Taglines: Shut Up. Kick-Ass.
Kick-Ass tells the story of average teenager Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson), a comic-book fanboy who decides to take his obsession as inspiration to become a real-life superhero. As any good superhero would, he chooses a new name — Kick-Ass — assembles a suit and mask to wear, and gets to work fighting crime. There’s only one problem standing in his way: Kick-Ass has absolutely no superpowers.
His life is forever changed as he inspires a subculture of copy cats, meets up with a pair of crazed vigilantes — including an 11-year-old sword-wielding dynamo, Hit Girl (Chloë Grace Moretz) and her father, Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage) — and forges a friendship with another fledgling superhero, Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse). But thanks to the scheming of a local mob boss Frank D’Amico (Mark Strong), that new alliance will be put to the test.
Kick-Ass is a British-American superhero black comedy[5] action film based on the comic book of the same name by Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr. The film was directed by Matthew Vaughn, who co-produced with Brad Pitt and co-wrote the screenplay with Jane Goldman. Its general release was on 25 March 2010 in the United Kingdom and on 16 April 2010 in the United States. It is the first installment of the Kick-Ass film series.
Kick-Ass (2010)
Directed by: Matthew Vaughn
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Aaron Johnson, Lyndsy Fonseca, Mark Strong, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Chloë Grace Moretz, Elizabeth McGovern, Ohene Cornelius, Michael Rispoli, Deborah Twiss, Yancy Butler
Screenplay by: Matthew Vaughn, Jane Goldman
Production Design by: Russell De Rozario
Cinematography by: Ben Davis
Film Editing by: Eddie Hamilton, Jon Harris, Pietro Scalia
Costume Design by: Sammy Sheldon
Set Decoration by: Tina Jones, Clive Thomasson
Art Direction by: Sarah Bicknell, Joe Howard, John King
Music by: Marius De Vries, Ilan Eshkeri, Henry Jackman, John Murphy
MPAA Rating: R for strong brutal violence throughout, pervasive language, sexual content, nudity and some drug use.
Studio: Lionsgate Films
Release Date: April 16, 2010
