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Kick-Ass Steals the Show at Comic-Con

With buzz being the Con’s biggest commodity, the show’s big winner so far is Matthew Vaugn’s and Mark Millar’s superhero action/comedy.

I realize we here at Geekshow haven’t really done much reporting on Kick-Ass, so allow me to reitterate the plot; the film is based on Mark Millar’s (Wanted, The Ultimates)comic book series about a geek who decides to become a masked crusader…and roundly gets his ass kicked. Aaron Johnson stars as the film’s title charecter (Yes, his superhero name is Kick-Ass.) and the film co-stars Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Red Mist, another wannabe crime-fighter; Chloe Moretz as Hit Girl, a bloodthirsty eleven year-old assassian; and Nicolas Cage as Big Daddy, Hit Girl’s father and boss.

The scene-stealing footage shown at the Con centered on Hit Girl brutally and efficiently taking out a roomful of grown men using a variey of swords and knives, ; inspiring a standing ovation from those in the screening. Vaugn is convinced that her performance as Hit Girl will turn Mortez into a star, telling SlashFilm “If we’re Star Wars, she’s our Han Solo.”

Kick-Ass was made independently and still lacks a distributor, but after the rousing feeback generated at the Con, I’ll be very surprised if the film isn’t bought by a Fox Searchlight-esque distributor.

(Aint It Cool News)