Kick-Ass

Kick-Ass is rated R: for strong brutal violence throughout, pervasive language, sexual content, nudity and some drug use - some involving children.

Because we only review G, PG, and PG-13 movies at Parent Previews we did not review this title. For your convenience, we have provided some brief information about the film’s synopsis and content.

Synopsis:

Mild mannered Dave Lizewski (Johnson) fantasizes about being a super hero, so the teen dons a green suit and hits the streets (and the bad guys) with only a couple of baseball bats for weapons. When his heroics are broadcast over the Internet, other wannabe action figures decide to follow his example. Parents maybe concerned their youth may be similarly motivated.

Director: Matthew Vaughn
Cast: Aaron Johnson, Nicolas Cage, Chloe Moretz
Studio: 2010 Lionsgate
Website: Official site for Kick-Ass.

This additional information about the movie’s content is taken from the notes of various Canadian Film Classification boards:

Violence:

- Frequent portrayals of graphic violence.

- Pervasive gun, weapons, and hand-to-hand violence (blood and detailed wounds shown).

- Several scenes of explicit violence depicting shooting, stabbing and dismemberment.

- Several scenes of violence depicting fighting, burning and electrocution.

- Infrequent portrayals of torture (some blood and detail shown).

- Portrayals of corpses with detailed wounds.

- Brief graphic portrayals of torture.

- Frequent disturbing scenes.

- Occasional gory and grotesque images.

- Some scenes may frighten children.

Sexual Content:

- Breast nudity in seen in a non-sexual context.

- Portrayals of sexual activity (no nudity shown).

- Sexual references and innuendo.

- Embracing, kissing and fondling.

Language:

- Approximately 128 instances of coarse language.

- Frequent use of the sexual expletive and variations, once in a sexual context.

- Frequent use of scatological slang, cursing, sexual slurs and profanity

Drugs and Alcohol:

- Two scenes of drug use and substance abuse.

- Depictions of smoking.

In The Incredibles another young fan uses his genius for invention to try and mimic the super powers of his heroes. Some of the famous superheroes that have inspired many a youngster to try to leap tall buildings can be seen in the movies Spider-man, Batman and Superman.

Kick-Ass releases on Blu-ray and DVD on August 3, 2010.