Kick-Ass

Action comedy based on the Marvel comic strip. Run-of-the-mill high school student Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson), disillusioned with his humdrum life, is inspired by the heroes of the comic books he loves to become a real-life superhero called 'Kick-Ass'. His first attempts to fight evil-doers meet with little success, but undeterred by his various setbacks Dave perseveres and eventually joins forces with mysterious vigilante Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage) and his daughter Hit-Girl (Chloë Moretz) to bring down local crime boss Frank D'Amico (Mark Strong).