The sequel is kinda mean-spirited in a not-very-fun way. I'd say watch it on your own. There are still so many movies I'd want you to watch that haven't (yet?) hit the reactor zeitgeist in a big way: Walk Hard Lucky Number Slevin Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang Men Who Stare At Goats foremost among them. "Mr Right", "Stretch", and "7 Days in Hell" are excellent, underappreciated movies, but I don't hold out much hope that they'll ever be properly appreciated.
"The way he's talking!" 🤣🤣🤣 I highly suggest the Adam West Batman movie (Batman 66) to fully see what Cage is doing with his in-costume affectation. That man knows how to drop an homage!
@@cw1345 You missed the point entirely. The movie has comedic elements and the dude that looks like a pseudo-modern Batman is kind of a dork who is emulating the 60s Adam West Batman. Your comment about it not being the 60s is kind of stupid since he wasn't actually trying to play a modern Batman here. Not to mention the fact that the 60s show made Batman a household name and saved the comics from being cancelled and falling into obscurity. It also created multiple generations of REAL comic fans because it was entertaining for children and funny for adults at the time. You wouldn't likely have any modern versions of Batman without it.
@@thedoctor4327 Alan Moore is a moron especially when it comes to comic book opinions. You might as well ask Garth Ennis his opinion on comic books. I could give a crap all the great books he's written. Most actual Batman fans would completely disagree with that statement.
@@shawnpatrick1877 You didn’t make that good of a point to warrant that many likes in a 3 comment thread. Liking your own comment that many times is pretty crazy.
According to director Mathew Vaughn, Cage started performing his dialogue with the Adam West affectation to the utter surprise and bewilderment of Vaughn and the cast, until Vaughn realized Cage was doing Adam West.
On the comics story arc when Steve Rogers temporarily gave up his Captain America identity and became Nomad, his new costume original had a cape, but it put him in danger when it got caught on something, so he got rid of it.
Wow, I forgot how young Chloë Grace Moretz was in this. And she absolutely owned this role and stole every scene she was in. A lot of power for such a young actor.
I still think it's fantastic, I don't remember any marvel film getting me as tense as the scene where KickAss and Big Daddy are being tortured. It straddles that line between a parody and homage, but with it being about a kid who gets out of their depth, it still feels like it has heart than many bigger budget efforts
The best thing about this reaction is you went into this blind. All of us who saw it before was just smiling cheek to cheek. Love all of you reactions!
When my niece was about 7 or 8 years old they had a school assignment where thay had to write down who their favorite superhero was and why and then dress up for a Halloween party. Needless to say writing down Hit-Girl and then dressing up as her raised some eyebrows in school. 😂
@@ziggystardog Definitely. Both Ennio Morricone songs from classic spaghetti westerns. For a Few Dollars More is actually my favorite of the Man With No Name trilogy.
One thing to note is that Hit-Girl is constantly running out of ammo *before* she should. This is the opposite of stereotypical Hollywood with its infinite ammo without reloading.
I saw in some interview that the ammo issue in the hallway shootout was because they filmed a lot more footage of that, but it was making the hallway appear to be a country mile long so they cut a lot of it out, making it look like she was always out of ammo.
@@raymondgilbert1341 The thought had occurred to me that it could be the result of editing, but it happens in other scenes, too, like the night vision scene. Maybe that was also edited down and/or reordered, I don't know. Whatever the reason, the end result is that she often appears to be artificially short on ammo. And of course she was "nerfed" at the end to let Kick-Ass be the hero. I totally buy D'Amico beating her in hand-to-hand combat while unarmed or barely armed, since he had some fighting skills and was much bigger and stronger, but she could have gone for his gun instead of throwing it aside, for example. And earlier, she never used her stun grenades when they could have come in handy, possibly. Carrying a few fragmentation grenades would really have come in handy when she was cornered in the kitchen, as well.
I don’t think anyone has mentioned this yet, but the actor playing the gangster father Frank D’Amico is Mark Strong, who also played Merlin in the Kingsman movies.
I first saw Mark Strong in a movie called "To End All Wars". Which is a tough film to watch, based on a true story, of life in a Japanese PoW camp in WW2. Since then he has been in a lot of different films, with a great range of performances. I think he is one of the best actors around today if you want someone to come in and give a really committed performance in pretty much any genre of movies.
I didn't realize til today that Kick-Ass is Aaron Taylor Johnson, AKA Quicksilver from the MCU. The glasses must have had a real Clark Kent effect on me.
@@lodrbyroni Yeah, I knew Evan Peters, but it never clicked for me that Kick-Ass and Pietro are the same guy. And I guess he's Kraven now, too. yeesh, give it a rest, Sony.
The best part of the reaction is Jen yelling, “Oh shit!” when Kick-Ass gets hit by the car after getting stabbed. 😂😂 You should definitely watch ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’, I think you’d really like it.
You should absolutely watch Scott Pilgrim. These two movies are like twins: - Came out in 2010 - Based on a comic book - First non-British film by British director - Filmed in Canada (KA in Hamilton, SP in Toronto)
Chloe Moretz as Hit-Girl is amazing and Nic Cage channeling Adam West's Batman never gets old. Genius. 😁 The sequel isn't as good but still worth seeing.
Not sure if anyone else has mentioned the fact that both Quicksilvers are in this. X-Men and MCU. And all my youngest daughters life I’ve tried to have her be Hit Girl and I’d be Big Daddy for Halloween. Never happened.
Hit-Girl seems pretty happy, whether her childhood was normal or not. I'm not saying that what her father did was right, and she sure wasn't happy after he was killed, but before that, she sure didn't seem to be suffering or depressed. She liked what she could do and sometimes did.
@@CarefulWithThatAx Apparently a lot of work went into filming everything to reduce motion sickness as much as possible. They built a custom stabilisation rig that put the camera in front of the mouth for example. Unfortunate that it wasn't effective for everyone.
The music used in the warehouse fight scene with Big Daddy is called "In the house - in a heartbeat", by John Murphy. It was written for the movie "28 days later" (Another movie worth watching).
