Video: “Kick-Ass” trailer
posted at 9:40 pm on January 8, 2010 by Allahpundit
I need to atone for subjecting you to the “A-Team” trailer earlier so here’s my penance. Turns out that the controversial “Hit-Girl” trailer I posted over the weekend isn’t for a “Hit-Girl” movie at all; she’s actually just a character in this flick, which looks to be wildly entertaining, if a bit … extreme.
Can’t quite tell yet if it’s a send-up of superhero flicks or an anarchic homage to them, but I’ll probably pay $15 or whatever the ridiculous going rate is in NYC to find out.
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It’s based on a (still incomplete) comic by one of the biggest names in the industry, Mark Millar (he also wrote the book Wanted was based on). This is what he does: ultra-violent and over the top, but at the same a sort of homage to the good old days.
Number 2 on January 8, 2010 at 9:48 PM
If you didn’t know she was a supporting character in a Marvel (ICON) comic, you should get out more. The big schtick of the book is how violent it is. You’d probably piss your pants, drop the book and run for your life.
Virus-X on January 8, 2010 at 9:48 PM
I just threw up watching that.
GW_SS-Delta on January 8, 2010 at 9:48 PM
I love when conservatives claim to be the party of morality then promote this stuff.
TTheoLogan on January 8, 2010 at 9:49 PM
Allah, go away. Stop posting these… you are just making more cancer on this website.
GW_SS-Delta on January 8, 2010 at 9:49 PM
Okay, not my genre but all those folks in the Kick-Ass thread who said it wasn’t geared to younger people (under the R-rating) are deluded.
Cindy Munford on January 8, 2010 at 9:49 PM
Superbad meets Spiderman meets Boondock Saints…
Sounds good actually.
Holger on January 8, 2010 at 9:50 PM
Well, see, I work here. *You’re* free to go away, though.
Allahpundit on January 8, 2010 at 9:51 PM
That looks highly entertaining.
BadgerHawk on January 8, 2010 at 9:51 PM
Do not mock me because I do not use contractions >:( … *shakes fist angrily*
GW_SS-Delta on January 8, 2010 at 9:54 PM
“Southern Belle” who talks like a Sailor. I knew that claim was bogus.
TTheoLogan on January 8, 2010 at 9:55 PM
Kick-Ass, I thought, was a slightly Alan Moore-esque attempt to render the absurdity of superhero-ness into a more real-life setting.
So you had this normal kid determined to transform himself into a hero, and he ends up falling off roofs, repeatedly getting his ass whooped, his secretive life-style and odd bruises lead the other kids at school to think he’s a gay prostitute or something, etc.
That’s one of the reasons the Hit-Girl trailer bugged me so much (aside from how super-violent and profane it was) was that this little girl has these seemingly super-human propensities for agility and strength. Now you’re just back to normal superhero acrobatics.
Muswell Hillbilly on January 8, 2010 at 9:56 PM
Allah, I think they’re just goofing on the real life super hero phenomenon.
Darth Executor on January 8, 2010 at 9:56 PM
the irony in this statement is simply astounding.
truecon on January 8, 2010 at 9:57 PM
I’m also shocked you’ve never heard of this movie until now considering hotair’s where I found out about it in the first place.
Darth Executor on January 8, 2010 at 9:59 PM
yeah, this looks awesome.
AntonDomi on January 8, 2010 at 10:00 PM
I love when [insert type] peddles [insert ridiculous strawman].
Lehosh on January 8, 2010 at 10:01 PM
A claim in your mind, never made by me. Get over yourself.
Cindy Munford on January 8, 2010 at 10:01 PM
I think he was suggesting that your employment was along this line of thinking.
platypus on January 8, 2010 at 10:01 PM
I’m sorry. This looks abnormally stoooopid. I don’t get the ragging on “The A-Team” trailer then putting this “thing” up.
Then again, I’m not a comic book movie fan so I guess I don’t know what the h*ll I’m talking about. As usual.
mjk on January 8, 2010 at 10:02 PM
Hahaha.
Allahpundit on January 8, 2010 at 10:03 PM
Is this for real? Good lord the acting is horrible and the dialogue is worse than “New Moon” vampire movie.
