Kick-Ass 2
(2013)You can't fight your destiny.
Costumed vigilante Kick-Ass (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) returns alongside Hit Girl (Chloë Grace Moretz) as the pair deal with high-school life, the emerging DIY superhero movement, and their old nemesis Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) – tastefully renamed The Mother F**ker. Co-stars Jim Carrey and Scrubs' Donald Faison.... More
The explosive events of the first film inspired the rise of a new league of superheroes called Justice Forever, led by the gruff Colonel Stars and Stripes (Carrey). Kick-Ass joins their patrol, but when members of the squad fall victim to The Mother F**ker, it's up to Hit Girl to prevent the total annihilation of Justice Forever.Hide
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Directed by Jeff Wadlow
Starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jim Carrey, Lyndsy Fonseca, Donald Faison, Clark Duke, Morris Chestnut, John Leguizamo
Written by Jeff Wadlow (based on the comics by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.)
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Flicks Review
BY Liam Maguren Flicks Writer
It’s somewhat surprising that many of the fight scenes in Kick-Ass 2 aren’t all that memorable, given they were the only thing worth remembering in Jeff Wadlow’s Never Back Down. The highway sequence in particular is a victim of bad post-production. Still, the sequel’s new director admirably keeps the manic mix of R-rated comedy and action seen in Matthew Vaughn’s original while omitting the terrible attempts at shock-drama that polluted Mark Millar’s comic – the ultra-violence is already full-on without the need of animal decapitation, child slaughter and gang rape.... More
While the crime-fighting craze has spread to other wannabe vigilantes, Mindy hangs up her Hit-Girl suit to give ‘regular’ teen life a go. The parallel between the boy-band obsessions of dolled-up teenage girls and the fanboy superhero adorations of costumed geeks is a surprisingly novel illustration of otherwise typical high-school identity themes. They even manage to spin a pretty good subplot about Mindy’s sexual independence grown from the ashes of her stolen childhood.
However, the huge focus on Hit-Girl comes at the expense of Kick-Ass himself, who’s little more than a narrator in the film – it makes a particularly heavy tragedy in the third act feel lighter than it should. Side-characters are also denied their times to shine, with Jim Carrey’s scene-stealing Colonel Stars and Stripes leaving the stage long before we want him to. Fortunately, Christopher Mintz-Plasse transcends as villainous douchebag The Motherf--ker – he’s like an angry internet troll who actually goes through with his threats.
The crude quips (“I’ll be immortal, like an evil Jesus!”) are unapologetic in delivery; you’ll take them as either vulgarity or hilarity. Luckily, Kick-Ass 2 taps into my juvenile sense of humour, even if some of the gags went limp (one being literal). It could have also done without the terrible CG diarrhoea…Hide
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Kick-Ass 2
BY Gerd superstar
Extremely primitive and predictable, full of American crap values. Bad acting and stupid costumes underlined by a confusing script of ups and downs from happy happy pancake pancake to senseless violence in seconds. How anybody can even remotely compare this ridicules garbage with the first one is beyond me. Avoid at all costs.
BY Lucy-Power superstar
I enjoyed Kick-Ass 2 as much as I enjoyed the first one. The characters, especially Hit Girl, felt much better developed. Even though it was nearly two hours long, it didn't feel like it dragged on, which was good.
BY Brendan3 superstar
Good follow up.
Story is not great, acting is ok.
Action and fights well done
BY JackWallace superstar
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A messy, confused, over-the-top mixture of brutality and sick comedy, puckishness and ugliness, self-awareness and tone-deafness. Full Review
A more modest success than the first "Kick-Ass," but still of-a-piece with its scurrilous predecessor. Nobody flies a jet-pack up a skyscraper this time, but Kick-Ass 2 still has its share of over-the-top action, and the sweary laughs are just about intact. Full Review
The film delivers almost exactly what fans of the first installment are hoping for. Full Review
The best thing about ‘Kick-Ass’ was Moretz, and Hit-Girl still gets the best lines. Like the first film, Kick-Ass 2 pulls the reality of teen life into its fantasy. Full Review
A fun if sporadically schizoid return to one of the brighter, brasher comic-bookers of recent years. Full Review
As diverting as this action-packed caper often is, it feels not just weightless but emotionally and morally stunted whenever it veers into grown-up dramatic territory. Full Review
There isn't anything good to say about Kick-Ass 2. Full Review
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