Also in the Hit Girl POV scene, they use another John Murphy song, from another Danny Boyle film called Sunshine. The song is "Surface of the Sun" which I believe is a variation of a classical piece called "Adagio in G Minor".
It's such an incredible piece of music, in any setting. But in my humble opinion its place in this superhero movie dulls its effect a bit, after being so powerfully used during a certain scene in 28 Days Later.
"Kick Ass 2" is worth checking out. Mindy/Hit Girl becomes more of a co-star getting more screen time and character development. Jim Cary later decried his involvement with the movie over concerns that on screen violence might inspire real life violence, but his performance as Col. Stars & Stripes is very good. I think you'll also enjoy the expanded cast of heroes and villains.
Kick Ass 2 is a pile of shit. And I'm not the picky type, I usually love sequels that everyone hates. I thought the Matrix 2 was very good and the third one was...OK, not fantastic but tolerable. And the Animatrix was awesome. Kick Ass 2? Absolutely not.
Chloe Moretz as hit girl steals this movie! Somehow I can see you enjoy the heck out of this one! Thanks Jen! Chloe's Parents would not let her watch the finished film for a while due to her youth!
Which honestly made more sense than the movie, however the Big Daddy & Hit Girl origin story is way better than the comics. There's quite a few tradeoffs between the original comic and the movie some made sense and some didn't.
I vividly remember seeing this in the theater and the entire audience was won over by Hit Girl. To say she stole every scene that she was in was an understatement. Also, Big Daddy’s death was iconic.
The comics are so good too! The movie is very much like the comics, with certain differences here and there. But Chloe Grace Moretz absolutely nailed it as Mindy / Hit-Girl. I cant imagine anyone else playing that role.
16:29 Nope, Nick Cage was never supposed to play Batman, but he WAS supposed to play Superman in the Tim Burton Batman universe and Michael Keaton would have guest starred as Bruce Wayne/Batman.
The reason Big Daddy is talking like that is because he’s mimicking how the original Batman spoke in the 1960s TV series. It’s very campy and I think you’d love it.
I watched the movie when it came out and didn't know anything about it. I absolutely didn't know what to expect and the reaction of the audience in the theater was hilarious😂 Jen, your reaction was awesome and this movie is even more fun watching it with you!❤ Can't wait for Part 2
I discovered Jen about ten days ago when Star Trek reacts popped up in ye old recommended feed. In the following days, I have had so many memories of my seven years in high school band/marching band flood back. Events I hadn't thought of in the better part of two decades. How much fun music can be. How fulfilling it is being part of making music in unison with more than 100 other people. The feeling of oneness and teamwork that comes with having so many individuals on the same page - pulling in the same direction. Her joy in shouting out various instruments, as well as bopping along with soundtracks in general is downright infectious! Thank you Jen for dredging up these good recollections. High school was not fun for me, but band was.
Kick ass 2 does not disappoint, it is a perfect continuation of the story, and is just as over the top and outrageous, it is a must see if you liked the first.
Should have known that tactical Jen was going to love the heck out of this movie. Lot's of stuff going boom and yes Hit Girl is all that and then some.
Glad you enjoyed this classic Jen. If you are interested in watching Kick-ass 2, it's worth mentioning that it has a different director, who kind of tries to emulate Vaughn's style, but doesn't really hit the mark. The new director also goes for a much more faithful adaption of the Kick-ass 2 comic (faithful to a fault seems to be the general opinion), whereas Matthew Vaughn's Kick-ass, and the source comic diverge pretty heavily- to the point that one could argue that the core message at the heart of comic book, and the philosophy of the film adaptation end up in opposition of one another. I know some fans weren't happy about the changes, but I personally feel that they ultimately made for a more satisfying film overall. I've tried to give Kick-ass 2 several chances, but everytime, I'm let down unfortunately
Little known fact, the gangster crushed in the yellow Range Rover was a reference to another Matthew Vaughn movie Layer Cake, which was also Daniel Craig's unofficial audition for James Bond, another movie worth watching.
THat moretz scene where she murders those fools in the apartment is amazing. Holy fuck. Especially that moment when she bounds forward and kicks the dude into the wall. So good.
At the time, that's exactly what a long-range jet pack cost. The one that was (or still is?) available was based on a miniature jet engine, though, for extended range, speed, and flight time.
Nic Cage was actually supposed to play _Superman_ and Kevin Smith was supposed to write the script for a while. If you ever watch Kevin Smith talking about that experience please make sure you've watched "Wild Wild West" with Will Smith first, another film produced by the same producer. And Hit Girl's rampage through the hallway? Oh GOD that was amazing in the theater. We were laughing in _shock_ at how _awesome_ it was. That's like, you know, the daughter of John Wick and XENA there.
Chloe Grace Moretz was 12 when they were filming the movie, and 13 when it released (the character is 11 at the start of the comics this is based on), and IIRC her mother in particular wasn't very happy that she was running around saying "cunt" on screen at 12 lol. And yes, 'that guy' was in the X-Men movies as Quicksilver. Kick-Ass played Quicksilver in the MCU.
They shot this movie in my hometown of Hamilton, the high school that was used was my high school Sir Winston Churchill. Me and my brother got to be extras in this movie. My little brother is the goth looking kid on the bike in the beginning and close to the end scene and in the cafeteria scene. I’m barely visible in the cafeteria scene but I’m very visible in a deleted scene, I got to meet Evan Peters he was very chill and talking to a lot of the extras. I didn’t get a chance to meet any of the other actors as they seemed very busy.
It just dawned on me what the key to Jen's cinematic heart is: gratuitous violence (with style)! But it will be hard to top Kick Ass... 😄 I remember that when the movie came out there was hand-wringing over 13-year old Chloë Grace Moretz playing in such a violent R-rated movie. Echoes of 14-year old Linda Blair in The Exorcist.
I still remember when they were on the PR trail for this, and Chloë Grace Moretz talking about how she got to say a lot of words she can't normally say without getting in trouble... :)
After the encounter in the apartment Hit Girl jumps the gap to meet BD under a billboard with a perfume ad. No real company would associate their name with this movie, and the model in that ad was Claudia Schiffer, Matthew Vaughn's wife.
