"Seriously, out of all the millions of people who love superheroes, you think one would give it a try," says Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson), the audacious superhero and title character of Kick-Ass. This is no tale of web-slingers or the last son of an alien race; Kick-Ass gives us the real world we live in and shows us what happens when a kid just like us tries to realize the superhero fantasy: He gets his ass kicked. Despite that realization, Kick-Ass holds together as an inspiring, funny, and exhilarating film, and definitely one of the best comic book adaptations to date.
A typical geeky high-school boy, Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson) takes the initiative to buy his own (lame) costume and fashion himself into the altruistic hero Kick-Ass. After his first failed attempt, one of Dave's attempts at crime-stopping turns into a brawl, which a bystander posts on YouTube, turning him into an Internet star with plenty of friend requests. Everything turns for the worse, however, when he's targeted by the mob.
The film is all about contrast and balance. After our introduction to Dave, we meet Mindy Macready (Chlo
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