Film review: Kick-Ass

Layer Cake director Matthew Vaughn has been getting stick about his comic-book comedy Kick-Ass because of its violence and foul language.

He told one journalist during an interview: "F*** them all. It's a free country and you don't have to watch it."

It's a point of view, but Vaughn's movie has escaped with only a 15-certificate by the UK censors - and his argument about free choice is unlikely to work on impressionable teenagers. 

In the US, Kick-Ass has been given an R-rating which means kids under 17 are not allowed to attend unless accompanied by an adult. But in my view this doesn't go far enough. Kick-Ass is an exhilarating yet deeply flawed movie that should be for adults only. So is our moral compass all askew? Interestingly, it's a question touched on by our would-be screen hero, who asks: "Why does everybody want to be Paris Hilton and nobody wants to be Spider-Man?" The answer to that one, it turns out, is because it hurts being a superhero.

New York teen Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson) discovers the painful truth after he dons a green and yellow wetsuit to become crime fighter and vigilante Kick-Ass.

Overcoming all odds, the eager young lawenforcer quickly becomes a phenomenon, capturing the public's imagination thanks to the power of the internet and social networking websites.

However, he's not the only superhero out there. Meet the fearless father and daughter crime-fighting duo of Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage) and Hit Girl (Chloe Moretz) who have been slowly but surely demolishing the evil empire of Mob boss Frank D'Amico (Mark Strong).

At the same time, though, Kick-Ass gets drawn into the bloody and violent world of Frank's no-good son Chris (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), who also leads a double life as Red Mist.

Their final showdown becomes a battle between the forces of good and evil.

As a slice of very adult entertainment, this movie nearly works.

It is extremely funny in places, the action set-pieces are magnificent and the likes of Cage and Strong are excellent. But the real scene stealer is Chloë Moretz as the 11-year-old Hit Girl.

Chloe, who has since turned 13 in real life, gives an incredible performance for someone of her tender years.

Yet there is something not quite right about a little girl slicing and dicing her way through the bad guys and using language that would make even a sailor blush. Ultimately, the movie fails because you are much more interested in Hit Girl and Big Daddy than in the central character, Kick-Ass.

Which inevitably means we will see a stand-alone Hit Girl movie. Meanwhile, shame on the censors!

Cat's Comment

Well Kick Ass went really well recently in the UK okay the headline is Kick Ass has been given an R rating so that's it kids can't see it.

OH RIGHT! This Is Where They Wait For The DVD/BluRay Release Comes In!

Okay people there is a new technology that's been around since 1998 called DVD yes i know it's a bastard isn't it but well that's how it is Video has gone we are moving into a BLURAY world most parents or siblings buy films on DVD and see the family show as it becomes.

Sorry i can see Kick Ass i am the legal age haaaaa i loved it especially when the 

haaa i can't say because that would be telling i am not going to give it away for people reading this especially when they haven t seen the movie yet sorry.

Parents Please Take Care I Know It's Comic Violence but there is always a hidden copycat some where

Kick Ass Hits the UK

Kick Ass finally opened in the UK on March 26, 2010 and there has been some good reports about it i have heard forget all the lame 'fucked' up remarks about it people have seen the movie already they are speaking about what they have seen i saw the movie myself on Friday 26, 2010 and will i be buying it on DVD when it is released absolutely yes Kick Ass II bring it on i can relate to Hit Girl she is a martial arts girl so am i i am a black belt in taekwondo some people think where i live i am some sort of freak having learn't this at a young age but martial arts isn't just some self defense thing or something to boost your ego for example a bully wants to learn martial arts to better themselves at picking on people. WELL I HAVE NO TIME FOR THEIR SORT!

there is more to martial arts than boosting your bullying ego i hate bullies also there is a scene in Kick Ass where people will think oh right this Kick Ass guy is a superhero i think i will try that well sorry to dissappoint you but it wont work the thing i love about Matthew Vaughn is he is tactful and also a parent aswell without giving anything away Do Not Copy Kick Ass Okay! i wont say what happens in the movie if you haven't seen it i do not believe in spoiling it for people so if you wanna see it go do do BUT PLEASE NO COPYING THE MARTIAL ARTS STUFF

Martial arts is all very well if you know what you are doing i do i am a black belt in taekwondo but that doesn't mean everyone elso  is 

Chloe Grace Moretz Interview

Matthew Vaughn on Kick-Ass Censors and Chloe Moretz!

The director shares his thoughts on those that want to censor the movie and goes into detail about Chloe and the C-word...

