This isn't Your Dad's Superhero

The movie definitely lives up to its title.

"Kick-Ass" is about a 17-year-old geek named Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson) who dons a scuba suit and mask and decides to fight crime after seeing criminals getting off without any interference from the police. After trying to stop muggers from robbing a car, Dave is stabbed by muggers and hit unintentionally with a car. In the hospital the doctors repair his bones with metal platelets, making him stronger and more tolerant to taking beatings. After getting video-taped fighting thugs outside a diner, Kickass becomes an Internet sensation on Youtube and Myspace. He meets a family duo of Big Daddy (played by Nicholas Cage, acting like a cornier version of Adam West's Batman) and Hit Girl (a really foul mouthed and aggressive 11-year-old Chloe Moretz) who offer him a chance to join their crime-fighting crusade against the local gang lord Frank D'Amico (Mark Strong). The film is rated R for strong brutal violence, pervasive language, sexual content, nudity and drug use.

While most critics had mixed feelings about the movie, I loved it. It wasn't your average "kid becomes hero and learns a lesson" movie. This action-comedy film has a lot of violence, ranging from guys getting their legs cut off to people getting blasted by bazookas.

Hit Girl was the character that stole the show. Not only did she murder grown men three times her size, but she also swore like a 19-year-old frat boy. Mortez even admitted in an interview that she would be grounded for an entire summer if she spoke like her character off-screen. Hit Girl garnered a lot of controversy, but hey, it's not a good movie unless it has some controversy.

For all those who love the teen comedy Superbad, "McLovin" (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) plays the role as Frank D'Amico's son Chris, who wants to help his father but is too geeky and weak to do it. Chris eventually creates his own super-villain alter ego, called "Red Mist", with a costume that combines Batman's sidekick Robin and Adam Lambert. Weird, yet pretty funny.

The action was pretty graphic and the story was worthwhile, however slightly predictable. I highly recommend the film to any comic book nerds such as myself, and to anyone in the mood for a good, yet mature laugh.