To this humble Jersey Boy with a love of comics, Kick-Ass, well, kicked ass.
Based on a set of comics released just last year Kick-Ass, written by Mark Millar and illustrated by John Romita, Jr, is published by Marvel Comics under the company’s Icon imprint. Kick-Ass introduces us to the character of Dave Lizewski, played by Aaron Johnson, who asks the question so many comic book readers have probably asked themselves before, why hasn’t anyone ever tried to be a super hero?
As we quickly learn watching our hero, it’s because most people would probably get the holy hell beaten out of them and end up nearly dead in the hospital. But even after such a disastrous first outing, and an undetermined amount of time in a hospital, Kick-Ass takes to the streets once more, and in his second outing is much more successful. He succeeds in defending a local man from being beaten up by a couple of thugs and in the process gaining worldwide fame and notoriety.
As Kick-Asses fame grows, more heroes arrive on the scene in the characters of Big Daddy and Hit-Girl played by actors Nicolas Cage and Chloe Moretz, far more efficient and dangerous than Kick-Ass slowly gaining the attention of a major mob boss they are severely putting the screws too.
The violence, bad language, and shocking visuals continue to ramp up in increasing value till an amazing scene towards the end of Hit-Girl singlehandedly taking down an army. The introduction of Red Mist in the movie, played by Christopher “McLovin” Mintz-Plase almost seems superfluous even though he is introduced to us in the movie from very early on.
Many reviewers and parents groups out there seemed shocked at the true content of the movie, perhaps feeling that it was more a comedy then a hard boiled action movie due to the inclusion of a little girl as a superheroic character.
News flash America, she is an actress, she read lines, she acted in a role. She is not the character and just because she is in the movie it does not mean you can bring children her age to see it. If you do, after hearing its a rated R, you are a bad parent. I watched the move at 5 PM in the afternoon, and had a parent had his two 5-10 year olds wandering around behind me in it. Bad parents aside, the movie remains a good movie.
If your a fan of John Woo or Quentin Tarantino, like dark comedies, or action movies full of bad guys getting their due, Kick-Ass is fun ride and you should get a kick out of it.
But if your the type that believes an 11 year old saying cunt or cock is reprehensible and unforgivable, you might be happier at How to Train Your Dragon down the hall. And from the looks of the box office, many of you out there feel that way.
Most of the time, my personal and professional life tend to work against each other, but when the opportunity arose to review a photography workshop at the 
