Posters, Clip, and Early Reviews for ‘Kick-Ass’

Published by Jeff Leins on: December 14th, 2009

Audiences in attendance for the Comic-Con presentation of Kick-Ass were raucously supportive of Matthew Vaughn’s independent superhero comedy in July.  It was the sleeper hit of the convention without a doubt, sparking a studio bidding war for distribution rights and since gaining a certain geek credibility in time for its release on April 16, 2010.

There’s no better place for this type of movie than “Head Geek” Harry Knowles’ festival Butt-Numb-a-Thon, a 26-hour movie watching marathon here in Austin where Kick-Ass celebrated a premiere this past weekend.  Vaughn and Christopher Mintz-Plasse were in attendance for the “legendary” screening and Q&A.

The reactions from BNT ranged from laudatory to blowing “the audience the f*ck away.”  Most seemed floored by it and many even said it was better than Scorsese’s Shutter Island and Cameron’s Avatar, which both played that day. Harry called it the most badass film since John Woo’s Hard Boiled. Quint from Ain’t Cool News also weighed in on the magic.

Here is a red-band clip featuring Nicolas Cage as “Big Daddy” and a poster of him in full costume (both from UGO.com).  And just because I missed it last week, a poster of Mintz-Plasse as “Red Mist” (from AICN).