Search articles from thousands of Examiners
Write for us
Washington DC Arts and Entertainment Movie Examiner
Movie Examiner

New Kick-Ass pics! (yes, that is the name of a new comic book flick...)

November 15, 10:49 AMMovie ExaminerJason Roestel
3 comments Print Email RSS Subscribe

Subscribe


Get alerts when there is a new article from the Movie Examiner. Read Examiner.com's terms of use.
Email Address


  Include other special offers from Examiner.com
Terms of Use


No skills? Grab a couple lead pipes. That's how you Kick-Ass. 

What is Kick-Ass? Excellent question. Kick-Ass could very well be next year's Hot Fuzz. It's a Brit-produced Hero/Action/Comedy, (or a Heractomedy for the hip film set) based on the Marvel Comics Icon series Kick-Ass. The synopsis: "Kick-Ass centers on a high school dweeb named Dave Lizewski who decides to become a superhero even though he has no athletic ability or coordination. Things change when he eventually runs into real bad guys with real weapons."

Plus I've heard another popular British term thrown in to describe Kick-Ass... Ultra-violence.

Kick-Ass is being directed by Matthew Vaughn, the guy who gave us Star Dust and Layer Cake... Which with that film title catalog I guess you would make a follow-up film called Kick-Ass just to add a solid shot of testosterone to a collection of film titles that might have inadvertently been carrying a bit too much estrogen. Whatever the case Vaughn's a talented Director. I'm sure Kick-Ass will appease fans of  Edgar Wright films (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) and put a nice comedic twist on a genre that is white hot right now...

Here's Dave Lizewski's (Aaron Johnson - The illusionist) internet-ordered kick-ass super-hero suit. Looks very... Ummm, very... Looks extremely ummmm... Threatening? Menacing? Intimidating? Sure it does. 

More About: Movie News · movies

Comments

Name:


Comments:
characters left

NOTE: Do Not Alter These Fields:

Holiday Guide
Examiners spread the seasonal cheer with the Examiner.com Holiday Guide.

Recent Articles

Monday, December 14, 2009
I've been slamming movies lately like they were pain pills. It's the end of the decade folks. Lists need to be drawn up, scrutinized, and agonized …
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
If there's one thing that I don't like about Spider-Man, aside from that last cruddy movie, it's the hyphen. Spider-Man? It's like the last name of a …

Movies Opening This Weekend