You commented on how they referenced the comic book movies, like how Big Daddy looked just like batman, another reference you missed is the way Nicolas Cage delivered his lines, it was an exaggerated form of the way Adam West spoke in the Batman TV series.
16:19 Fun fact about the billboard in the background: The woman posing for the photo is the wife of the director. I guess you don't have to hire someone for that shot if your wife happens to be Claudia Schiffer, one of the most successfull and highest payed supermodels of the 1990's and early 2000's.
I last saw Chloe Moretz in 2020's "Shadow in the Cloud" which has a scene where she falls from a flying B-17 bomber in WW2, but a flaming Japanese plane beneath her blows up, and explosion launches her back up into the bomber saving her life. It's pretty ridiculous, but she's great.
The soundtrack & score to this entire film is amazing. I love it. Esp the score at the warehouse during Big Daddy's attack & the score during the "live execution" scene with Hit Girl. 🥰🥰
Someone in the comments said you can't shoot hard body armor more than once saying that the plate shatters after the first shot, but Smyth Busters have a video exposing that as a myth that's based on the performance of earlier ballistic armor, and many other RUclipsrs have demonstrated modern body armor with metal plates, ceramic plates, or composite plates stopping multiple shots from the firearms more powerful than those used by the villains in "Kick Ass."
Big Daddy's mask reminds me a bit of the mask worn by the Phantom in the 1974 movie "Phantom of the Paradise". Paul Williams plays a record producer named Swan, and he also wrote all the music for the film. It is a very interesting mix of campy horror, musical, comedy and drama. Well worth a look see.
This movie is hilarious. The characters made this movie. Red Mist aka McLovin, was beyond funny. Big Daddy .. and Hit Girl' who looks so sweet and innocent .. turns out to be super lethal.
Dexter Fletcher (guy crushed in car), Mark Strong..both British..hence being the bad guys.....Also Dexter was in (Band of Brothers)...He played Sgt. Martin.
A joke that the younger viewers will miss is that Hit-Girl's theme song is the theme song from the 1960's tv series, The Banana Splits, which was, itself, a truly whacked out tv series. I used to watch old re-runs after school when I was a kid. The sequel is very good.
Hi Jen, so great of you to continue these premieres despite being away from home. You're the best, Jen! [Ian tells me you've actually just got home, but you're still the best!]
I honestly taught my 11 years younger sister the same way, back in 2000. Not so much weapons, but self-defense and combat reflex actions. .... Welll .....Actually....I started with that, then she used it on our mother. Then I had to teach her discipline/self-restraint as well. She was ~9 years old when I started. She was feared on the playground. I had to teach that girl so much temperance. I thought she was a nerd, I did not know she was really a tom-boy..... ugh. She married a marine who could barely keep up with her. I have stories if you wish to hear, about some of the training. Some humorous, some with me with my head in my hand.
My mom had you beat. Back when I was around 8 or so she decided I needed to learn how to fight and since she was a single mom she decided to get (a slightly unstable) Vietnam vet green Barret she had dated to teach me to fight. He taught me hand to hand the way he had been taught. Everything was based on the idea that there is no such thing as a fair fight and you take down the enemy as hard and as fast as humanly possible. I spent years trying to talk people out of starting a fight with me cause I was legit scared I would accidentally put them in the hospital.
@@markcarpenter6020 Daaaaaaaaaaaaaamn. I seriously am impressed. (I was kind of raised by a single-mother (Long story, eventually adopted). My sister was not.) I want to ask about your stories, but afraid that RUclips will drop the ban hammer if we started trading. How about: Any fun/funny stories? I hope they are all not serious.
@@AnEvilMathematician while not all my stories are serious they tend to cover topics you tube doesn't like. About the only funny stories you tube let's me tell are about my grandparents. They were characters. Granny was an Irish redhead and my grandfather was from a family or bootleggers. They were both larger than life characters.
The movie deviates in two major ways from the comics, which changes the tone when you get to the end. For one, Big Daddy's backstory in the comic is a lie, which he uses as an excuse to act as a superhero. He has a briefcase with him all the time, which he's very protective of. Turns out, it's full of expensive comics, which he's been selling to fund his and Hit-Girl's weaponry. It should be noted: at the end of the first comic series, Hit-Girl goes to live with her mom, who she didn't know was alive and well this whole time. The other big change is when the main character reveals his secret identity and that he's not gay--she kicks him out and hates him because he lied to her, sending him photos of her having sex with other guys, because she knows he'd hate to see it. Also, the finale action scene is definitely different from the comics, but I can't remember how the story ends in the source material. At least it's still noticeably an actual adaptation of the comic, though, unlike the movie Wanted (same comic writer), which may as well not even be tied to the comic it's based on.
Chloe was the star of this film, hands down. She trained and trained to be able to do the butterfly knife scenes, and used to whip them out on TV shows to impress the hosts. It is crazy to think that she actually had me believing a little kid could kick the crap out of grown ass men and be such a fantastic badass. One of my favorite characters of all time.
Many people have mentioned that Nic Cage was supposed to be Superman. There is an actual documentary about this called "The Death of Superman: What Happened?" that has test footage of Nic Cage in his Superman outfit as well as interviews with Tim Burton, Kevin Smith, and others. It's worth checking out.
Nick Cage was supposed to play Superman in a movie known as Superman Lives that writer/director Kevin Smith (Silent Bob) spent some time on as the primary script writer. There is fantastic video of him talking about this from one of his Evening with Kevin Smith DvDs and the Superman part is easily googled. It's one of the most hilarious real Hollywood movie stories you'll ever hear. Later there was a whole documentary done that went back and interviewed a good amount of the real life characters involved. Nick Cage is a huge comic book nerd and the rumor always was that he tried getting onboard with every superhero movie that came down the pipeline for awhile before they finally just made a movie where he starred as his favorite character (who he actually has a tattoo of) Ghost Rider.
Welcome Home, Jen💙and I Love Your Shirt: I've been on "Team Captain America" since LONG before there ever was an MCU!👍I'm here for ALL of Your Laughs today...😂
That looks like a Mk 153 SMAW (Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon). This is a weapon used by the US Marines, primarily against bunkers, although it is very versatile and can be used against tanks and personnel. It's adapted from a similar Israeli weapon. It's basically a highly modernized Bazooka, but not exactly the same.
