Why did it take over a week for these crappy bootleg videos of the live-action movie of Mark Millar's Kick-Ass shown at Comic Con to make it onto the nettertubes? I have no idea. But still, these clips (see the other three over at Worst Previews) are pretty damned swell, although I prefer the clip above since it features Hit Girl. I have a thing for adorable assassins, what can I say? It's why I own two copies of The Professional. Still, the fact that no studio has picked the film for an actual release is kind of troubling -- as you might know, it's all being financed by director Matthew Vaughn at the moment. But I can't decide if mass audiences want or are even ready for a movie of Mark Millar's Mark Millar-iest comic. Will it -- or should it -- go straight to DVD? What do you think?
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Tanath said:
what does this mean for the comic? i have every issue but at this pace the movie will come out first...i don't want to see that
Posted 08/03/2009 at 10:04:43 AM
Tanath said:
but i'll probably be first in line again...this clip is amazing...
Posted 08/03/2009 at 10:10:07 AM
Jason Stephens said:
I love the comic, and except for the whole "mouthpiece" deal with the mask, this looks spot-on. I hope that whatever company DOES decide to distribute the film doesn't punk out and force edits to the violence. I wanna see Hit Girl slicing people up and calling them "bitches".
Posted 08/03/2009 at 10:45:29 AM
DE12 said:
Did anyone else catch the 80s kiddy cartoon music that kicked in while she was killing people. That was awesome.
Posted 08/03/2009 at 11:07:46 AM
Gareth said:
This, doesn't really look good. At all. I know it's a story about regular joe's going off the deep end becoming costumed vigilantes, but it still looks cheap as hell. Like a fan film or something. I see some Punisher War Zone Numbers in the future for this one.
I remember this scene being bloodier in the comic, what kind of rating are they going for on this one?
Posted 08/03/2009 at 11:19:36 AM
Tanath said:
i like the way it looks...like insane pulp...which is basically what it is...i mean a 10 year old girl just killed a room full of guys...if it doesn't look slick, that's okay with me
Posted 08/03/2009 at 11:35:53 AM
Chas said:
I'm actually really disappointed in this. Every comic movie should take the Zak Snyder route; use the source material for storyboards. It wasn't nearly as violent as it should have been.
Posted 08/03/2009 at 11:40:51 AM
Red Joker said:
I think you guys are forgetting the fact that this is all privately funded. And for that it looks pretty sweet... also i felt like the cheaper look is intentional given the source material.
Posted 08/03/2009 at 12:16:01 PM
A-COD said:
I heard this footage caused a buzz, but it was even better than I thought. Can't wait to see this, it's a shame The Weinstein's company is on life support this might have been up their alley. Maybe if Bastards is a hit?
Posted 08/03/2009 at 12:27:17 PM
The_Kid said:
this looks awesome, but I still hate the open mouth on the Kick-Ass costume, thats the only thing I didn't like about the clip.
Posted 08/03/2009 at 12:57:34 PM
NeverPlayedWOW said:
Anything with kids butchering grown men must be awesome
Posted 08/03/2009 at 02:54:49 PM
Liter One said:
It'll be hard to find distribution for a movie that seemingly advocates joe schmoe donning a costume and fighting crime. Especially a teenage joe schmoe. You can only do that if a spider bites you or if you're adopted by a billionaire. The Professional is a great movie, but didn't exactly do great box office.
Posted 08/03/2009 at 02:55:34 PM
"Starman" Matt Morrison said:
Given that it doesn't have Angelina Jolie attached to it (like that other movie based on Mark Millar's indy work was), I imagine this will be going straight to video, if that.
Posted 08/03/2009 at 03:34:01 PM
Stanley Ipkis said:
This looks better than I hoped for. Spot on, actually! :)
Posted 08/03/2009 at 04:43:23 PM
Simon said:
Hey Love your site also I post a few more clips on my site
Posted 08/03/2009 at 09:00:04 PM
mightynard said:
whoa, i woulda geeked out and gave a standing O to this clip too. especially for that dude going the indie route with it. you can't do that in post-columbine hollywood
Posted 08/03/2009 at 09:33:06 PM
Jambo said:
Nice - I'll see it when it comes out. Vaughn is a great director.
One down side - it seems to have Nic Cage in the cast. He's been doing turkeys for a few years now...
Posted 08/04/2009 at 06:11:09 AM
bambo said:
Nicholas cage is in the movie. So it does have a star attached to it, sort of. From the stuff I saw online this movie has major potential. Also because of the con it is starting to get buzz including industry folks out there.
Posted 08/04/2009 at 12:56:15 PM






