Kickass

The Best Film of 2010?!


Really? I must say that this opinion of mine here has evolved over the last few days. Purely due to that amount of support it has gained from the Christian Audience. I do run the risk of sounding hypocritical about this, so I say with hand on heart that I do NOT plan here to condemn any Christian who enjoyed the film.

Yet......we have issues. Firstly personally one of my favourite films is a Film Called "One Hour Photo". This film has grose and disturbing SeX Scenes and Stalker shots. Yet however the story, message and ambiguity of the film is top of its class. But.....does the very nasty scenes black label this film? I think not, so surely what is the point of this post for Kickass?

The film is not sold or marketed as a Drama or Thriller, it is a Action Comedy, to which it is fully in it's right. I am annoyed and shocked to hear that people say this film deals with "Complex Issues". At least three people have suggested this. I think this is wrong and horribly justified.

I would agree that their are issues, such as the Batman Wannabe Father literally projectile vomits his lust for revenge and murder upon his child daughter. To whom might I add is completely messed up and twisted to the very extreme. So yes the issue of laying your sick burdens on children will have catastrophic consequences.

People will argue that there are more issues, yet they are few and far between. Not even worth another sentence. We come now to the main attraction of the film. The violence. People love it. Now again I do enjoy some violent films, some even to the point of weird. But Kickass is a whole different ballgame. I can safely say that any film with child abuse or sexual violence is a no go, Kickass is not to this extreme, but it does have a problem with child representation in a violent manner. Kickass is however the personification of this apathy to the wonder of Childhood innocence. Kickass' main character is a child with exceptional fighting, defense and martial art skills. Again nothing wrong with that. The girl however is shown as a mass killer, foul mouthed and abusive control freak. She was robbed of all innocence and dignity.
Jesus says in Mark "But if you cause one of these little ones who trusts in me to fall into sin, it would be better for you to be thrown into the sea with a large millstone hung around your neck." Now the context is those who believe in him, I understand this. Also the girl actor might not be a Christian, but I think we can read into this that the value Jesus places on Children is titanic. Children should not be in this type of role at anytime. EVER!

I have the same issue with films such as the Exorcist, at least this film was banned for a substantial amount of time.

Please do not misunderstand me, Kickass was a funny film with enjoyable bits. But I do think people should wake up to the Child exploitation of this genre. Since this is the case in Kickass, I cannot ever recommend any person on this living Earth to go and see it.