Kick Ass

Release date(s) 26 March 2010

Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson) is a geeky teenager who wonders why nobody has ever decided to become a superhero like the ones in the comic books, so he decides to become a real-life superhero, despite having no superpowers or training. During his first attempt to fight crime, Dave is beaten, stabbed, and hit by a car. He convinces paramedics to say nothing about his costume, making them say he was brought in naked, and spends several weeks in hospital. Some of Dave's nerve endings are damaged, giving him an enhanced capacity to endure pain and metal plates are placed in his skeleton to support his bones. After a painful recovery, Dave returns to school only to find out that his longtime crush, Katie Deauxma (Lyndsy Fonseca), is interested in him, but only because she thinks he is gay, after hearing a rumour caused by the belief that he was found naked: since everyone believes he was naked, they believe that his muggers must have raped him. Dave goes along with this in an effort to spend time with her.
Undeterred by his setback, Dave continues to patrol the streets. One night, he comes upon a gang fight and defends the single fugitive from his attackers. A bystander records the event, as well as Dave calling himself "Kick-Ass". The video becomes a YouTube phenomenon, and Dave sets up a MySpace account so people can contact Kick-Ass.

Cast

• Aaron Johnson as Dave Lizewski/Kick-Ass.
• Nicolas Cage as Damon Macready/Big Daddy.
• Chloë Grace Moretz as Mindy Macready/Hit-Girl.
• Mark Strong as Frank D'Amico, head of a criminal organization. The film's main antagonist
• Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Chris D'Amico/Red Mist, Frank D'Amico's son and the secondary antagonist of the film
• Michael Rispoli as Big Joe
• Yancy Butler as Angie D'Amico
• Jason Flemyng as Lobby Goon, the building doorman
• Elizabeth McGovern as Mrs. Lizewski
• Garrett M. Brown as Mr. Lizewski
• Lyndsy Fonseca as Katie Deauxma
• Sophie Wu as Erica Cho
• Dexter Fletcher as Cody
• Clark Duke as Marty
• Evan Peters as Todd
• Xander Berkeley as Detective Gigante, police officer working for D'Amico
• Omari Hardwick as Sergeant Marcus Williams, former partner of Damon Macready
• Stu 'Large' Riley as Huge Goon, a bodyguard to the D'Amico family.
• Craig Ferguson as Himself