Oh no, here we go with another comic book movie. Wait a minute, it’s not about any estab­lished Mar­vel or DC char­ac­ter and it is not a remake (about the first no-remake this year); maybe this one has hope. In fact, it has way more than hope—Kick-Ass does exactly what its title sug­gests. The premise is beyond sim­ple: just about every kid...

Oh no, here we go with another comic book movie. Wait a minute, it’s not about any estab­lished Mar­vel or DC char­ac­ter and it is not a remake (about the first no-remake this year); maybe this one has hope. In fact, it has way more than hope—Kick-Ass does exactly what its title sug­gests. The premise is beyond sim­ple: just about every kid...