Kick-Ass (2010)

Genre melting pots are always a bit risky: on the one hand, they can evoke a lifetime's emotions but, on the other, they can leave you feeling short-changed - in an entertainment sense. A single film can't be very funny, very dramatic and very block-busting to perfection - something has to suffer. In spite of this, Kick-Ass has an unusual way of blurring an indie 'real life' high-school drama with a fantasy world of superheroes all the while capitalising on moments of slap-stick humour that eventuate each time we're yanked (often violently) back to reality. This comic punch is achieved via a soundtrack that is slickly matched to key scenes and reflects the haphazard yet fun nature of the film. Kick Ass isn't going to win (m)any Best-Something Oscars but it will give you a unique film experience guaranteeing at least a laugh, a thrill and a tear. For that reason alone it's worth seeing several times.

8.5/10