Overview
A teenage comic book fan decides to become a real-life superhero despite having no powers, but when he gets caught up in a war between a crime lord and a father-daughter vigilante team, things escalate.
Released in 2010, Kick-Ass was directed by Matthew Vaughn and produced under the Lionsgate banner. The film occupies a significant place within the Independent — telling a self-contained story outside of shared-continuity superhero franchises.
The film features lead performances from Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloë Grace Moretz, Nicolas Cage, among others, anchoring a story that adapts characters first brought to life in Image Comics. Its source material gives the film a foundation rooted in decades of published storytelling, which Vaughn and the creative team interpret through a cinematic lens.
With an audience rating of 7.6, Kick-Ass is generally praised as a strong entry in the superhero genre — its strengths in storytelling, performance, and production design regularly cited by viewers.
Principal Cast
Trivia & Facts
Kick-Ass released in 2010, placing it within the 2010s era of comic book cinema — a decade that saw superhero films become the dominant force at the global box office.
Directed by Matthew Vaughn, the film was produced by Lionsgate and adapts source material from Image Comics.
The principal cast features Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Chloë Grace Moretz, with key supporting roles played by Nicolas Cage, Mark Strong.
The film belongs to Independent — an independent / standalone production, not tied to a shared cinematic universe.
Kick-Ass carries an audience rating of 7.6 — putting it in the solid-to-excellent tier of the genre.
The Image Comics source material for Kick-Ass has been in continuous publication for decades, giving filmmakers a rich well of storylines, character arcs, and iconography to draw upon.
Modern superhero films like this one use a mix of practical effects and digital VFX, with entire sequences often shot against volume walls or LED stages pioneered by shows like The Mandalorian.
Kick-Ass is catalogued on Movies on Comics among our collection of 163 comic book films spanning 48 years of cinema — from Richard Donner's 1978 Superman to the present day.