Kick-Ass

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Using his love for comics as inspiration, teenager Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson) decides to reinvent himself as a superhero -- despite a complete lack of special powers. Dave dons a costume, dubs himself "Kick-Ass," and gets to work fighting crime. He joins forces with the father/daughter vigilante team of Big Daddy and Hit Girl, then befriends another fledgling crime-fighter called Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), but a scheming mobster soon puts their alliance to the test.

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Not for the faint of heart, Kick-Ass takes the comic adaptation genre to new levels of visual style, bloody violence, and gleeful profanity.

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Kjerstin Johnson

Bitch Media

Find one review that doesn't say that Hit Girl steals the show. She gets the best scenes, and actually complicates the plot... So, I guess you don't have to pass on Kick-Ass.

Dec 23, 2020

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Deborah Ross

The Spectator

The plot doesn't add up to much, but doesn't have to, as this is a film defined by its high-energy, go-for-it-whatever, convention-toppling spirit.

Aug 30, 2018

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Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

f you're one of the many nerdy high school boys plagued with unpopularity and pimples, you'll adore the underdog story of Kick-Ass. But if you're one of the rest of us, you probably won't.

Rated: C-

Sep 11, 2017

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Given the safe, PG-13-rated tenor of most superhero movies today, something offbeat (and R-rated) like Kick-Ass comes as a shock, albeit a welcome one.

Rated: 3/4

Aug 22, 2023

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

Everything is clever, with irreverent impertinence… devilishly fun. [Full review in Spanish]

Jul 19, 2022

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Fico Cangiano

CineXpress Podcast

Kick-Ass entertainingly and effectively subverts the superhero genre, while providing a hilarious comic book reality check. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 3.5/5

Aug 6, 2021

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Matthew Vaughn Director Aaron Taylor-Johnson Dave Lizewski Christopher Mintz-Plasse Chris D'Amico Mark Strong Frank D'Amico Chloë Grace Moretz Mindy Clark Duke Marty

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