Kick-Ass

Kick-Ass
Kick-Ass
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Directed by	Matthew Vaughn
Screenplay by	Jane Goldman; Matthew Vaughn;
Based on	Kick-Ass; by Mark Millar; John Romita Jr.;
Produced by	Matthew Vaughn; Brad Pitt; Kris Thykier; Adam Bohling; Tarquin Pack; David Reid;
Starring	Aaron Johnson; Christopher Mintz-Plasse; Chloë Grace Moretz; Mark Strong; Nicolas Cage;
Cinematography	Ben Davis
Edited by	Pietro Scalia; Jon Harris; Eddie Hamilton;
Music by	John Murphy; Henry Jackman; Marius de Vries; Ilan Eshkeri;
Production; companies	Marv Films; Plan B Entertainment;
Distributed by	Lionsgate (United States); Focus Features (uncredited; select territories; through) Universal Pictures (United Kingdom);
Release dates	12 March 2010 (SXSW); 26 March 2010 (United Kingdom); 16 April 2010 (United States);
Running time	117 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom; United States
Language	English
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^[a] by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.,^[7] 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 2 Later retitled to Book One of Kick-Ass: The Dave Lizewski Years

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1 2 3 "Kick-Ass". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
↑ Jaafar, Ali (19 November 2009). "Focus Features Int'l nabs 'Kick-Ass'". Variety. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
↑ "Kick-Ass". British Board of Film Classification. 26 February 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2010. Approved Running time 117m 12s
1 2 3 "Kick Ass (2010)". Box Office Mojo. Amazon.com. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
↑ "Kick-Ass". British Film Institute. London. Archived from the original on 20 August 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
↑ "Movie Kick-Ass". The Numbers. Nash Information Services. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
↑ "Kick-Ass (2010) - Matthew Vaughn | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie. Retrieved 2020-03-14.

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

[afi-2] 1 2 3 "Kick-Ass". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 6, 2017.

[3] Jaafar, Ali (19 November 2009). "Focus Features Int'l nabs 'Kick-Ass'". Variety. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

[bbfc-4] "Kick-Ass". British Board of Film Classification. 26 February 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2010. Approved Running time 117m 12s

[mojo-5] 1 2 3 "Kick Ass (2010)". Box Office Mojo. Amazon.com. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

[6] "Kick-Ass". British Film Institute. London. Archived from the original on 20 August 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2012.

[the-numbers-7] "Movie Kick-Ass". The Numbers. Nash Information Services. Retrieved 12 April 2010.

[8] "Kick-Ass (2010) - Matthew Vaughn | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie. Retrieved 2020-03-14.

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