"F*** them all!" says the director when asked how he feels about the self-appointed moral watchdogs who are calling Kick-Ass obscene, irresponsible and reprehensible. Seriously. It will ruin any creativity in this country, if we have to be answerable to them. It’s a free country, and you don’t have to watch it. But there are enough people who like this film to warrant it being made in the first place."

When asked about the reaction to Chloe Moretz using the C-word in the movie, Vaughn isnt bothered about the negative reaction that some people have had after a clip of the scene was recently released on the internet. "It’s pretty amazing that four letters can have such a powerful effect on people...I would not condone a normal little girl killing people or swearing." He went on to explain that Hit-Girl is like an SAS soldier taking out terrorists and saying, "OK, you c***s! Bam! Bam! Bam! You know taboos have to be broken. And then we move on, and God knows what the next one will be."

"We didn’t want to look gratuitous. We didn’t want to look like we were trying to be shocking for the hell of it." Vaughn went on to reveal that the line featuring the C-word had actually been changed to instead to "assholes" but it was Moretz’s chaperone and mother, Teri, who approached Vaughn and said, "Maybe we should do a take like the comic?" The take, with the C-word intact, Vaughn says, "Was like a mini atomic bomb had exploded. Even later on, in the edit, we looked at all the other takes, and nothing had the same impact."

Cats Comment

Moral Watchdog's they need a wake up call it's 2010 wait til the movie is released March 26, 2010 and i will be like "okay you cunts what you gonna say now"

Vaughn defends 'Kick-Ass' swearing

Director Matthew Vaughn has defended the use of bad language in his new movie Kick-Ass.
The film, based on a series of comics, has sparked controversy prior to its release as Chloe Moretz, who was 11 at the time of production, uses the word "cunts" and kills other characters in her role as Hit-Girl.
"It's pretty amazing that four letters can have such a powerful effect on people," Vaughn told The Times. "I would not condone a normal little girl killing people or swearing."
Vaughn pointed out that Hit-Girl is fictitous and added that no-one had complained when she used the word "fucking" earlier in the film.
"You know, taboos have to be broken," he continued. "And then we move on, and God knows what the next one will be."
Vaughn also admitted that he had originally left the C-word out of the movie because he didn't want to be "gratuitous" but explained that Moretz's mother had suggested they use it when the scene seemed flat.
"[It] was like a mini atomic bomb had exploded [when we used it]," he continued. "Even later on, in the edit, we looked at all the other takes, and nothing had the same impact."
Vaughn said that he had cast such a young actress as Hit-Girl so that she wouldn't be sexualised but admitted that he is worried about children copying scenes from his film.
"Some kid thinking that it looks like fun, putting on a costume and getting their head kicked in," he explained. "That would be a disaster. Which is one of the main reasons why there's a scene where Kick-Ass gets stabbed. I'm trying to say to the kids, 'Bad idea! Don't try this at home!'"
However, Vaughn refused to censor his movie, explaining: "Seriously, it will ruin any creativity in this country, if we have to be answerable to [moral watchdogs]. It's a free country, and you don't have to watch it. But there are enough people who like this film to warrant it being made in the first place."

Cat's Comment

Kids may or may not copy scenes from this movie that is an open debate. That parents will have to keep an eye on!

May i remind people that Kick Ass is rated 15 in the UK which means it is aimed at mid teenagers and adults
Matthew Vaughn is speaking as a parent aswell as a director he wouldn't want his children  

Parents will however buy the movie soon as it reaches DVD or BluRay form i am not saying kids wont watch this movie they probably will who knows they have probably seen other stuff such as the Kill Bill Movies and the Saw movies parents have this outlook ah well its in our own home its private most kids are really advanced these days some DVD'S even have extra's on telling you how the movie was made special effects etc.

My advice to parents if you are going to let your kids watch this please explain that what they are seeing hasn't to be copied because the stuff they see in this movie is stunts and some are dangerous do not copy any of the martial arts i know what i am saying i am a black belt in Taekwondo do not play with Taichi swords or any other type of weapon unless you know what you are doing IE been trained i have used these but i am trained Taichi Swords are not toys you will do yourself some serious damage even death.

Hopefully there will be enough sense in kids once they have been spoken to about what they are seeing i know some kids don't copy what they see but there are some that do.

here is what happens when some irresponsible person acts stupid with a sword!





Are You Surprised? Yes? No?

