In a world devoid of super-heroes, teen geek David Lizewski (Aaron Johnson) dons a scuba suit and decides to fight crime in the take-no-prisoners action flick “Kick-Ass,” based on Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr.’s ultra-violent comic book. It’s a good translation; the modifications are welcome ones, including a romance between David and his long-admired schoolmate, and a different history for Nicolas Cage’s masked vigilante Big Daddy. Scene-stealing Chloe Moretz plays merciless Hit Girl, diminutive killer of scum, while Christopher Mintz-Plasse enjoyably brings conniving Red Mist to life. Involving and funny at the right parts, the Matthew Vaughn-directed film’s insane juvenile fantasies interlock cohesively with serious and silly scenes of butt-kicking.
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