Kick-Ass

Based On the book by Mark Millar

Kick-Ass is a 2010 superhero black comedy film directed by Matthew Vaughn from a screenplay by Jane Goldman and Vaughn. It is based on the comic book of the same name by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr., and is the first film in the Kick-Ass franchise. It tells the story of an ordinary teenager, Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson), who sets out to become a real-life superhero, calling himself "Kick-Ass". Dave gets caught up in a bigger fight when he meets Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage), a former cop who, in his quest to bring down the crime boss Frank D'Amico (Mark Strong), has trained his eleven-year-old daughter (Chloë Grace Moretz) to be the ruthless vigilante Hit-Girl.

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Release date:

March 12, 2010

Director:

Matthew Vaughn

Cast:

Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Mark Strong, Nicolas Cage, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloë Grace Moretz

Genre:

Action, Comedy, Superhero, Teen

Country:

United States, United Kingdom

Language:

English

Year page:

2010 in adaptations