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Kick-Ass

Shut Up. Kick-Ass.

This satire of the superhero genre has had mixed reviews and reactions. Not for the faint-hearted, the story concerns an ordinary teen with delusions of becoming a superhero via his costume. The costume fails to produce any magic, but luckily (?) he gets hooked up with an eleven year old girl and her dad, who are both well-trained in killing arts. Together they find themselves up against the local mob, and the body count soon goes through the roof.

117 minutes, No persons under 16 (Language, Violence, Drug abuse)
Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller.

Credits

Cast

Aaron Johnson, Chloe Moretz, Nicolas Cage, Garrett M. Brown, Clark Duke, Evan Peters, Deborah Twiss, Lyndsy Fonseca

Director

Matthew Vaughn

Screenplay

Jane Goldman, Matthew Vaugh, from the comic by Mark Millar, John Romita Jr.

Music

Marius De Vries, Ilan Eshkeri, Henry Jackman, John Murphy

Cinematography

Ben Davis

Editing

Eddie Hamilton, Jon Harris, Pietro Scalia

Sound formats

Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS

Soundtrack

Not available

Made in

2010

Produced by

Marv Films, Plan B Entertainment

SA Distributor

Nu Metro

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Action, comedy
Language	Strong, frequent
Nudity	None
Sex	Brief
Violence	Strongish, frequent
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	Some
Drug abuse	Some
Comments	Comedy-satire on comic superheroes and gangster movies. Strong violence, though one scene with flashing lights might disturb viewers with sensitivities to such lighting.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity

Violence

Blood / Gore / Gross

Guns /
Weapons

Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs

Smoking

Disrespectful /
Bad Attitude

Imitative Behaviour

Frightening /
Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes

Tense Family Scenes

Music (Scary/Tense)

Music (Inappropriate)

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Ratings

Scale (Max)

International Media

Box Office (USA)Peter Hammond Move over Iron Man. There’s a new superhero in town and his name is Kick-Ass.

Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert Say what you will about her character, but Chloe Grace Moretz has presence and appeal. Then the movie moved into dark, dark territory, and I grew sad.

eye Weekly (Canada)Chris Bilton The. Best. Super. Hero. Film. Ever.

ScreenIt (USA)C. Fuchs For those who get the joke and don't mind the approach, it's likely going to be entertaining to one degree or another, even as the young actress' supporting character steals the movie from the titular one.

Metacritic.com38 critics

RottenTomatoes.com203 critics

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

Internet (IMDB)19783 Netizens Awesome Movie. probably the best movie of the year

Average .. 71%

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