In the early 2010s, the novelty of the original Kick-Ass movies was how they served as a naughty, meaner version of DC and Marvel flicks. If you ever wanted a preteen Robin-alike to shoot gangsters in the head or slice them up with a butterfly knife, you’d go to these filmsfor your fix.
Matthew Vaughn has been in the filmmaking game since 1996, but he’s perhaps best known for 2010's Kick-Ass and 2014's Kingsman: The Secret Service