhero films (subversive or not) that followed.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

08/22/2023

3/4

Given the safe, PG-13-rated tenor of most superhero movies today, something offbeat (and R-rated) like Kick-Ass comes as a shock, albeit a welcome one.

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

07/19/2022

Everything is clever, with irreverent impertinence… devilishly fun. [Full review in Spanish]

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Gregory S

@Gregory566 Feb 6

This movie knows the assignment and delivers.

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Ryan S

@Ryan.Mark.Silk Feb 2

Kick-Ass (2010) isn’t really about superheroes — it’s about moral courage. Dave Lizewski isn’t strong, gifted, or chosen; he’s just someone who refuses to stay a spectator while violence happens in plain sight. The film’s power comes from flipping the superhero myth: responsibility doesn’t come from power, it comes from awareness. Doing the right thing is painful, dangerous, and often unrewarded — but choosing to act still matters.

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Jack F

@MovieFan111 Nov 17

Loved this movie. I HATE super hero movies (Marvel and DC stuff), but I like this kind. You can create a double feature by pairing this movie with "Super" (James Gunn directed).

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Gabriel M

@Anonymous12 Oct 6

Had its moments but couldn’t finish it. There’s a scene where the girl left a flashlight with strong flashing blinks. So I just turned it off.

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Tucker H

Oct 5

This movie is what a modern super hero movie should be, just some random loser that sorta happens into becoming one. A bunch of plot points are also carefully foreshadowed earlier in the film, which is another thing that makes it so good. And the dialogue is pretty funny

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Noel L

Sep 21

This has to be the most realistic superhero film I've ever seen. Not to mention so relatable at the being and it included some of the most realistic fight scenes I've ever seen.

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Synopsis

Using his love for comics as inspiration, teenager Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson) decides to reinvent himself as a superhero -- despite a complete lack of special powers. Dave dons a costume, dubs himself "Kick-Ass," and gets to work fighting crime. He joins forces with the father/daughter vigilante team of Big Daddy and Hit Girl, then befriends another fledgling crime-fighter called Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), but a scheming mobster soon puts their alliance to the test.

Director: Matthew Vaughn
Producer: Matthew Vaughn, Brad Pitt, Tarquin Pack, Kris Thykier, David Reid, Adam Bohling
Screenwriter: Matthew Vaughn, Jane Goldman
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Production Co: DMG Entertainment, Marv Films, Plan B Entertainment
Rating: R (Pervasive Language|Nudity|Strong Brutal Violence|Sexual Content|Some Drug Use|Some Involving Children)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 16, 2010, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 3, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $48.0M
Runtime: 1h 57m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS

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