This is the 3rd Matthew Vaughn movie that I am reviewing. That would leave me with a RomCom titled Stardust. It would be interesting to note that Vaughn is not a uni-dimensional director by any mean standards. I thought his work in X Men First Class was average but that was more to do with the fact that X Men should have been directed by Bryan Singer always to maintain consistency. With L4yer Cake, which was his debut movie, Vaughn did quite a solid job of a fast paced action packed drug dealer movie. He then moved into fantasia with Stardust which I still have to see. And last year with Kick Ass, he joins the Super Hero genre. Next up from his table is the sequel to Kick Ass which is aptly titled Kick-Ass 2: Balls to the Wall. I must say though Vaughn has done a commendable job with Kick Ass as well. It was called out by many as a very solid movie and that I must see it. I was more than glad to stay awake till late in the night to finish watching a very entertaining flick and with the exception of the incessant advertisement breaks (which really really get to you every 10 minutes) it was a thoroughly enjoyable experience. Vaughn’s capabilities to pay attention to detail in a movie that would have otherwise been completed just as a random super hero movie, is quite commendable.
The only weak point in Kick Ass would be the presence of my favouritest actor of all time – Mr. Constipated or Mr. I have been recently dumped by my past 3 girl friends – you got it right – Nicholas Cage. I mean in what frame of mind did Vaughn decide to pick up Cage for the role of Big Daddy / Damon Macready an ex cop who is set up by the local drug lord Frank D'Amico (Mark Strong) and has to spend a few years in prison. His wife is distraught with the turn of events and decides to take her life. However, the excessive sleeping pills fail to kill the baby that she is carrying and leaves Damon to take care of Mindy Macready (Chloe Moretz) who will then go on to become Hit Girl – replete with purple hair, purple costumes and an HG belt as well.
But in this entire scheme of things who or what is Kick Ass??? Kick Ass aka Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson) is this loser boy, the average nerd in high school who no one gives a second look, the absolutely ignored soul or whatever else you would like to call him. Now Dave has always wondered as to why is it that no normal human being has ever taken inspiration from comic book super heroes and gone on a super hero spree in regular life. Like fighting crime on a day to day basis and ensuring that the streets are kept as clean as possible of crime. Not the easiest job in the world because you consistently get beaten up and get back home bloody and sometimes land up in the hospital. But Dave keeps at it and eventually gets into cohorts with Big Daddy and Hit Girl in the noble intent of putting an end to the D’Amico legacy. It’s a totally fun journey I assure you. You will be kept entertained all the way. Safe bet – 6 on 10.
Watch the trailer at http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1572603673/
The only weak point in Kick Ass would be the presence of my favouritest actor of all time – Mr. Constipated or Mr. I have been recently dumped by my past 3 girl friends – you got it right – Nicholas Cage. I mean in what frame of mind did Vaughn decide to pick up Cage for the role of Big Daddy / Damon Macready an ex cop who is set up by the local drug lord Frank D'Amico (Mark Strong) and has to spend a few years in prison. His wife is distraught with the turn of events and decides to take her life. However, the excessive sleeping pills fail to kill the baby that she is carrying and leaves Damon to take care of Mindy Macready (Chloe Moretz) who will then go on to become Hit Girl – replete with purple hair, purple costumes and an HG belt as well.
But in this entire scheme of things who or what is Kick Ass??? Kick Ass aka Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson) is this loser boy, the average nerd in high school who no one gives a second look, the absolutely ignored soul or whatever else you would like to call him. Now Dave has always wondered as to why is it that no normal human being has ever taken inspiration from comic book super heroes and gone on a super hero spree in regular life. Like fighting crime on a day to day basis and ensuring that the streets are kept as clean as possible of crime. Not the easiest job in the world because you consistently get beaten up and get back home bloody and sometimes land up in the hospital. But Dave keeps at it and eventually gets into cohorts with Big Daddy and Hit Girl in the noble intent of putting an end to the D’Amico legacy. It’s a totally fun journey I assure you. You will be kept entertained all the way. Safe bet – 6 on 10.
Watch the trailer at http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1572603673/
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