SouthernGent on January 8, 2010 at 10:03 PM
Or perhaps you should.
;)
Personally I much prefer a different kind of schtick.
mjk on January 8, 2010 at 10:04 PM
LOVE IT.
John the Libertarian on January 8, 2010 at 10:05 PM
NOW it makes sense…
… I’m in!
Call me “7%”!
Seven Percent Solution on January 8, 2010 at 10:05 PM
Speaking of Little Green Men, I hate to bear sad tidings of the passing of the great Art Clokey, creator of GUMBY
Del Dolemonte on January 8, 2010 at 10:06 PM
I admit it: my indignation factor, originally elevated when I thought this was “Hit-Girl,” is now sufficiently diminished to make me want to see it. On DVD, though (don’t usually go to the movies these days).
illustro on January 8, 2010 at 10:06 PM
Yeah…sorry…I teach kids and know what parents are up against as is. This movie could have been great fun cleaned up a little. But any company that has no qualms producing a product that will make it so the words “Kick A$$” are posted on every movie marquis, as well as on TV trailers,etc so that kids get exposed to this – far earlier than they have the emotional maturity or life experience to deal with it – belong in the dregs. (I felt the same about Inglorious Basterds – even with the misspelling). I’m no prude, and have no qualms with adults choosing to be exposed to lewd language and behavior, graphic violence – hell, pop in a p0rn if you so desire. But come on, keep it behind closed doors and away from the glance of kids*.
*And this is legit concern for kids – not the liberal faux outrage.
miConsevative on January 8, 2010 at 10:07 PM
Thanks for a full belly laugh on a cold cold miserable day in Florida. Is there a “snort squared”?
AnthonyK on January 8, 2010 at 10:07 PM
People still go to f*cking movie theatres? What an f*n nuance. How quaint. You’re like the 1800s version of today. God, what losers.
Coronagold on January 8, 2010 at 10:09 PM
I think,KICK ASS,is Hollywood,sublimely,tell’n
Team Obama to take it up a notch,in overall
public saftey!!!
No,okay,it was only a theory!!!!
canopfor on January 8, 2010 at 10:11 PM
Someone alert Napolitano. I think that should be in her next threat assessment.
/sarc
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on January 8, 2010 at 10:13 PM
This is the greatest trailer I have ever seen. It captivates the imagination by virtue of those time-honored archetypal themes first made explicit by the preSocratic thinkers of Miletus.
Finally Hollywood has seen the light.
Instead of the relentless portrayal of mindless gratuitous violence over-burdened by CGI effects, in this instance they have opted to frame for the viewing audience the grand questions which go the very heart of our quest for a greater understanding of physical reality.
On foundations such as these there is no limit to what mankind can aspire to.
I give you gen-x, gen-y and gen-z: two-thumbs up, future-bound and destined for the bottom of the abyss.
Geochelone on January 8, 2010 at 10:13 PM
The irony of someone lecturing others on their lack of familiarity with a pre-pubescent cartoon character claiming they should get out more is as sweet the candy bars and jolt cola Virus X consumes during his marathon comic book reading sessions.
Rob Taylor on January 8, 2010 at 10:15 PM
God, what losers.
Coronagold on January 8, 2010 at 10:09 PM
Coronagold: I’m a proud,but not loud Rush “Oddball”,
as well as a “Movie Loser”!!
canopfor on January 8, 2010 at 10:15 PM
I would love to go see a movie without some kind of Message and this looks good stupid fun.
Patricksp on January 8, 2010 at 10:15 PM
Oh HELLS YEAH I can’t wait. Some conservatives do enjoy these things. I’m a grownup, I think I can handle it.
Hurricanes on January 8, 2010 at 10:15 PM
Looks like Mystery Men, but with extra added violence.
I like it!
Socratease on January 8, 2010 at 10:15 PM
I sure hope you got to see Fantasia or The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm at the Cinerama before you got so f*cking bitter.
platypus on January 8, 2010 at 10:19 PM
Finally Hollywood has seen the light.
