based on the graphic novel by Mark Millar & John Romita Jr.
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The first thing I thought to myself when this film ended was, hmmm, a couple of years ago and that would have been an 18s cert, no mistake. However this “Strong, bloody violence, strong language and moderate sexual content.” rates a 16 cert in these times. Probably because of the moderate sexual content, remember boys and girls, violence is only a little naughty, sex is “teh evil”.
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Kick-ass is a genuinely entertaining film. Once you don’t mind ott violence and blood and gore, that is. If you do then this is not a film for you. But if you get the fact that a huge part of a super-hero’s job description involves hurting other people then you’ll have a better chance of liking this. To be totally honest some of the deaths were a little too much, especially if you want an audience to empathise with your characters.
But the main positive about this film is Hit-Girl. She is so cool. And isn’t it great to see a female character who is taken seriously in her own right, not just as an addition to the main male star! Not very realistic perhaps, to have a child fight an adult, but it somehow just works here.
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I caught Kick-Ass whilst I was out in HK, loved it, the comedy, the violence. It was hard watching a child get beaten up though but it wasn't as if it wasn't part of the story. It got the equivalent of an 18 cert out there incidentally.
I loved parts of it. Especially the Hit-girl parts :)