There are parts of this movie that are laugh out-loud funny, and then there are parts that really suck. Overall, tho, if you like alternative action, spoofs, satires or comic books, pick this one up.
The basic story: a high school non-entity wants to be a superhero (Kick-Ass), so he orders a costume and a mask and gets the crap beat out of him. Along the way, tho, he actually does some deeds that are a bit impressive, the deeds get posted online, and he develops a fan following. Pretty soon he runs into a real superhero (of the Batman genre), known as Big Daddy (Nic Cage) and Big Daddy's daughter, a ten-year old known as Hit Girl.
Hit Girl does not get top billing, but she should - she IS the show. Played by Chloe Moretz, this little girl is a foul-mouthed fighting machine. She rocks. I would like to see more Hit Girl. Kick Ass is pretty funny, too, but the movie gets distracted by unneeded, stupid sub-plots. Kick-Ass as his high school self plays gay to get a girl. Big Daddy has a vendetta / rivalry with the local drug kingpin (Mark Strong), while his former cop partner wants him to give Mindy / Hit Girl a normal childhood. These sub-plots should have been edited out, and there should have been more scenes like Kick-Ass and Red Mist dancing to Gnarls Barkley in the car, being total dorks. Those scenes gave the movie a light silliness which nicely offsets Hit Girl unleashing HELL on Mark Strong's henchmen.
Yep - Mark Strong once again plays a bad guy, and his not-very-good NY accent slips in and out of use here. Nic Cage starts out as a ridiculous cheese-ball character, which works all right for him, but then he slips into downright crap acting and he's the Nic we know and love to hate. It's good to be reliable.
BTW, why do publicity shots of an 11 year old try to make her look sexy? Eeew. Still, if you like to see people take a chance with a film and a genre, even if it doesn't totally work, rent this one.
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