have you ever really wanted to be a super hero dave lizewski has and hes not willing to let it stop with simple daydreams designing a suit for himself and taking the name kickass dave decides to make his dreary existence more exciting and maybe even help some people in the process but with no special powers and outmatched by new york citys most hardened criminals kickass might be in for a little more than he bargained for with his superhero secret identity gaining fans due to a popular viral video and other masked vigilantes beginning to make their presence felt in the city dave knows that his extracurricular activity is dangerous maybe even stupid but hes got the itch and it aint going awaycollecting kickass 18