Mr. & Mrs. Moretz: "What?? You want to hire our 10-year-old daughter to cuss like a sailor and reduce grown adults to bloody pulps with knifes, blades, and firearms?? Absolutely not!!" Director: "The part pays X million dollars." Mr. & Mrs. Moretz: "Where do we sign?"
The movie actually softens a lot of things from the original comic (spoilers below): In the comic, Big Daddy's backstory turns out to be a total lie and he was just an accountant who wanted a more exciting life and raised his daughter with a fake story about him trying to avenge his wife In the movie, Red Mist is introduced early on and it's shown from the start that he is infiltrating the hero side; it also takes time to build sympathy for him and his relationship with his father. In the comic, he just appears midway through the story and him being a traitor is a big surprise
I feel like all the changes are for the better. There is one other change I remember hearing about: . . . . . . . . . Katie apparently becomes a real piece of work in the comic books, but I love having the reactions of her and Marcus to the "Unmasking" scene as it just adds so much tension knowing those are the only people who know who is really there (in contrast to the people watching random people)
One of the most epic pieces of music ever IMO, 'Adagio For Sunshine' by John Murphy is the music playing as Big Daddy dies, and as Kickass flies Hitgirl to safety on the jetpack. It absolutely rules. If you haven't seen the movie it was originally written for, 'Sunshine' with Cillian Murphy and TONS of other top-notch people, absolutley check it out. It's a sci-fi movie about an attempt to save Earth from a dying Sun.
Anyone want to watch the sequel with me?
Superhero Playlist: ruclips.net/p/PLQHhQlj8i5dopvtiurLnZTGXuc5ngzQD6
I'll watch ANY sequel with you, Jen😊
Answer is always YES Jen you know that 🙂 plus it's a fun sequel that will sure have you laughing over and over 🔥
Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
The sequel is not as good and has some... not great stuff happens 😬, so go in with a bit of caution if you decide to watch it.
The sequel is kinda mean-spirited in a not-very-fun way. I'd say watch it on your own.
There are still so many movies I'd want you to watch that haven't (yet?) hit the reactor zeitgeist in a big way:
Walk Hard
Lucky Number Slevin
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Men Who Stare At Goats
foremost among them. "Mr Right", "Stretch", and "7 Days in Hell" are excellent, underappreciated movies, but I don't hold out much hope that they'll ever be properly appreciated.
"The way he's talking!" 🤣🤣🤣
I highly suggest the Adam West Batman movie (Batman 66) to fully see what Cage is doing with his in-costume affectation. That man knows how to drop an homage!
Sorry but this ain’t the 60’s, real comic fans all agree he was trash at Gambit.
@@cw1345 You missed the point entirely. The movie has comedic elements and the dude that looks like a pseudo-modern Batman is kind of a dork who is emulating the 60s Adam West Batman. Your comment about it not being the 60s is kind of stupid since he wasn't actually trying to play a modern Batman here.
Not to mention the fact that the 60s show made Batman a household name and saved the comics from being cancelled and falling into obscurity. It also created multiple generations of REAL comic fans because it was entertaining for children and funny for adults at the time. You wouldn't likely have any modern versions of Batman without it.
@@shawnpatrick1877 Plus Alan Moore, the guy who created some of the most influentially violent comics out there, says Adam West is the best Batman.
@@thedoctor4327 Alan Moore is a moron especially when it comes to comic book opinions. You might as well ask Garth Ennis his opinion on comic books. I could give a crap all the great books he's written. Most actual Batman fans would completely disagree with that statement.
@@shawnpatrick1877 You didn’t make that good of a point to warrant that many likes in a 3 comment thread. Liking your own comment that many times is pretty crazy.
According to director Mathew Vaughn, Cage started performing his dialogue with the Adam West affectation to the utter surprise and bewilderment of Vaughn and the cast, until Vaughn realized Cage was doing Adam West.
That’s pretty much Cage’s thing, he just shows up and does whatever he wants
I wonder how he prepared for "Willy's Wonderland". Lol.
22:45 Jen Murray: "Gotta get a cape."
Edna Mode: "MetalMan; express elevator! DynaGuy; snag on take-off! SpashDown; sucked into a vortex! _No capes!"_
Also Dollar Bill from Watchmen: cape got stuck in a revolving door and he was shot dead trying to stop a bank robbery.
😂😂😂😂
On the comics story arc when Steve Rogers temporarily gave up his Captain America identity and became Nomad, his new costume original had a cape, but it put him in danger when it got caught on something, so he got rid of it.
I still don't get how someone as talented as Edna couldn't design a tear away cape.
What a great name, in hindsight. "Edna Mode" or "Edna" mode. Both work.
He wasn't going to play Batman but he was going to play Superman in a Tim Burton movie that never happened.
Thank God. LOL.
Yeah, the early 90s were a strange time. Lol
@@zmarko Not as strange as it is now buddy
But there is some test footage in a costume :)
I think I seen him play Superman in another movie.. not to spoil.
Wow, I forgot how young Chloë Grace Moretz was in this. And she absolutely owned this role and stole every scene she was in. A lot of power for such a young actor.
Yes. Chloe was only 12 years old when she made this movie. She's amazing. My other favorites by her are Let Me In and Shadow in the Cloud.
Agreed. And when you consider how she stole every scene in a movie starring Nicolas Cage...? Yeah, she's good!
She's awesome :)
Man this movie and Let Me In were like, "watch out for this actor."
nd then chloe went woke and ggrew up
Nicholas Cage is perfectly casted. Perfectly over the top for a cartoon movie.
Cage's excellent as an even more unhinged Dracula in the film Renfield.
"I lost my mommy and daddy. 😭" Well, Hit-Girl wasn't lying about that.
In my opinion, Kickass is one of the better Superhero films. I remember being surprised how much I liked it the first time I saw it.
