Kick - Ass is directed with perfect style by Matthew Vaughn, who made the cult
gangster film Layer Cake and the quaint fantasy Stardust, which was also adapted from a graphic novel.
Not exact matches
Like a pulp riff on Luigi Pirandello's play «Six Characters In Search Of An Author,» the
film adds
layer upon
layer of meta - fiction to the hilariously slight premise of a
gangster chasing after the three petty dognappers who swiped his Shih Tzu.
The
film doesn't treat our
gangster lead like wonderful
films Layer Cake, Donnie Brasco, or Scorsese's Departed / GoodFellas / Gangs of New York with utter demise.