This movie opening tomorrow is primed to rip up the box office but will it? KICK ASS is a provocative, naughty little minx of a comic strip now made into a film starring Christopher Mintz=Plasse, aka McLovin from SUPERBAD. Take a look at this trailer and let me know--does it look like something you'd like to see? Is it something that will take its place among the box office bonanzas that comic strip makeovers often become.
According to reviewers at the SXSW film fest in Austin,
The best scenes in the movie are the ones in which it plays out as an outrageous action comedy. The opening scenes are fine: high school loser Dave Lizewski (newcomer Aaron Johnson) wonders why no one ever's just tried to become a superhero, without science or some cosmic accident. He decides on a name and a costume -- a green scuba suit -- and starts to make a name for himself, even while he still faces problems with girls and bullies.
KICK ASS ratchets itself up a serious notch when it introduces Nicolas Cage as Damon Macready (AKA Big Daddy) and the amazing Chloe Moretz (just turned 13) as his daughter Mindy (AKA Hit-Girl). Cage's prediliction for outlandish character tics finally feels organic to the character he's playing, and it's marvelous to watch as he pushes his behavior further and further into a fantastic realm where silliness dances with unreality. As he pursues his agenda, we know Big Daddy has serious issues to resolve, and we know it will pay off -- it must pay off -- in a grand, operatic manner.
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