Kick-ass
With no special skills, Dave Lizewski decides to become a superhero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so.
18 July 1961, Evanston, Illinois, USA
19 August 1963, Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
5 May 1985, Glenwood, Arkansas, USA
20 January 1987, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
11 April 1975, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK
June 22, 2016
This movie left me feeling warm and glowy inside, which is a pretty neat trick for a subversive, blood-soaked superhero action film.April 12, 2013
With its electrifying action sequences, a killer storyline and a maverick comic sensibility, the brilliance of Kick Ass will hit those who want to see it like a thunderbolt.April 19, 2010
I know it's all supposed to be tongue in cheek and lots of fun, but frankly this turned my stomach.September 28, 2012
If you want to get serious, you could say that Kick-Ass is the movie that could finally drag comic-books into the credible mainstream. But being serious is to miss the point of Kick-Ass completely.April 16, 2010
Kick-Ass is some kind of twisted fun.April 23, 2010
I found it mighty painful sitting through all the bone crushing and blood-letting.April 16, 2010
Everything you've likely heard about Kick-Ass is true, providing you've heard it's profane, outlandish, ultra-violent, shocking, funny and wildly entertaining.April 19, 2010
When filmmakers nudge a child into viewing savagery as slapstick, are we not allowing them to do what we condemn in the pornographer -- that is, to coarsen and inflame?August 14, 2013
A tremendously fresh experience.August 02, 2012
Where do I stand on Kick-Ass? On the fence, goggling with a mix of appalled fascination and guilty pleasure at the film's dark comedy and over-the-top violence.May 06, 2011
Most of the lessons in Kick-Ass are juvenile, but Lordy are they stylishly told.October 01, 2012
If you're not too put-off by lots of violence and profanity, and enjoy a good action-filled popcorn flick, then chances are you're going to love "Kick-Ass."