Instead of the relentless portrayal of mindless gratuitous violence over-burdened by CGI effects,*(which puts the US
Military in a negative light)
Geochelone on January 8, 2010 at 10:13 PM
Geochelone:*(I added a sentence) jus try’n to be helpful!!:)
canopfor on January 8, 2010 at 10:19 PM
I really dont see why promoting a movie with a little girl cursing like a sailor and a bunch of idiots in the audience laughing about how “cute” it is, should really be on a conservative web site.
I mean to each his own really but seriously, why promote this. Sure this trailer looks like its just a good stupid movie, but weve seen the other uncensored trailer focused on the girl.
bucsox79 on January 8, 2010 at 10:20 PM
Well,they use guns,I like guns!!
canopfor on January 8, 2010 at 10:21 PM
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Its not about if you can handle it or not. But generally, conservatives have been the group more close to morals, family values, and largely religious Christian type people. But I guess this further proves how so many people are hypocrites and do a whole lot of talking but dont have much of a clue about what their faith is about.
Sure you can be conservative and not religious or Christian I suppose but most claim to have a belief in faith, family, and God. Movies like this go against those values, especially Christian values.
bucsox79 on January 8, 2010 at 10:24 PM
Once again, this is a movie based off a successful comic book.
It’s about a kid, set in a reality setting, who wants to be a superhero to do good–so he creates a costume / persona and goes out to try to do good… only to find out reality sucks, and is very painful.
He then finds out there are others like him who are trying to stop crime bosses, etc (Hit Girl and Big Daddy).
I’ve read the comic, and it’s rather entertaining. I’m undecided if I want to go see the movie, as I rarely go to the movie theatre.
Enoxo on January 8, 2010 at 10:25 PM
It is, in a way.
Enoxo on January 8, 2010 at 10:27 PM
Well, that’s what the real super heroes, and villains, use. Who needs a battarang when you could have an M-4, or hell, a Pancor Jackhammer.
18-1 on January 8, 2010 at 10:30 PM
I love when lefties are so desperate to paint anything and everything a conservative says as hypocrisy that they tie themselves completely into knots, while of course ignoring the utter hypocrisy of being for tax increases when your side is full of politicians that don’t pay them, for protecting the environment when your side is full of enviroactivists who live in giant mansions and fly around on private jets, and for the rights of all workers… oh except the ones YOU employ.
Dark Eden on January 8, 2010 at 10:30 PM
You must be talkin’ about that new 3-d movie Avatard. hehe
Geochelone on January 8, 2010 at 10:32 PM
And clubs and curse words that roll off the tongue. I’m in.
Love the little buggers!
donh525 on January 8, 2010 at 10:34 PM
One word …
McLovin!
Political Junkie on January 8, 2010 at 10:40 PM
I know, let’s make a movie about turning the other cheek.
Be a lot of dead Christians in it but, we can show our kids the value of dieing for something, right?
IT’S ESCAPISM! Damaging too children? Keep “em home.
donh525 on January 8, 2010 at 10:46 PM
I love when libtards have their straw men disproven before their very eyes. Welcome to the real world, TTheoLogan, where conservatives are not the uptight prudes you desperately wish you could paint them as.
Caiwyn on January 8, 2010 at 10:50 PM
“Just who the hell are you kid?”
“I’m a bad ass Christian!
donh525 on January 8, 2010 at 10:54 PM
News Flash: HotAir does not purport itself to be a “morals” website or to emphasize faith of any kind (case-in-point, Allah’s denial of the existence of a deity). It is a conservative blog, one that deals specifically with conservative politics and sometimes goes off-topic for fun with trailers, football, strange videos, etc. If you want a faith-based conservative blog, go find one.
There are all kinds of conservatives in this country, including ones (like myself) that are more than happy to sit back and enjoy a movie like this while still lauding faith-based initiatives, railing against same-sex marriage, and otherwise coming to the defense of persecuted Christians and Jews.
I think the movie looks like fun; I’ll gladly see it and there is nothing wrong with a follow-up post showing the actual movie’s trailer versus the short-clip focusing on just Hit Girl. All of you who hate it will still hate it, yet I note that some have already expressed a slight change in disposition toward the movie now that they have the full picture.
zauriel on January 8, 2010 at 10:54 PM
And this is not a ripoff of The Tick, because…
Chris_Balsz on January 8, 2010 at 10:59 PM
Are you stoned, or just stupid?
cntrlfrk on January 8, 2010 at 10:59 PM
Being a comic book geek, Nicholas Cage must have begged the producers to be Big Daddy.
