And why shouldn’t it? Its comic book origins are reportedly even more in-you-face offensive and insensitive, lending the film adaptation a certain “buyer beware” feel, as if those too lazy to educate themselves on the books this film draws inspiration from deserve everything their ignorance earns them for 117 minutes. It doesn’t care who it offends or what lines it has to cross to stay true to its tone, bucking conventions as flagrantly as most films adhere to them. Kick-Ass is brutal, relentless, unabashed fun. As for the rest of you, sit down and enjoy – you’re in for one hell of a good time. ![]() The good news is that, at least now that Kick-Ass is comfortably at home on Blu-ray and no longer in theaters, most of those people are far less likely to mistakenly see the film and come away scarred for life. The more conservative or easily shocked amongst you simply need not apply. ![]() Your enjoyment of Kick-Ass as a film, make no mistake, will depend greatly upon which of these two camps you personally fall into. At the most basic level, you could probably break down the movie-going public into two categories: those who will find humor in a twelve-year-old girl gleefully dismembering and/or murdering bad guys while nonchalantly spewing out “the c word” and those who will not.
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