by Steph Sharples
Lionsgate has released a second red band trailer for Kick-Ass. It has some new footage but the rest has already been shown in the previous trailers. I think this type of film will benefit most from word-of-mouth buzz. Kick-Ass has a very favorable release date as the only other wide release that weekend is 'Death at a Funeral', which targets an entirely different audience altogether. The film 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, is hunted by assorted violent and unpleasant characters, and meets up with a pair of crazed vigilantes, including an 11-year-old sword-wielding dynamo, Hit Girl (Chloë Moretz) and her father, Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage). KICK-ASS hits theaters on April 16, 2010.