Nerds That Geek Movie Review: ‘Kick-Ass’

Written by Scott Edwards 

​High school can be one of the hardest times that you will ever have to go through. This is the time where you start to discover who you are, but most of us found that it was easier to show this when being part of a group. Very few of the people that remained alone during these years really ever showed who they were, but as they grew up, most of them seemed to have a plan all-along that nobody ever thought they could conceive.  

Dave Lizewski is getting bored with his high school experience. Not being the center of attention, even with his friends, he is looking for something that will make him feel better about himself. Turning back to comics, he begins to wonder why there are not any real superheroes running around on the streets to protect the population. After being mugged many times after school while walking home, he gets the bright idea to help defend not only himself, but the other innocents that have been terrorized around his city.

Ordering his costume in the mail, Dave has a plan to help clean up the streets of scum and help out everyone he is able to. But his crusade is cut short as he is stabbed in the chest and while looking for help, gets hit by a passing car. During his recovery, Dave finds out that he will have loss in several of his nerve endings, and this becomes more of a power for him then a burden. Not being able to feel pain, Dave starts to train again, and while he is feeling better about himself, he has gathered a following on the internet while standing up for a man that got the crap beat out of him. Even though he took a beating as well, Dave has become a real-life hero to the people of his city, and all over the world.  

But becoming a superhero has not quite panned out the way he thought it would, as he is not able to tell anyone, not even his friends about his secret identity. But his secret is not as safe as it could be as he crosses paths with the real heroes of the city, Big Daddy and Hit Girl. As this dynamic duo are the real deal, the have their own brand of crime fighting on their minds and pay little attention to the emerging hero but want to have him keep the heat off of their backs while trying to accomplish their own goals. Trying to take down the city’s biggest crime boss is their number one priority, since he is the reason why the two have been created in the first place. Dave tries to keep up with the duo, but finds he is in way over his head, but then gets world there is another crime fighter hitting the streets that is looking to hook up with him, but can Dave trust the new hero? For there is a new target painted on his back.

A common person superhero, what a novel idea and you know what, it works. Trying to find a way to stand up for one’s self is something that many people are not able to do on their own. Seeing how a teenager takes this on without thinking twice makes you wonder why more people have not done this in the past. Or maybe they have, and we have never heard about it. They say with great power comes great responsibility, but with no power, there should be a push for greatness. A great story and yes, as in all superhero movies, there is a girl, although it is a friendship that you never see coming. Is this a call for people to go out and start trying to fight crime? I hope not, but it does make you feel like you should do the right thing and not let all of the badness in this world take over our lives as well. Happy Viewing.

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