AaronGuzman on January 8, 2010 at 10:59 PM
Hahaha…I’m so glad someone else noticed.
javamartini on January 8, 2010 at 11:01 PM
You’re right. Children participating in horrific violence is more in line with liberal values.
AaronGuzman on January 8, 2010 at 11:03 PM
Geez! That’s entertainment folks!
If you’re worried about your kids seeing the movie…don’t let ‘em! If you can’t control the little buggers, then your not a very conservativey person filled with religiosity now are you!?
Vince on January 8, 2010 at 11:06 PM
AP, I’m going to see it. I’ll do a thorough critique if you want to let you know whether its good or not. You’re in NYC? Good Gawd I’m sorry.
alohapundit on January 8, 2010 at 11:08 PM
Psst….it’s a movie.
I guess I missed the passage in the Bible that says only movies that promote Christian values are allowed. Next you’ll be telling us we’re hypocrites for supporting the military because soldiers sometimes use bad language.
xblade on January 8, 2010 at 11:15 PM
Was the statement astoundingly sardonic or astoundingly incongruous? Ah, that is the question.
Cheshire Cat on January 8, 2010 at 11:20 PM
Well,they use guns,I like guns!!
canopfor on January 8, 2010 at 10:21 PM
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Well, that’s what the real super heroes, and villains, use. Who needs a battarang when you could have an M-4, or hell, a Pancor Jackhammer.
18-1 on January 8, 2010 at 10:30 PM
18-1: Amen and h*ll yes!!!!:)
canopfor on January 8, 2010 at 11:22 PM
Well, I’ll change my opinion slightly. that trailer upgraded it from
“wouldn’t watch if it was on for free” to
“Will pay $2-$3 for a rental if I see it when I’m in the mood for something silly”.
If you didn’t know she was a supporting character in a Marvel (ICON) comic, you should get out more. The big schtick of the book is how violent it is. You’d probably piss your pants, drop the book and run for your life.
Virus-X on January 8, 2010 at 9:48 PM
gekkobear on January 8, 2010 at 11:25 PM
canopfor on January 8, 2010 at 10:19 PM
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You must be talkin’ about that new 3-d movie Avatard. hehe
Geochelone on January 8, 2010 at 10:32 PM
Geochelone: Affirmative,with a U-Betcha!!:)
canopfor on January 8, 2010 at 11:26 PM
Was the statement astoundingly sardonic or merely astoundingly incongruous? Now we are getting closer, but we are still not there.
Cheshire Cat on January 8, 2010 at 11:26 PM
I completely agree. This is well stated and to quote Connor McManus from THE BOONDOCK SAINTS, “I’m strangely comfortable with it.”
I’m a Christian, and one of my favorite movies of ALL time is THE BOONDOCK SAINTS. I’m an adult, and I know reality from fantasy.
tickleddragon on January 8, 2010 at 11:26 PM
Hmm, didn’t mean to hit post there. :(
“Get out more”… and read comic books? Sorry, I’m sure you and your D&D/Vampire/LARP group think this is the coolest thing ever, I’m still not that impressed.
gekkobear on January 8, 2010 at 11:28 PM
Kind of like Watchmen too, I suppose. Ordinary people putting on costumes and fighting crime, except this flick looks to be the start of that cycle, and Watchmen the middle and end when they do too good a job.
I was never really a comic book type. Was mostly into TV and video games with pixels the size of postage stamps.
Left Coast Right Mind on January 8, 2010 at 11:31 PM
Ok, so you all haven’t heard the R rated trailer yet???
I don’t know what to think of this movie…a 9 year old girl saying the ‘F’ word..okay….the girl saying the ‘BIG C’ word….not so much…
BigWyo on January 8, 2010 at 11:35 PM
All shades of greatness.
Spirit of 1776 on January 8, 2010 at 11:39 PM
Actually that is a fairly anti-leftist sentiment isn’t it? It isn’t the Directorate of Police Operations.
