Four character posters have been released for director Matthew Vaughn's Kick Ass via IGN. All four combine to read 'Kick Ass' (above, click to enlarge).
I like that the actors names do not appear on the posters, although I wonder if that will hinder rather than help the film's marketing. Then again, Nicolas Cage is one of the actors, so you know, maybe the marketing guru's know what they're doing (I shouldn't say that, I did enjoy Knowing).
Kick Ass is based on the comic book of the same name that follows Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson), an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who lives alone with his father. Dave's life is not very difficult and his personal trials not that overwhelming, however one day he makes the simple decision to become a super-hero even though he has no powers or training. Before long he is joined by three more would-be superheroes.
All four individual posters together with character summaries are after the jump.
Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage) is literally that -- big, and a daddy. Specifically, he's Hit-Girl's father, who has made the some-might-say dubious decision to raise his little girl as a lethal killer, working continuously on a mission of revenge against the crime boss who killed his wife and his daughter's mother. Far from a superhero himself, Big Daddy simply sees Kick-Ass as a way of furthering his own murderous plans.
The mysterious Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) is one of the costumed would-be adventurers who emerges in the aftermath of Kick-Ass' crime-fighting debut. The reefer-smoking Red Mist soon becomes something of a partner to Kick-Ass as their assault on the underworld intensifies, but what is this hero's true motivation?
Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson) doesn't have superpowers, isn't particularly strong or smart, and isn't extraordinary in any way… aside from his desire to be a hero. Donning a scuba suit, a ski mask, and a pair of clubs, Dave hits the underworld hard in his new persona of Kick-Ass. Though not as hard -- at first anyway -- as they hit him when he's severely beaten and hospitalized as a result of his first street fight. No one said being a hero was going to be easy…
Hit-Girl (Chloe Moretz) is just your ordinary, run-of-the-mill assassin who wields a sword and slices and dices drug kingpins for fun. She's also 11 years old. But as Kick-Ass soon learns, Hit-Girl isn't the only other costume-wearing weirdo running around out there.
Kick Ass hits theaters April 16, 2010.
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