MOVIE REIVEW - Kick-Ass

Make absolutely NO mistake, the new satire Kick-Ass is NOT for everyone.

Kick-Ass is an acquired taste to be sure. This is a very strange, dark action, dark comedy, loaded with parody, satire and enough spoof to go around. Before we dive in it should be noted, this movie has been packaged as a comedy. But it in its overall delivery...is not. It is highly violent, and there is much that could make some very uncomfortable.

In Kick-Ass there are these strange, regular people that decide that being a superhero is a good idea. So lead by a misfit teen, the hero "Kick-Ass" is born. He goes around trying to right the wrongs of New York City, and does so with very little success. He inspires others to do the same. Including a father and his 11 year old daughter. They go by the names, Big Daddy, and Hit Girl. They decide to take on the organized drug syndicate of the Big Apple, lead by their lead killer the little girl, Hit Girl. She is a trained killer who offs the bad guys in every imaginable way, and does it time and time again.

Kick-Ass is a movie you have got to "get." It has a Kill Bill feel to it. It is not Quentin Tarantino, but it feels like one. You have to understand the sheer absurdity, satire and rediculousness that Kick-Ass is throwing up there. Gratuitous killing is the rule here, with blood, and heavy violence. This is a concept kind of movie. Very, very dark in it's comedic moments. It is parody on superhero stories and the stereotypical geeks that follow them and read comic books.

A young, tech savvy, and desensitized audience may find this movie funny, action packed and not as stunning as adults and parents especially. Many will be troubled by the fact that this little 11 year old girl goes on a killing spree, and murders about 50 drug cartel members. And you have to be able to stomach watching her get beaten up badly and actually shot a few times too by adults.

It is clear beyond any recent movie, that Kick-Ass is not for everyone. What is ones persons dark absurd comedy, is another's hard to watch, why has this been made movie. The whole idea of this movie is actually pretty good. A parody on this whole genre of movie making, but it may have been a better idea than movie. There are some clever and funny scenes in this movie, but many will find the whole 11 year old little girl as a killing vigilante too much. I know the whole thing is so absurd that it's supposed to be light, but to me it's not.

Kick-Ass. Buyer beware....this is NOT what it is packaged as at all. This is a very different movie in reality than in the commercials. Leave Nana at home.