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Dragonlordxxxxx · 11-06-2009, 09:17 AM

Early review from London test screening:

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Just got back from the screening of Kick-Ass, and I'm happy to report that it is fucking awesome!!!

As far as the actors go, Brit Aaron Johnson as Kick-Ass more than fills the lead role ably handling the accent, but I did feel that he lacked the vulnerability of the comic's Dave Lizewski, never nerdy enough and definitely too buff, but that's just nit-picking at a role that should catapult him into the big time. Christopher "McLovin" Mintz-Plasse proves that he has what it takes to hold his own in a comedic role as Red Mist, and he seems perfectly cast. Nic Cage, who I wasn't really to impressed with when I heard he was cast as Big Daddy, proved me wrong by putting in a hilarious, Adam West-esque performance (although his final scenes did raise a few eyebrows for his scene-chewing, but again I won't spoil it for you).

But the film truly belongs to Chloe Moretz who, as Hit Girl, tears through the film as the baddest pre-pubescent 4 foot badass ever committed to film. She totally owns every scene and provided the audience with at least three bandstanding crowd cheering moments. She's funny, witty, knowing, hugely crude, and just massively ass-kicking, her Matrix lobby-esque scene at the film's climax is just incredible, and again should propel her into the big time by just being one of the most incredibly cool characters in any comic book film ever. Badder than Wolverine, funnier than Deadpool, more athletic than Spiderman and cuter than that kid in Runaways. Just fucking awesome.

Matthew Vaughan does himself proud and he should find Hollywood banging at his door upon the release of this film. He handles the action superbly (a couple of fight scene's seem to go on a bit, but this was a 'work-in-progress' cut we saw, so there is time to tighten them up), and he manages to inject enough humour alongside the brutal violence effortlessly. Fans of the comic will be glad to know that plenty of blood is still spilled, and the violence has only slightly been curbed from the comic, keeping Mark Millar's ultra-violent tone intact.

Still from what we saw, I'm quite confident in saying this is up there with the best comic films I've ever seen (Spiderman 2, Dark Knight), and probably one of the best films i've seen all year. It's rude, lewd, naughty and knowing. The violence is brutal, the laughs come thick and fast, and the tone is pitch perfect. At just under two hours long, the film seems to drag in the middle, but the spectacular finale more than dispels any qualms I had with that. There are a couple of plot points that feel fumbled, but that will hopefully be sorted in the final cut.

What Matthew Vaughan and everyone involved with Kick-Ass is just brilliant. They've created the ultimate super-hero origin film, one that never feels forced, but always organic, natural, and gut-bustingly funny in the process. Full of cultural references, fanboy in-jokes, and a genuinely comic script, this is the deconstruction of the superhero film that the genre needs at the start of the next decade, something that the Watchmen film failed to do, but the Watchmen comic did for comics in the 1980s. I can't wait to see it again, and judging by the audience response at the screening, this should be a huge hit.

Oh and it sets up Kick-Ass 2 nicely, but i'll be damned if i'm going to get excited about a sequel before this even comes out...

It'll be tough.

I promised myself I wouldn't say it... but Kick-Ass Kicks Ass.

Dragonlordxxxxx · 11-06-2009, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by pinoy ninja

when will they learn? nicolas cage and superhero don't belong together (and this is coming from a huge nicolas cage fan).

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Originally Posted by sG Battousai

I have no interest in seeing it after I saw Nicolas Cage was tied to this movie

I share your apprehension about Nic Cage but don't let that cloud your mind. This is not a Nic Cage movie, he's just a supporting actor here. Early reviews are saying the movie is awesome and Cage was good in his supporting role.

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Nic Cage, who I wasn't really to impressed with when I heard he was cast as Big Daddy, proved me wrong by putting in a hilarious, Adam West-esque performance