Hamfisted message
It's a shame that it has such a hamfisted approach to its subject. Subtext seems to be all but dead in modern screenwriting; everything is so insultingly obvious and force-fed to the viewer.
The fact that eight writers brought this to life and there's no unique voice amongst them, barring the author of the source material, is evident. The humour doesn't really land and seems to be meme or tik-tok humour that rarely invokes a laugh. There are some moments that are plagarised from better films, but that is true of most films, as modern writers seem to lack life experience and base their ideas on things they've seen in other films rather than what they've lived. The fact that Chloe Grace-Moretz has a scene causing chaos while accompanied by the sound of The Dickies' Banana Splits is not lost on me, or I can imagine other Kickass fans.
I'll give it credit where it's due, and the flashback montage has a moment of beauty that has you really caring for the protagonist, but it comes too late in the film, where at 1 hour and 10 minutes you've had to put up with a very snarky and annoying character that lacks any sort of humble quality. In fact most of the characters are quite bland and one dimensional barring the title character, whether this was an intentional choice to make the main character stand out from the rest but it hurts the story. The villains are a bunch of airhead himbos that inhabit the very worst of "bro culture." Overall I found it to be very poor and just not for me.
The fact that eight writers brought this to life and there's no unique voice amongst them, barring the author of the source material, is evident. The humour doesn't really land and seems to be meme or tik-tok humour that rarely invokes a laugh. There are some moments that are plagarised from better films, but that is true of most films, as modern writers seem to lack life experience and base their ideas on things they've seen in other films rather than what they've lived. The fact that Chloe Grace-Moretz has a scene causing chaos while accompanied by the sound of The Dickies' Banana Splits is not lost on me, or I can imagine other Kickass fans.
I'll give it credit where it's due, and the flashback montage has a moment of beauty that has you really caring for the protagonist, but it comes too late in the film, where at 1 hour and 10 minutes you've had to put up with a very snarky and annoying character that lacks any sort of humble quality. In fact most of the characters are quite bland and one dimensional barring the title character, whether this was an intentional choice to make the main character stand out from the rest but it hurts the story. The villains are a bunch of airhead himbos that inhabit the very worst of "bro culture." Overall I found it to be very poor and just not for me.
- Retrostudious
- Jan 6, 2024