New trailers show that Matthew Vaughn’s ‘Kick-Ass’ takes the exact opposite angle than ‘Wanted’ — which is to say the exact right angle — and promises a hilariously twisted and brutal good time.

I don’t know about you, but I found Wanted to be a pretty big disappointment. Even as a big-budget spectacle, it was too uneven and unintentionally silly to be what it could have been, and what it should have focused on being: a lot of fun. Its attempts at Fight Club nihilism feel out of place, its turns into mysticism totally unnecessary (so wait, you’re telling me the world is controlled by a bunch of textile hobbyists?). Writers, director, whoever might be to blame: your movie is about superhuman assassins who can do crazy shit with guns and cars. If said movie isn’t 98% fun to watch, then the problem is not the concept, but the execution. It’s obvious that somewhere between Mark Millar’s original comic work and the film that followed, something was lost in translation.

But now a new crew is having a go at taking the dark and violent Millarverse to the big screen with Kick-Ass, out this April. And based on the clips so far, director Matthew Vaughn is taking the exact opposite angle on the project — which is to say the exact right angle — and just making this movie a hilariously twisted and brutal good time. It’s got a nerdy teen who thinks he can be a super-hero. A foul-mouthed tween named Hit Girl who seriously fucks up bad guys left and right with her plentiful blades and bullets. And a chance to make Nicholas Cage both likable and cool again — though maybe not quite enough to make up for Ghost Rider.

As we round out Oscar season and its year-end dump of serious award-bait flicks, it’s good to know that just around the corner are the next round of fun action-comedies; especially R-rated ones that don’t play it down for the kiddies. For now, this one is definitely at the top of the “can’t-wait” list for 2010.

To ease the wait though, check out this Kick-Ass widget full of trailers, posters, and other bloody goodness.

Fingers crossed that Kick-Ass doesn’t fall prey to the all-too-common problem, which also plagued Wanted, of showing us all the best stuff in the ads before we even get through the theatre doors.