Kick-Ass

Kick-Ass
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Directed byMatthew Vaughn
Screenplay by
Based on
Kick-Ass
by
  • Mark Millar
  • John Romita Jr.
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyBen Davis
Edited by
  • Pietro Scalia
  • Jon Harris
  • Eddie Hamilton
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 12 March 2010 (2010-03-12) (SXSW)
  • 26 March 2010 (2010-03-26) (United Kingdom)
  • 16 April 2010 (2010-04-16) (United States)
Running time
117 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$28–30 million
Box office$96.2 million

Kick-Ass is a 2010 superhero black comedy movie. 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.

The movie and comic tell the story of a teenager called Dave Lizewski. Lizewski is an average teenager who wonders why nobody in real life has ever decided to become a superhero like the ones in the comic books. He decides to become a real-life superhero despite having no special power or ability of any kind. He purchases a suit on the Internet and calls himself Kick-Ass.

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  1. 1 2 Later retitled to Book One of Kick-Ass: The Dave Lizewski Years