I still think it's fantastic, I don't remember any marvel film getting me as tense as the scene where KickAss and Big Daddy are being tortured. It straddles that line between a parody and homage, but with it being about a kid who gets out of their depth, it still feels like it has heart than many bigger budget efforts
The best thing about this reaction is you went into this blind. All of us who saw it before was just smiling cheek to cheek. Love all of you reactions!
When my niece was about 7 or 8 years old they had a school assignment where thay had to write down who their favorite superhero was and why and then dress up for a Halloween party. Needless to say writing down Hit-Girl and then dressing up as her raised some eyebrows in school. 😂
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Love how the theme from "For A Few Dollars More" plays during the scene when Hit Girl enters the lobby.
I was surprised Jen didn’t recognize the tune. But she was in the right ballpark with the Kill Bill reference
@@ziggystardog Definitely. Both Ennio Morricone songs from classic spaghetti westerns. For a Few Dollars More is actually my favorite of the Man With No Name trilogy.
One thing to note is that Hit-Girl is constantly running out of ammo *before* she should. This is the opposite of stereotypical Hollywood with its infinite ammo without reloading.
I saw in some interview that the ammo issue in the hallway shootout was because they filmed a lot more footage of that, but it was making the hallway appear to be a country mile long so they cut a lot of it out, making it look like she was always out of ammo.
@@raymondgilbert1341 The thought had occurred to me that it could be the result of editing, but it happens in other scenes, too, like the night vision scene. Maybe that was also edited down and/or reordered, I don't know. Whatever the reason, the end result is that she often appears to be artificially short on ammo.
And of course she was "nerfed" at the end to let Kick-Ass be the hero. I totally buy D'Amico beating her in hand-to-hand combat while unarmed or barely armed, since he had some fighting skills and was much bigger and stronger, but she could have gone for his gun instead of throwing it aside, for example. And earlier, she never used her stun grenades when they could have come in handy, possibly. Carrying a few fragmentation grenades would really have come in handy when she was cornered in the kitchen, as well.
I'm surprised at how many people forget that BOTH Quicksilvers from varied Mcu movies are in this movie.
Quicksilver is a smidge forgettable.
Good Point!
And in Wandavision he says 'kickass!'
Lot of people forget Kickass and Wanda are married and have a kid in Godzilla (2014).
...wait, what? _~checks IMDB~_ Kickass was MCU Quicksilver? And one of his buddies was X-Men Quicksilver? Have to wonder how that casting played out.
Notice how Cage pauses in a parody of Adam West's inflections as Batman (the one on TV in the 1960s). 😄
I was just about to put that. I used to watch that show when I was a kid. It was really popular when it came out.
@@geniusjohn8280 And for decades after the fact.
@@geniusjohn8280 West's Batman is still my favorite, and so is his Batmobile.
@@rbrtck Fun fact West is also Alan Moore's (Watchmen, The Killing Joke) favorite Batman
@@rbrtck Atomic batteries to power! Turbines to speed! Love the Adam West open top Batmobile.
"Everything is under control boss..." **slowly walks over and nonchalantly picks up bazooka**
Chris' reaction is FANTASTIC "Under control, you're grabbing a freaking bazooka"
I don’t think anyone has mentioned this yet, but the actor playing the gangster father Frank D’Amico is Mark Strong, who also played Merlin in the Kingsman movies.
He was also Dr. Sivana from the SHAZAM! movie.
@@rubensalvador9422 And Merlin in the Kingsman's movies.
... and Sinestro in Green Lantern & the bad guy in Shazam. the guy gets around.
I first saw Mark Strong in a movie called "To End All Wars".
Which is a tough film to watch, based on a true story, of life in a Japanese PoW camp in WW2.
Since then he has been in a lot of different films, with a great range of performances. I think he is one of the best actors around today if you want someone to come in and give a really committed performance in pretty much any genre of movies.
Which were also directed by Matthew Vaughn.
I didn't realize til today that Kick-Ass is Aaron Taylor Johnson, AKA Quicksilver from the MCU. The glasses must have had a real Clark Kent effect on me.
And his friend Todd is AKA Quicksilver from X-men
@@lodrbyroniClark Duke or the other kid?
@@RandomNonsense1985 Evan Peters.
@@lodrbyroni Yeah, I knew Evan Peters, but it never clicked for me that Kick-Ass and Pietro are the same guy. And I guess he's Kraven now, too. yeesh, give it a rest, Sony.
He‘s also Tangerine in Bullet Train, which always blows my mind
The best part of the reaction is Jen yelling, “Oh shit!” when Kick-Ass gets hit by the car after getting stabbed. 😂😂
You should definitely watch ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’, I think you’d really like it.
After this moie, I could no longer hear the song "Crazy' without an image of Kick Ass and Red Mist grooving to it in the car.
"When you're on coke, everything seems like a good idea."
-Jen, 2024
You should absolutely watch Scott Pilgrim. These two movies are like twins:
- Came out in 2010
- Based on a comic book
- First non-British film by British director
- Filmed in Canada (KA in Hamilton, SP in Toronto)
Except Scott Pilgrim sucked and Kick-Ass is actually good.
10:25 This is an _unavoidable_ part of being a superhero. Batman doesn't have _powers,_ but he's in _shape._ He's a _world-class Olympian._
Chloe Moretz as Hit-Girl is amazing and Nic Cage channeling Adam West's Batman never gets old. Genius. 😁 The sequel isn't as good but still worth seeing.
Great Adam West/Batman delivery from Cage! By the way, I love the way Miss Jen subtly inserts her whispered "subscribe"! 😁
"Hit Girl" is awesome,.Chloe Moretz slayed this role.
Not sure if anyone else has mentioned the fact that both Quicksilvers are in this. X-Men and MCU.
And all my youngest daughters life I’ve tried to have her be Hit Girl and I’d be Big Daddy for Halloween.
Never happened.
Hit-Girl seems pretty happy, whether her childhood was normal or not. I'm not saying that what her father did was right, and she sure wasn't happy after he was killed, but before that, she sure didn't seem to be suffering or depressed. She liked what she could do and sometimes did.
There's also another movie filmed entirely with a GoPro called Hardcore Henry where you are the hitman/assassin character.
