Kick Ass

1. Use of "C_unt" is allowed in 15 rated films as long as it falls under justified context. See Shaun of the Dead or Mean Creek for example. The use of the word is obviously comical in it's delivery merely due to it being delivered by a 12-13 year old girl. It therefore would probably not be seen as offensive due to the absurd comical nature of it, in comparison to that of an adult delivering it in a ruthless manner.

2. The violence present in the film appears to be highly exaggerated and almost comical in it's nature. The gore seems to be alike to that of the Final Destination series, of which display large amounts of gore and violence but however only receive a 15 rating due to the amount of humor submersing the "punch line". It's obviously evident that this is the same thing. We have a young teenager running around dishing out ridiculous amounts of bloodshed. There's your punchline. More so, Kick-Ass is a comedy, meaning that the portrayal of violence is without doubt humored and catered towards mid/older teenagers. This obviously isn't Saw.

3. The UK distributor is Universal, of who released Bruno in the UK also. I would ask you to remember the decision to release a 15 rated cut of the film after reports of large amounts of teenagers being turned away were picked up upon by Universal. Now, Kick-Ass will without DOUBT be immensely popular among teenagers aged 15 and over (in fact, it already is. I've heard endless amounts of people talking about it on the internet and in the real world, so by already knowing that Universal is well aware of it's target audience/s, it seems absurd to think that they would cut out such a large and wide audience.