Kick-Ass is an action comedy movie released in 2010. The movie is based on a comic book with the same name and directed by Matthew Vaugh. It tells the story of Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson), a nerdy high school student who decides to become a superhero even though he has no super powers or training for it. Unfortunately for him, he soon attracts the attention of not only real superheroes but also the mafia, and gets pulled into a bigger mess than just returning cats to their owners.

Kick-Ass is an excellent movies for a number of reasons. Both the plot and characters are very well written. The movie dances on the fine line between being hilarious and dark, with many comedic moments but also brutal violence. The characters are all very enjoyable and interesting, above all Hit-Girl (Chloë Grace Moretz), a ten-year-old girl who can pretty much take down anyone on her way and use the crudest language while still being completely adorable. Really, I have never heard of anyone not being in love with her after watching Kick-Ass. Overall the whole movie is highly entertaining and it actually seems to get better the more times you watch it.

One of my favorite things about Kick-Ass is how well the camerawork and soundtrack work together while both being excellent on their own too. The soundtrack especially meets my taste almost perfectly and works very well to highlight different kinds of tension during different scenes and draws attention to the many fine details in the movie. Kick-Ass is also visually a very nice movie to watch, I loved the color layer in the movie and how its origin as a comic book is shown in, for example, doing a whole scene as a cartoon.

Kick-Ass is not a movie for everyone. It’s got some rather disturbing things in it, including all kinds of violent scenes, so if that’s not your thing then you surely won’t enjoy this movie. But if you do appreciate an overall well made movie with the edge of humor and some ass kicking, then Kick-Ass will definitely be a movie for you.