Of course the protagonist of Watchmen, Rorschach, is pretty much what would pass for a bogeyman for the modern left isn’t he?
18-1 on January 8, 2010 at 11:43 PM
It looks funny to me. Anyone who has a problem with it is uptight. Robocop 2 I’m sure had more swearing from a minor. I’m sure the humor of South Park is “too far” too.
DanStark on January 8, 2010 at 11:46 PM
I’m all tingly!
(er.. not Chris Mathews kind though YECH!)
-Wasteland Man.
WastelandMan on January 8, 2010 at 11:59 PM
Meh. Compared to the slasher movies those Hollywood peaceniks push, this is mild. But I don’t like gore and giblets in movies, especially movies that are ostensibly about superheroes. Presented this way, the characters are antiheroes.
What makes Batman interesting and heroic is that he doesn’t kill. Well, not since Detective Comics # 50 or so – well before Fredrik Wertham and the (comic) book burnings he inspired in the 1950′s.
Venusian Visitor on January 9, 2010 at 12:00 AM
The creator of this movie is a great re-writer. It’s his wheelhouse. If there’s a beloved character he’ll re-write it. Re-wrote Superman’s origin story so that he landed in the Soviet Union and became the champion of Communism, re-wrote all of Marvel’s most famous superheroes to be their new “Ultimate” politically correct versions, killed Captain America during the Marvel “Civil War” (a one-sided polemic against Bush and the War on Terror), and is actively developing a multi-issue comic version of Das Kapital where he and other acclaimed comic and sci-fi writers will produce a comic book for introducing Marxism to audiences for every aspect of modern life. Yes, it’s Millar’s “dream project” to re-write Marx to appeal to 21st Century audiences.
Controversial! Edgy! Be sure to buy your movie ticket for Kick-Ass and show your support this controversial edgy writer! Don’t forget to justify your cultural suicide with a smarmy: “I’m an adult that can separate the politics out of my entertainment choices” for all us uncultured suburban mouth-breathers!
ScottMcC on January 9, 2010 at 12:05 AM
I liked it better when it was called “Mystery Men.”
DarthBrooks on January 9, 2010 at 12:08 AM
Thanks, I do consider myself pretty anti-leftist.
And Rorschach had a very black-and-white view of the world. No shades of gray, no compromise (which ended up getting him killed (is it a spoiler if the source material has been around since 1986?)). Which is just about as anti-leftist as it can get.
The delicate matter is the fine line between rooting for everyday people who take it upon themselves to right the wrongs they see around them, and having that noble sentiment morph into some form of vigilantism. But comic book fantasy is an escape to worlds where bad guys get what’s coming to them at the hands of the good guys. There’s a lot of that which is lacking in what passes for reality.
Left Coast Right Mind on January 9, 2010 at 12:19 AM
I’ve already seen the movie. Trust me, none of you are prepared for how completely insane and fun it is. Yes, it’s profane. Yes, it’s violent. Yes, it’s politically incorrect. But it’s also a hell of a good time.
Besides…it’s got a hard “R” rating. If you let your kids see it, you deserve what comes to you as a result. Use some discretion, you prudes.
fusionaddict on January 9, 2010 at 12:25 AM
LCRM: One not on Rorschach – he was killed to protect an unnecessary conspiracy. Watchmen was kind of the genesis of the “existential/nihilist” modern school of comics – comic heroes have gone from heroes to heroes with feet of clay to nothing but clay.
The funny thing is the movie looks interesting – as a parody of both superheroes and the cynical modern angle on superheroes. Which I did not expect from Millar – the former but not the latter.
Merovign on January 9, 2010 at 12:37 AM
Speaking of which, it would be interested to see Hollywood tackle the Battle of Athens.
http://tinyurl.com/ycn86vl – wiki link
might hit a little too close to home though for Hollywood’s favorite teleprompter reader though.
18-1 on January 9, 2010 at 12:49 AM
Here Allah, check it out:
http://www.amazon.com/Kick-Ass-Mark-Millar/dp/0785132619/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263016265&sr=1-1
oddjob1138 on January 9, 2010 at 12:52 AM
A story about regular joes having the courage to fight crime and kill the bad guys?
