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Kick-Ass (2010)

★ 7.1 · 12,337 ratings on TMDB

Shut up. Kick-ass.

Kick-Ass poster★ 7.1

Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a super-hero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so.

DirectorMatthew Vaughn
CastAaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Deborah Twiss, Elizabeth McGovern, Lyndsy Fonseca
GenresAction, Crime
The emergence reading

Kick-Ass keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E11 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing vigilantism, violence, media, justice, identity.

zero-distanceUSvigilantismviolencemediajusticeidentity
Also inFilms about justiceFilms about identity
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Same rung, same subject

Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.

Super (2010)E8 · identity, justiceSerial Mom (1994)E8 · identity, justiceDaredevil (2003)E8/E11 · identity, justiceBatman: Mystery of the Batwoman (2003)E8/E11 · identity, justice15 Minutes (2001)E8 · justice, mediaDeath Race (2008)E8/E11 · media, violence

Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

Death Race 2000 (1975)E12 · rare rung · media, violenceWho Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)E9/E10 · identity, media

Same people

Shared director or cast.

Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015)dir. Matthew VaughnKingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)dir. Matthew VaughnStardust (2007)dir. Matthew VaughnKick-Ass 2 (2013)Aaron Taylor-JohnsonSeeking Justice (2011)Nicolas CageAvengers: Age of Ultron (2015)Aaron Taylor-Johnson