PRINCIPAL CAST

Aaron Johnson, Nicolas Cage, Mark Strong, Chloe Grace Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Clark Duke, Lyndsy Fonseca, Xander Berkeley, Tamer Hassan, Evan Peters, Omari Hardwick, Michael Rispoli, Garret M. Brown

DIRECTOR

Matthew Vaughn

WRITER

Jane Goldman, Matthew Vaughn

PRODUCER

David Reid, Tarquin Pack, Adam Bohling, Kris Thykier, Brad Pitt, Matthew Vaughn

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Jeremy Kleiner, John S. Romita Jr., Stephen Marks, Mark Millar, Pierre Lagrange

SYNOPSIS

KICK-ASS tells the story of average teenager Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson), a comic-book fanboy who decides to take his obsession as inspiration to become a real-life superhero. As any good superhero would, he chooses a new name -- Kick-Ass -- assembles a suit and mask to wear, and gets to work fighting crime. There's only one problem standing in his way: Kick-Ass has absolutely no superpowers.

His life is forever changed as he inspires a subculture of copy cats, meets up with a pair of crazed vigilantes -- including an 11-year-old sword-wielding dynamo, Hit Girl (Chloe Moretz) and her father, Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage) -- and forges a friendship with another fledgling superhero, Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse). But thanks to the scheming of a local mob boss Frank D'Amico (Mark Strong), that new alliance will be put to the test.

BOX OFFICE

$48.0 Million

GENRE

Action/Comedy

RATING

Rated R
strong brutal violence throughout, pervasive language, sexual content, nudity and some drug use - some involving children

RUN TIME

117 Minutes

STUDIO

Lionsgate