It's on Jen's movie request list so maybe one day 👍
I don't get motion sick, but I almost had to leave that movie.
@@CarefulWithThatAx Apparently a lot of work went into filming everything to reduce motion sickness as much as possible. They built a custom stabilisation rig that put the camera in front of the mouth for example. Unfortunate that it wasn't effective for everyone.
Both Quicksilvers in the mcu and in fox universe are in this movie.
The music used in the warehouse fight scene with Big Daddy is called "In the house - in a heartbeat", by John Murphy.
It was written for the movie "28 days later" (Another movie worth watching).
@@simonoleary9264 i thought it sounded familiar! Matt knows what to pull from British greats like Danny and Guy.
Also in the Hit Girl POV scene, they use another John Murphy song, from another Danny Boyle film called Sunshine. The song is "Surface of the Sun" which I believe is a variation of a classical piece called "Adagio in G Minor".
It's such an incredible piece of music, in any setting. But in my humble opinion its place in this superhero movie dulls its effect a bit, after being so powerfully used during a certain scene in 28 Days Later.
"Kick Ass 2" is worth checking out. Mindy/Hit Girl becomes more of a co-star getting more screen time and character development. Jim Cary later decried his involvement with the movie over concerns that on screen violence might inspire real life violence, but his performance as Col. Stars & Stripes is very good. I think you'll also enjoy the expanded cast of heroes and villains.
Agree 100%. I don't get why so many fans of the first hate the second. I thought it was every bit as much fun.
Kick Ass 2 is a pile of shit. And I'm not the picky type, I usually love sequels that everyone hates. I thought the Matrix 2 was very good and the third one was...OK, not fantastic but tolerable. And the Animatrix was awesome. Kick Ass 2? Absolutely not.
Pretty sure Cage was parodying Adam West with that stilted speech pattern, though exaggerated. Arguably the most beloved Batman ever.
Chloe Moretz as hit girl steals this movie! Somehow I can see you enjoy the heck out of this one! Thanks Jen! Chloe's Parents would not let her watch the finished film for a while due to her youth!
Why wouldn't they let her watch it if they let her film it? Especially since her character is a big reason why it's rated R?
She always said her parents said, NO! I'm with you ... I always thought it was crazy!
In the comics, Dave doesn't get the girl. Katie rejects him after telling her the truth.
Which honestly made more sense than the movie, however the Big Daddy & Hit Girl origin story is way better than the comics. There's quite a few tradeoffs between the original comic and the movie some made sense and some didn't.
I vividly remember seeing this in the theater and the entire audience was won over by Hit Girl. To say she stole every scene that she was in was an understatement. Also, Big Daddy’s death was iconic.
“Nobody makes me bleed my own blood… NOBODY!” 😂
The comics are so good too! The movie is very much like the comics, with certain differences here and there. But Chloe Grace Moretz absolutely nailed it as Mindy / Hit-Girl. I cant imagine anyone else playing that role.
16:29 Nope, Nick Cage was never supposed to play Batman, but he WAS supposed to play Superman in the Tim Burton Batman universe and Michael Keaton would have guest starred as Bruce Wayne/Batman.
The reason Big Daddy is talking like that is because he’s mimicking how the original Batman spoke in the 1960s TV series. It’s very campy and I think you’d love it.
I watched the movie when it came out and didn't know anything about it. I absolutely didn't know what to expect and the reaction of the audience in the theater was hilarious😂 Jen, your reaction was awesome and this movie is even more fun watching it with you!❤ Can't wait for Part 2
I discovered Jen about ten days ago when Star Trek reacts popped up in ye old recommended feed. In the following days, I have had so many memories of my seven years in high school band/marching band flood back. Events I hadn't thought of in the better part of two decades. How much fun music can be. How fulfilling it is being part of making music in unison with more than 100 other people. The feeling of oneness and teamwork that comes with having so many individuals on the same page - pulling in the same direction. Her joy in shouting out various instruments, as well as bopping along with soundtracks in general is downright infectious! Thank you Jen for dredging up these good recollections. High school was not fun for me, but band was.
Kick ass 2 does not disappoint, it is a perfect continuation of the story, and is just as over the top and outrageous, it is a must see if you liked the first.
Should have known that tactical Jen was going to love the heck out of this movie. Lot's of stuff going boom and yes Hit Girl is all that and then some.
Glad you enjoyed this classic Jen. If you are interested in watching Kick-ass 2, it's worth mentioning that it has a different director, who kind of tries to emulate Vaughn's style, but doesn't really hit the mark. The new director also goes for a much more faithful adaption of the Kick-ass 2 comic (faithful to a fault seems to be the general opinion), whereas Matthew Vaughn's Kick-ass, and the source comic diverge pretty heavily- to the point that one could argue that the core message at the heart of comic book, and the philosophy of the film adaptation end up in opposition of one another. I know some fans weren't happy about the changes, but I personally feel that they ultimately made for a more satisfying film overall. I've tried to give Kick-ass 2 several chances, but everytime, I'm let down unfortunately
This is Chloë Grace Moretz’s best role. She carries this movie and the 2nd one.
Little known fact, the gangster crushed in the yellow Range Rover was a reference to another Matthew Vaughn movie Layer Cake, which was also Daniel Craig's unofficial audition for James Bond, another movie worth watching.
"Now go, to Robin's Revengeeee"
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THat moretz scene where she murders those fools in the apartment is amazing. Holy fuck. Especially that moment when she bounds forward and kicks the dude into the wall. So good.
At the time, that's exactly what a long-range jet pack cost. The one that was (or still is?) available was based on a miniature jet engine, though, for extended range, speed, and flight time.
Nic Cage was actually supposed to play _Superman_ and Kevin Smith was supposed to write the script for a while. If you ever watch Kevin Smith talking about that experience please make sure you've watched "Wild Wild West" with Will Smith first, another film produced by the same producer.
And Hit Girl's rampage through the hallway? Oh GOD that was amazing in the theater. We were laughing in _shock_ at how _awesome_ it was. That's like, you know, the daughter of John Wick and XENA there.
John Wick and Xena? Damn well put 😂
One thing's for sure, Matthew Vaughn knows how to film action scenes, as further evidenced by the Kingsman films.