Q: Am I?
A: No the way he was holding it and behaving with it its a wonder it wasn't more serious

Kick Ass Film Festival March 2010

Kick Ass SXSW Event

Kick Ass Trailer Mindy Gets Shot By Her father

 Okay i added another clip from Kick Ass in this clip Mindy gets shot in the chest by her father

This Journal

 Please Remember

This Journal is R rated (USA) & 15+ (UK) so please remember this Journal isn't appropriate for younger children as this Journal does contain video's and images that younger children would find upsetting your co~operation would be appreciated!

UK

 USA

                   18A                 Canada

18A
Persons younger than 18 years must be accompanied by an Adult.
 R
person's under 17 requires a parent or guardian 18 or over

15

Persons 15 or over only

Exclusive Look At Kick Ass

Okay we have found the firearms that were used in the Movie Kick Ass

 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

HIT GIRL'S GUN BELOW!

Chloe Grace Moretz with the Heckler Below

Please Do Not Ask Where You Can Buy One!

The Daily mail

they seem to be good at destabilizing, confusing or manipulating the minds of another people with their published crap maybe they should call themselves The Daily Mind Fuck instead hahahaha.

Bamigboye's article, meanwhile, simply notes that "the violence in it could present a bit of a ratings challenge for our film censors".
And he's right. We've said it before and we'll say it again: there's a debate to be had here, but it's one that needs to be had with grown-ups, not reactive newspapers with a clear and present agenda. And woe betide anyone joining in that debate if they're related to Jonathan Ross in any way. That'd tip everyone over the edge, clearly.

"The language is offensive and the values inappropriate - without the saving grace of the bloodless victory of traditional superheroes"

"The movie's not a documentary and it's not real life"

Cat's Comment

Chloe Grace Moretz explained 

‘When people see the movie they'll realize that Hit Girl is just a girl who goes after the bad guys. She's just a little girl and this is just a movie. No one is going to seriously think that's what I do in my spare time,' the super-smart Ms Moretz explained to me. "  

nice one Chloe you tell them Chloe has explained that Kick Ass is a movie and my god this is immature measure's coming from the media they dis Kick Ass as though its the most violent film ever made what about the Exorcist take the young actress in that what she did with a crucifix rather obscene and there is Natalie Portman what the media need to realize that the days of the waltons and little house on the prairie are long gone we are in the 21st century the 2000's not the 70's and 80's and kids do swear and kids can be violent aswell kids get into fights times have moved on since those decades times have moved on since the 90's the world is more violent you have terrorism the situation in Afghanistan if the papers want to write about something write about that do not dis a movie like it was real life

do not dis a movie like it was real life

 Please remember this is a movie a film a work of fiction and it is not real life i have seen my fare share of slasher movies and not one of them made me want to go out and go on a 'fucking' killing spree i am certainly not going to make myself a leather mask and then grab hold of a chainsaw and go out hacking people to death am i DUH! because i have too much intelligence to know what i am seeing isn't real its a movie and special effects fake blood sometimes they use red dye or corn syrup take Orphan for example you see a scene where Esther is stabbing her father in the chest that was done using a magnet under the actors shirt and the knife was hitting that also the fake blood red dye or corn syrup also prosthetic dummies double for actors which many cases are rather life like they have to be to get it perfectly right and it looks real enough on screen.

The Newspaper's need to concentrate on doing write ups on real events such as the Haiti Earthquake and the Chile Earthquake not some ridiculous article's on things they clearly know nothing about they talk about this movie as though it's real violence and hit girl is real DUH hit girl is a character created by mark miller who wrote the kick ass comics Chloe Grace Moretz is an actresss  she is not hit girl she portrays hit girl.

They need to learn how to separate the actor from the character  Chloe is not anything like hit girl and the actress Linda Blair in the Exorcist wasn't really taken over by the devil.

Remember Fiction Not Real Life

okay Kick Ass has been rated 15 in the UK the BBFC don't obviously think its controversial like the press are making it out to be and as violent or it would have been an 18 hmmm maybe in the 80's most movies get a 15 in the UK i have watched 18 rated horror films that were made in the early 1980's and some compared to 15 rated horror films of the present some of the 18 rated horror movies are rather tame in comparison to some of today's 15 rated horror films obviously old 1980's special visual effects aren't as good as 21st century effects the so called video nasties that were about in the early 1980's have been re released on DVD uncut some were banned in their day here is an example my folks have the original Zombies dawn of the dead on video and they have not got it on DVD that is an 18 rated most were back then okay take Wicked little things Chloe Grace Moretz starred with Scout Taylor Compton from the Halloween movies this movie was a zombie movie this was a 15 rating people know how movies are made and it isn't just 18+ who watch horror movies with today's standards the movie ratings aren't as strict like they were years ago.