How anti-conservative.
/sarc
YoungAmerican on January 9, 2010 at 1:08 AM
The world should be black and white. People develop shades of gray to justify their behavior.
kagai on January 9, 2010 at 1:17 AM
Don’t know what the final rating is going to be for this, but it is certainly NOT for kids. And the fact that there are kids participating in this still gives me some uneasy feelings about the whole thing.
Hate to say it, but for the moment, I’m IN.
itzWicks on January 9, 2010 at 1:37 AM
I think I’ll take my son to go see this.
It looks like it’ll be a fun movie.
SilverStar830 on January 9, 2010 at 2:04 AM
How old is your son? It will be at least as violent and gory as Watchmen. At least.
oddjob1138 on January 9, 2010 at 2:56 AM
So if a little girl swears like a sailor as the lead in a film that’s a bad thing, but if she just has a supporting role, well, then we can excuse that?
I don’t think so.
pugwriter on January 9, 2010 at 5:43 AM
TTheo has no real concept that there are all kinds of conservtives, does he? I am a foul-mouthed, born in ATL, Southern Belle. Have been all 3, all my life. And will gladly kick your ass. Or shoot you. People have a right to decide their own morals, not have them dictated to them. Good gravy, its just a movie.
With McLovin! Gotta be worth the ticket price if it has Christopher Mintz-Plasse.
di butler on January 9, 2010 at 6:46 AM
Congrats, long time reader first time poster all because of you. Lets take a look at your “complaints” one at time.
The Superman story: This was elseworlds title, his origin was not permanently changed, it was a “what if”. Get a grip.
The Ultimate characters: Millar wrote Ultimates, X-men and Fantastic Four for the updated Ultimate Universe and if you think they are “politically correct” you really havent read any of his material including Wanted, Kick-Ass, or The Authority. Millar doing “PC” is like the Democrats spending less money. It doesn’t happen.
The Death of Captain America: Millar didn’t even write this, that was Ed Brubaker, nice try though.
They next time you try and read someone’s Wikipedia entry and trash them at least provide some context so you don’t sound like a mindless troll on the internet.
JSK on January 9, 2010 at 7:11 AM
The second trailer is much better. That first one made the entire film look like it was going to be non-stop Tarantino-Sin City douchebaggery.
Allahpundit won my heart when he wrote “Well, see, I work here. ‘You’re’ free to go away, though.” HA!
emerson7 on January 9, 2010 at 7:23 AM
yeah… AP “kicks ass”.
garry on January 9, 2010 at 7:34 AM
I’m having a hard time telling the difference in this thread between the lefty “Moral Hypocrite” trolls and the SoCon “Jesus hates this movie” trolls…
Both are so freaking tedious, and yet from different angles they share the completely erroneous belief that one apparently has to take vows and memorize a the catechism before becoming conservative.
The Moral Majority failed epicly guys… Welcome to the 21st century.
Lehosh on January 9, 2010 at 7:34 AM
And what, pray tell, is wrong with NYC? Incredible restaurants, wide variety of culture, and a low crime rate.
I used to have a t-shirt that said “If you are not from NYC you are a damn hick”.
Okay, maybe that’s over the top, maybe the city is a bit expensive, and maybe there are infringements on our freedom (see gun ownership). But I’ve never understood the hate for NYC.
nemecizer on January 9, 2010 at 8:27 AM
The trailer I saw earlier for this flick had the little girl saying some pretty foul words. Will these parts still be in this movie? If so, Aren’t there some kind of “children being forced to use obsenity laws?” There is nothing “cute” about children cussing. In fact it’s down right creepy.
paraff on January 9, 2010 at 8:42 AM
I’m going to pass out a business card at the theaters for this one–for when people start copying the movie and get injured. Bring on the lawsuits!
Movie looks cool, though, I must say…
cackcon on January 9, 2010 at 9:00 AM
I’m going to have to agree with that.
Count to 10 on January 9, 2010 at 9:04 AM
My son goes to college in NYC, and he got a hoodie for Christmas with “I only like NY as a friend” on it.
Lurking Vet on January 9, 2010 at 9:10 AM
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