7:25 Love the "Gonna hafta build that in Sims!"
@@ScratchJoe Right? That'd be an awesome walk through.
When you said nobody makes me bleed my own blood i lost it😂😂😂. Great dodgeball quote!!😂
Chloe Grace Moretz was 12 when they were filming the movie, and 13 when it released (the character is 11 at the start of the comics this is based on), and IIRC her mother in particular wasn't very happy that she was running around saying "cunt" on screen at 12 lol.
And yes, 'that guy' was in the X-Men movies as Quicksilver. Kick-Ass played Quicksilver in the MCU.
They shot this movie in my hometown of Hamilton, the high school that was used was my high school Sir Winston Churchill. Me and my brother got to be extras in this movie. My little brother is the goth looking kid on the bike in the beginning and close to the end scene and in the cafeteria scene. I’m barely visible in the cafeteria scene but I’m very visible in a deleted scene, I got to meet Evan Peters he was very chill and talking to a lot of the extras. I didn’t get a chance to meet any of the other actors as they seemed very busy.
Last line 'Wait until they get a load of me" was from the Joker (Jack Nicholson) from Batman 1989.
Batman 1989 is on Jen's channel
It just dawned on me what the key to Jen's cinematic heart is: gratuitous violence (with style)! But it will be hard to top Kick Ass... 😄 I remember that when the movie came out there was hand-wringing over 13-year old Chloë Grace Moretz playing in such a violent R-rated movie. Echoes of 14-year old Linda Blair in The Exorcist.
I still remember when they were on the PR trail for this, and Chloë Grace Moretz talking about how she got to say a lot of words she can't normally say without getting in trouble... :)
After the encounter in the apartment Hit Girl jumps the gap to meet BD under a billboard with a perfume ad. No real company would associate their name with this movie, and the model in that ad was Claudia Schiffer, Matthew Vaughn's wife.
21:52 I find it kinda funny that Tony is the only one that made it out alive, because they sold and arrested him
You commented on how they referenced the comic book movies, like how Big Daddy looked just like batman, another reference you missed is the way Nicolas Cage delivered his lines, it was an exaggerated form of the way Adam West spoke in the Batman TV series.
16:19 Fun fact about the billboard in the background: The woman posing for the photo is the wife of the director. I guess you don't have to hire someone for that shot if your wife happens to be Claudia Schiffer, one of the most successfull and highest payed supermodels of the 1990's and early 2000's.
"He's really beating the crap out of that kid!"
That child just murdered 75 grown men.
I last saw Chloe Moretz in 2020's "Shadow in the Cloud" which has a scene where she falls from a flying B-17 bomber in WW2, but a flaming Japanese plane beneath her blows up, and explosion launches her back up into the bomber saving her life. It's pretty ridiculous, but she's great.
The soundtrack & score to this entire film is amazing. I love it. Esp the score at the warehouse during Big Daddy's attack & the score during the "live execution" scene with Hit Girl. 🥰🥰
Someone in the comments said you can't shoot hard body armor more than once saying that the plate shatters after the first shot, but Smyth Busters have a video exposing that as a myth that's based on the performance of earlier ballistic armor, and many other RUclipsrs have demonstrated modern body armor with metal plates, ceramic plates, or composite plates stopping multiple shots from the firearms more powerful than those used by the villains in "Kick Ass."
Big Daddy's mask reminds me a bit of the mask worn by the Phantom in the 1974 movie "Phantom of the Paradise". Paul Williams plays a record producer named Swan, and he also wrote all the music for the film. It is a very interesting mix of campy horror, musical, comedy and drama. Well worth a look see.
Super terrific reaction, I love Kick Ass!!! Yes, I'll definitely watch part 2. Now for Jens' superhero name. "The purple ponytail."
This movie is hilarious. The characters made this movie. Red Mist aka McLovin, was beyond funny. Big Daddy .. and Hit Girl' who looks so sweet and innocent .. turns out to be super lethal.
“Wait until they get a load of me” was a line from the 1989 movie Batman directed by Tim Burton.
Yes batman 1989 is on jens channel
Chloe Grace Moretz can actually twirl butterfly knives in real life. She demonstrated it a few years ago on one of the late night talk shows.
17:31 Nick Cage is doing a hilarious Adam West as Batman impersonation.
I was so surprised when I first saw this. Kick Ass 2 is also worth watching
The actress who played Hit-Girl turns up in the first Equalizer film. Edna says "NO CAPES" darlings.
The equalizer is on Jen's channel
Dexter Fletcher (guy crushed in car), Mark Strong..both British..hence being the bad guys.....Also Dexter was in (Band of Brothers)...He played Sgt. Martin.
Aaron Taylor lusting over the teacher feels on point considering who he's married to. Love it.
A joke that the younger viewers will miss is that Hit-Girl's theme song is the theme song from the 1960's tv series, The Banana Splits, which was, itself, a truly whacked out tv series. I used to watch old re-runs after school when I was a kid.
The sequel is very good.
Hi Jen, so great of you to continue these premieres despite being away from home. You're the best, Jen! [Ian tells me you've actually just got home, but you're still the best!]
Jen got back late last night 👍 but yes it's wonderful she makes the time to fit them in 🙌
@@Ian-xx1xb OK, Ian, thanks.
All the Friggs in the world can’t out-do the “SHIT” that came out after he got hit by the car 😂
I honestly taught my 11 years younger sister the same way, back in 2000. Not so much weapons, but self-defense and combat reflex actions.
.... Welll .....Actually....I started with that, then she used it on our mother. Then I had to teach her discipline/self-restraint as well. She was ~9 years old when I started. She was feared on the playground. I had to teach that girl so much temperance. I thought she was a nerd, I did not know she was really a tom-boy..... ugh. She married a marine who could barely keep up with her.
I have stories if you wish to hear, about some of the training. Some humorous, some with me with my head in my hand.
