Kick-Ass

KICK-ASS (2010) - April 16, 2010
A really fun comic book movie about a high school kid without any particular powers or abilities who decides he wants to be a super-hero; meanwhile, a much better prepared father and daughter also don masks and fight crime (quite violently).  This was a really enjoyable film that managed to work both as a self-aware take on superhero comics in general, and just as a really good superhero film in itself.  Matthew Vaughn's direction was quite effective -- the over-the-top action scenes were pretty much awesome, despite the presence of a bit more CGI blood than I'd like.  The performances were all quite good, particularly Mark Strong, who gave another really... strong... performance as a ruthless mob boss.  ***1/2