BrianSez's Review

Summary - Great 4.0

Kick Ass kicks ass! Revel in dark sarcasm and decadent violence as an unlikely crew takes on bad guys. The premise is so out of left field, that you find yourself confronted with jaw-dropping scene after jaw-dropping scene so macabre, that your gut reaction is to laugh. And plenty of laughs abound. Average teenager dons dorky outfit aside, along comes a tween-aged girl that spills as much bad-guy blood as the goriest Halloween zombie movie. Throw in your typical teen coming of age stuff and you literally don’t know what to think about this plot – eventually you just sit back, drop your jaw, and laugh as you shake your head thinking about how they came up with this story. Enjoy!

Acting - Very Good 3.5

Aaron Johnson is great as the main character Kick Ass. But my favorites are Chloe Moretz as Hit Girl and Nicholas Cage as Big Daddy. Daughter and Father are a perfect fit has they hit you with outlandish zingers (look for the big cock in the sky — indeed!) and inexplicable violence that finds you laughing as you think about its source.

Film - Really Great 4.5

Vaughn delivers what might end up being a new cult classic with KA. This is a melting pot of teenage coming-of-age, gen-X (or is it Y?) flavor of “where did that come from?” humor, darkish sarcasm, and kick-ass violence. You end up always wanting to see what happens next – excellent!

Edge - Horrid 3.6

Reality - Supernatural 4.0

8 Comments

• MJ5K May 3, 2010 9:37PM

  I don’t know. It would have a LOT of expectations to fulfill. And considering most super sequels are better than their super predecessors and Mark Millar is writing a sequel to the comic, a sequel seems likely. I guess we’ll have to see how strong of a life it has on DVD.

• Wick May 3, 2010 9:16PM

  Regarding MetalJunky5000’s Review
  Welcome aboard Junky. Do you think the sequel can be anywhere near as good?

• MJ5K Apr 24, 2010 6:01PM

  Haha, well, I guess I should take it into consideration then….

• Wick Apr 24, 2010 12:04AM

  Au contraire Junky. We need your scores. WikPik’s works best the more scores a movie gets. Yeah, we probably got enough commentary, notwithstanding that you often say something interesting or funny no matter what.

  Do this. Write six lines, two in any three of the SAFER boxes. That way your scores’ll look reasoned in the ReviewGrid.

  Now if you’re scared of standing out from the crowd, that’s another thing… ;-]

• MJ5K Apr 23, 2010 8:12PM

  Regarding Wick’s Review
  Indeed a great review as always, Wick. I saw the film and I thought it was definitly really good, but I couldn’t help but feel a little letdown. However, I feel it best I shouldn’t review it cuz I don’t want to kill the buzz. Plus, all your guys’ reviews are enough to tell people to see the movie : )

• BrianSez Apr 23, 2010 6:24PM

  Regarding Wick’s Review
  Great review Wick!

• Wick Apr 18, 2010 10:21PM

  Great set of reviews Brian, Snowman and Iz. Consensus seems to be 4 beams even. That’s where my head is at also, meaning I’m in even less of a rush to craft my review.

• Wick Apr 17, 2010 10:53AM

  Regarding izzio’s Review
  Hey Iz,

  Thanks for posting the first review of Kick-Ass. I saw it last too and laughed my ass off. Now that your review is posted, I can take a few days to get mine done.

  Wick

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