Djdoubt03
04-21-2010, 10:07 PM
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The Bottom Line: Kick-Ass is an unabashed, unrelenting commentary on comic books and violence. It however makes several missteps that keep it from being genius.
For those of you that have been living under a rock for the past couple of months, Kick-Ass is a comic book adaptation about a regular kid who dresses up like a super hero to fight crime. He doesn't have super powers, he doesn't know what the hell he is doing, he just wants to make a difference.
The catch is that this is based in the real world, not a fantasy comic book world. The idyllic and misguided intentions of Dave Lizewski (aka Kick-Ass) end up putting him in the hospital and almost getting him killed on several occasions. He describes the incessant need to put on a costume as an uncontrollable urge similar to what a serial killer must go through. Luckily for
him he's not alone....
READ THE FULL REVIEW (http://www.eyeofthevortexonline.com/articles/article219.php)
The Bottom Line: Kick-Ass is an unabashed, unrelenting commentary on comic books and violence. It however makes several missteps that keep it from being genius.
For those of you that have been living under a rock for the past couple of months, Kick-Ass is a comic book adaptation about a regular kid who dresses up like a super hero to fight crime. He doesn't have super powers, he doesn't know what the hell he is doing, he just wants to make a difference.
The catch is that this is based in the real world, not a fantasy comic book world. The idyllic and misguided intentions of Dave Lizewski (aka Kick-Ass) end up putting him in the hospital and almost getting him killed on several occasions. He describes the incessant need to put on a costume as an uncontrollable urge similar to what a serial killer must go through. Luckily for
him he's not alone....
READ THE FULL REVIEW (http://www.eyeofthevortexonline.com/articles/article219.php)