“How come nobody’s ever tried to be a superhero?” When Dave Lizewski – ordinary New York teenager and rabid comic-book geek dons a green-and-yellow internet-bought wetsuit to become the no-nonsense vigilante, Kick-Ass, he soon finds an answer to his own question: because it hurts. But, overcoming all the odds, the eager yet inexperienced Dave quickly becomes a phenomenon, capturing the imagination of the public. However, he’s not the only superhero out there – the fearless and highly-trained father-daughter crime-fighting duo, Big Daddy and Hit Girl have been slowly but surely taking down the criminal empire of local Mafioso, Frank D’Amico. And, as Kick-Ass gets drawn into their no-holds-barred world of bullets and bloodletting with Frank’s son, Chris, now reborn as Kick-Ass’s arch-nemesis, Red Mist - the stage is set for a final showdown between the forces of good and evil - in which the DIY hero will have to live up to his name. Or die trying...


Books on Kick-Ass

commentary from Mark Millar
Kick-ass, Creating the comic, making the movie
London, 2010

Articles on Kick-Ass

Nev Pierce, The Lover..., in: Empire, nr. 247 (January), 2010 pp. 136-139

DW, Kick-Ass, in: Empire, nr. 248 (February), 2010 pp. 113

Damon Wise, Game Changer!, in: Empire, nr. 249 (March), 2010 pp. 84-93

Jeffrey Berman, Super Scribe, in: movieScope, nr. 16 (Mar/Apr), 2010 pp. 26-27

Chris Hewitt, Anatomy Of A Scene, Kick-Ass, in: Empire, nr. 255 (Sept), 2010 pp. 138-139

Reviews

Chris Hewitt, Kick-Ass, Your new favourite film is here..., in: Empire, nr. 250 (April), 2010 pp. 44-46

James Mottram, Kick-Ass, in: movieScope, nr. 16 (Mar/Apr), 2010 pp. 67

Anton Bitel, Kick-Ass, in: Sight & Sound, nr. 5 (May), 2010 pp. 75-76

Kim Newman, Kick-ass, in: Empire, nr. 255 (Sept), 2010 pp. 136-137 (DVD review)

Jörg Buttgereit, Kick-Ass, in: epd Film, nr. 4, 2010 pp. 43

Sascha Koebner, Kic-Ass, in: Filmdienst, nr. 8 (15. April), 2010 pp. 32