By Kira Keleher
Western Sun opinion editor
An 11 year-old girl wielding butterfly knives, killing big bad guys with stolen bazookas, while wearing a purple wig does sound a bit disturbing, but hey, it’s only a movie.
“Kick-Ass” allows the characters portrayed by Aaron Johnson, Chloe Moretz, and Nicolas Cage to become real-life superheroes and this movie lives up to its title.
“…Three a**holes, [beating up] one guy while everyone else watches? And you wanna know what’s wrong with me?”
Dave Lizewski was fed up. Growing up in crime infested New York, everyday people didn’t bother to help each other out anymore. He begins his hilariously mediocre rise to super hero-dom after being mugged more times than he can remember.
As he does his good deeds, he meets up with Big-Daddy and Hit-Girl, a duo that may be a little less heroic and a little more vengeful.
This action-packed film brings all of the realistic aspects of superhero fantasies to life.
The plot is unlike most comic-book movies. Sure, it starts out with a geeky teen who gains a super identity who has to fight bad guys and the ultimate antagonist, but there are unique twists.
The one thing that makes “Kick-Ass” stand out among the rest is the philosophy that since people have generally lost the sense of helping others out in time of danger and that anyone could just stand up and be a hero; superpowers aren’t a necessity anymore!
The special effects were so well done, you could barely tell computer graphics were used, except for maybe the awesome scene where they film Hit-Girl’s point of view as a first person shooter video game.
It has realistic fight scenes, relate-able characters in real life situations, and fulfills a fantasy that almost everyone has had; to be the hero comic books are made of.
Although it has been mis-read as being geared towards a young audience, the movie is rated R for a reason. There is sexual content and sexual references, gore, disturbing scenes, and is delightfully offensive in nature.
To summarize, even though it may be a little disturbing in the sense that maybe it’s a little too heavy subject matter for an 11 year old, the movie was still epic!
So, if you are looking to watch a unique film that will certainly entertain, definitely catch “Kick-Ass.” It doesn’t disappoint.
