Yeah it's not as good as the first (which is a truly fantastic comic book film), but Kick-Ass 2 still holds it own. It deviates a bit more from the source material then the first one did but the film also rounds out patches left from the second graphic novel. The film is still fairly humorous and while there may be some cringeworthy lines of dialogue here and there as well as some truly ridiculous action sequences, I still had a lot of fun with this in the end.

It'll be very interesting to see what they'll do with the third film considering in the graphic novel...

You mean if there is a third film...

I think including WW grosses it'll more than double it's $29M budget which should allow the third film to happen.

There will be a third film.

Lecter is just being annoying because he was so let down by it.

Due to its fantastic performance on home video after a strong, if unspectacular run in theatres, Kick-Ass, the ultra-violent, ultra-cynical comic revision of the superhero film which became an instant cult favorite upon release in 2010, receives a modest sequel three and a half years later. The result is inferior to the first in most respects, yet still entertaining. The factor of surprise is gone, a blow for which the film cannot always compensate: controversial, scene stealing character Hit-Girl is still a dynamic and agile spitfire, but the charge of how-far-can-and-will-this-go excitement encircling this pint sized symbol of brutal justice is no longer as potent, and the film's attempts to ignite it anew at times fall flat, including the disgusting, idiotic sequence concluding a storyline which pits hardened vigilante Mindy against a trio of high-school-overlord beauties. However, there remains a great deal to enjoy here. The action sequences, in the third act in particular, are colorful and well staged, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson, as Dave/Kick-Ass, holds his own with more confidence amidst a sea of side heroes and antagonists with outsize personalities and abilities.

As for Jim Carrey, playing former mob enforcer turned born-again Christian superhero Colonel Stars and Stripes and replacing Nicolas Cage as the franchise's resident A-list star, his role is neither as riveting nor as extensive as one might expect. He is energized, but this character represents a limited playground for an actor with such enormous talent. His involvement with Kick-Ass 2 will prove more memorable for his subsequent denouncement of it due to the over-the-top violence than his actions in front of the camera.

B

The best part of this movie is the framed photo of Nicolas Cage. Must own.

Cage's absence is felt here. He brought a great deal to the table in the first film as a demented answer to Adam West's Batman. The Carrey casting which seemed so amazing and exciting once upon a time does not pan out in the sequel. Bit of a boring part, with an early exit.

Oh, this is not a huge deal, but they seriously kick the character of Katie (Dave's crush turned girlfriend in the first) to the curb in this one, don't they?

Well Katie breaks up with Dave in the first graphic novel when she finds out he isn't gay so it wouldn't make sense for her and Dave to have much of any screentime together in this one. It also allowed for the invasion on Nightbitch's house (which is originally Katie's in the Kick-Ass 2 graphic novel) to flow better with the events of the film. That scene is also MUCH more graphic in the novel.

It's amazingly uneven and something of a tonal disaster, but Carrey is really good and there were moments I quite liked (almost all of them involving Hit Girl).

Even though this is a fun, at times very fun movie (one I am sure I will watch again the future), I do wish I could hop for a moment to a universe where Kick-Ass 2 is an ambitious 2012 film directed by Matthew Vaughn with an increased budget at his disposal, a top-flight script, etc. There is a slightly deflating air of compromise around this actual sequel, as if the energy is dialed down to a six or seven and everyone is a year and a half past maximum investment.

It feels like a DTV sequel in terms of ambition.

Does the last shot indicate Dave is going to build a more high-tech, robotic Kick-Ass suit? I couldn't study the drawing long enough.

Definitely a step-down from the firstl. Hit-Girl is easily the best thing about this, and even some of her stuff was eyeroll worthy. (the mean girls stuff could've been more fun if they didn't go for such cliche lines and random throwing up) Also Kick-Ass is such an unappealing lead character.

My brain cannot comprehend a movie worse than Kick Ass 1 so I can't even imagine the horrors in there

hi yoshue, my movie lineup for tonight:

surrogates
long time dead
seven brides for seven brothers

LOL, I switched through the chanels and stumbled upon two of those. But neither Surrogates nor Long Time Dead are any good.

In the comic, are the no repercussions directed towards Todd for betraying Kick Ass' dad?

I don't remember the comic that well, but I don't think Todd betrays him there.

There's worse. There was worse this year in fact...

KICK ASS 2

I went in with no expectation after the extreme lack of promotion for the film. I like Johnson as Kick Ass and hit girl, but maybe they just should have kept it more of HG and KA school struggles and hero life on the side and get rid of the Motherfucker storyline. I liked the comic book yet real style of the first film but this one really goes comic book at you with all these ridiculous "heroes" and villains. Mother Russia was a badass but her whole sequence with the cops is over the top for me but guess it was meant to be that way. I did not like the replacement of the actor who was Kick Ass's bud in the first. I did not like the replacement of the black detective either. I agree with a reviewer who questioned the style of HG's costume. It just doesn't quite work on a girl her age and that tall. So in the end, I just somewhat enjoyed it and I did like the action sequences for the most part and the scenes with KA and HG. It was okay to watch but clearly not as a good or entertaining as the first from my pov.

Grade - B

I was really enjoying this until



Then it gets way too dark for its own good. So I'll give the first half an A-, the second a C+ and balance it out to a B. A solid effort, but one couldn't quite find a way to balance the fun with the more serious things that happen in the film.

What a pussy.