My mom had you beat. Back when I was around 8 or so she decided I needed to learn how to fight and since she was a single mom she decided to get (a slightly unstable) Vietnam vet green Barret she had dated to teach me to fight. He taught me hand to hand the way he had been taught. Everything was based on the idea that there is no such thing as a fair fight and you take down the enemy as hard and as fast as humanly possible. I spent years trying to talk people out of starting a fight with me cause I was legit scared I would accidentally put them in the hospital.
@@markcarpenter6020 Daaaaaaaaaaaaaamn. I seriously am impressed. (I was kind of raised by a single-mother (Long story, eventually adopted). My sister was not.)
I want to ask about your stories, but afraid that RUclips will drop the ban hammer if we started trading.
How about: Any fun/funny stories? I hope they are all not serious.
@@AnEvilMathematician while not all my stories are serious they tend to cover topics you tube doesn't like. About the only funny stories you tube let's me tell are about my grandparents. They were characters. Granny was an Irish redhead and my grandfather was from a family or bootleggers. They were both larger than life characters.
Giving a straight choice between hearing your BS stories and root canal surgery without anaesthetic I'll take root canal surgery every time.
@@mikelheron20 well I'm not a dentist but I play one on TV and would be happy to give you that root canal.
Oh! I'm excited! I haven't watched KICK-ASS in years. It'll be great to share it with you. Thanks. Here we go! :)
The movie deviates in two major ways from the comics, which changes the tone when you get to the end. For one, Big Daddy's backstory in the comic is a lie, which he uses as an excuse to act as a superhero. He has a briefcase with him all the time, which he's very protective of. Turns out, it's full of expensive comics, which he's been selling to fund his and Hit-Girl's weaponry. It should be noted: at the end of the first comic series, Hit-Girl goes to live with her mom, who she didn't know was alive and well this whole time.
The other big change is when the main character reveals his secret identity and that he's not gay--she kicks him out and hates him because he lied to her, sending him photos of her having sex with other guys, because she knows he'd hate to see it.
Also, the finale action scene is definitely different from the comics, but I can't remember how the story ends in the source material. At least it's still noticeably an actual adaptation of the comic, though, unlike the movie Wanted (same comic writer), which may as well not even be tied to the comic it's based on.
Chloe was the star of this film, hands down. She trained and trained to be able to do the butterfly knife scenes, and used to whip them out on TV shows to impress the hosts. It is crazy to think that she actually had me believing a little kid could kick the crap out of grown ass men and be such a fantastic badass. One of my favorite characters of all time.
That was a bit edgy when he asked the Chinese restaurant if they've seen that cat. 😂
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As soon as she said that her costume would be purple i was. “Oh she will like Hit Girl”
Kick-Ass/Dave is played by the same actor that went on to play Tangerine in Bullet Train.
Many people have mentioned that Nic Cage was supposed to be Superman. There is an actual documentary about this called "The Death of Superman: What Happened?" that has test footage of Nic Cage in his Superman outfit as well as interviews with Tim Burton, Kevin Smith, and others. It's worth checking out.
He did appear as Superman briefly in the Flash movie
Nick Cage was supposed to play Superman in a movie known as Superman Lives that writer/director Kevin Smith (Silent Bob) spent some time on as the primary script writer. There is fantastic video of him talking about this from one of his Evening with Kevin Smith DvDs and the Superman part is easily googled. It's one of the most hilarious real Hollywood movie stories you'll ever hear. Later there was a whole documentary done that went back and interviewed a good amount of the real life characters involved. Nick Cage is a huge comic book nerd and the rumor always was that he tried getting onboard with every superhero movie that came down the pipeline for awhile before they finally just made a movie where he starred as his favorite character (who he actually has a tattoo of) Ghost Rider.
You can't think of hit girl without la la lah la la la lah
Welcome Home, Jen💙and I Love Your Shirt: I've been on "Team Captain America" since LONG before there ever was an
MCU!👍I'm here for ALL of Your Laughs today...😂
That looks like a Mk 153 SMAW (Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon). This is a weapon used by the US Marines, primarily against bunkers, although it is very versatile and can be used against tanks and personnel. It's adapted from a similar Israeli weapon. It's basically a highly modernized Bazooka, but not exactly the same.
This suddenly made me wonder if anyone has reacted to The Art of Self-Defense before, and if not, maybe Jen Murray should do so.
Hit Girl is the best character in the movie
Mr. & Mrs. Moretz: "What?? You want to hire our 10-year-old daughter to cuss like a sailor and reduce grown adults to bloody pulps with knifes, blades, and firearms?? Absolutely not!!"
Director: "The part pays X million dollars."
Mr. & Mrs. Moretz: "Where do we sign?"
0:53 Aww...you're not invisible to girls. You're the guy they think is a creeper. Kind of makes being 'invisible' the more preferred scenario.
40:44 yes you should watch the sequel
The movie actually softens a lot of things from the original comic (spoilers below):
In the comic, Big Daddy's backstory turns out to be a total lie and he was just an accountant who wanted a more exciting life and raised his daughter with a fake story about him trying to avenge his wife
In the movie, Red Mist is introduced early on and it's shown from the start that he is infiltrating the hero side; it also takes time to build sympathy for him and his relationship with his father. In the comic, he just appears midway through the story and him being a traitor is a big surprise
I feel like all the changes are for the better. There is one other change I remember hearing about:
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Katie apparently becomes a real piece of work in the comic books, but I love having the reactions of her and Marcus to the "Unmasking" scene as it just adds so much tension knowing those are the only people who know who is really there (in contrast to the people watching random people)
@@neilbiggs1353 Yeah, Mark Millar even approved of the Big Daddy change, saying the movie wouldn't have worked with the comic version of his story.
One of the most epic pieces of music ever IMO, 'Adagio For Sunshine' by John Murphy is the music playing as Big Daddy dies, and as Kickass flies Hitgirl to safety on the jetpack. It absolutely rules. If you haven't seen the movie it was originally written for, 'Sunshine' with Cillian Murphy and TONS of other top-notch people, absolutley check it out. It's a sci-fi movie about an attempt to save Earth from a dying Sun.
Chloe Grace Moretz before puberty- epic😂 My favourite superhero movie together with „Watchmen.“
This was an excellent reaction, Jen, it's a great fun film, the sequel is great too.