Kick-Ass

The Daily Mail had this to say of Kick-Ass -

"It deliberately sells a perniciously sexualised view of children and glorifies violence, especially knife and gun crime, in a way that makes it one of the most deeply cynical, shamelessly irresponsible films ever."

When I read that I knew it was going to be good. A one-star review from the Daily Fail? Condemned by their reviewer as evil? Yes, this is one to watch.

The film had some good lines (very much of the type you can imitate with your mates later for a laugh), fight scenes that were gloriously violent and visceral adrenalin-pumpers, swearing in just the right places, a cheeky bit of sex (not pornographic), drug-dealers, and a soundtrack (featuring The Prodigy, Ennio Morricone, Elvis Presley) so good I'm listening to it now, which I can't say I've ever done before.

The heroine of the film is Hit-Girl, and it is to her that the Daily Mail reviewer is referring with the "perniciously sexualised view of children" comment. She's about 11, is only at one point referred to as attractive - by a boy, not a man - and completely dominates every fight she gets into. I'm trying not to spoil by talking about specifics here, but suffice it to say that by about halfway into the film you're likely to be eagerly anticipating her next appearance in a scrap; it's guaranteed to be a well choreographed bloodbath.

I'm not going to go into any more depth about this film - it's not a deep piece of work, just really good fun. Go, watch, hopefully enjoy.