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Review: Kick-Ass 2

By Christine Petralia

Image courtesy of Universal Pictures

August 20, 2013

 

Based on the comic book of the same name, this sequel to Kick-Ass is just as good, if not better than the first. Yes, it’s just as bloody, and has a lot of violence, but people have to remember that it’s a superhero comedy! It’s no more violent than other movies or even video games.

 

It’s a few years later. Mindy Macready aka Hit-Girl (Chloe Grace Moretz) is struggling to find her place in the teenage world after her father’s death. She’s skipping school and training as Hit-Girl despite against her guardian’s wishes.  Dave Lizewski aka Kick-Ass (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) has essentially retired, but he too feels as if his life is missing something since hanging up his Kick-Ass uniform.  Meanwhile, since becoming Kick-Ass there are vigilante ‘superheroes.’

 

And back on Long Island, Chris D’Amico aka Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) is also dealing with his father’s death. His mother moved him out to the Island to fix him, but it just makes him crazier, as he accidentally kills her in a tanning bed. After his mother’s death, he decides to seek revenge for his father’s death and becomes an evil villain, the Motherf*cker.

 

As Motherf*cker seeks to build his army of evil villains, Kick-Ass, still missing a piece of himself, seeks a group of good superheroes. He joins “Justice Forever,” which is filled with people who have some sort of backstory or reason for joining. It is lead by Col. Stars and Stripes (Jim Carrey). Kick-Ass tries to get Hit-Girl to join, but she has promised her guardian she won’t go around as Hit-Girl anymore and will try to enjoy being a teen. However, she just doesn’t quite fit in.

 

Motherf*cker continues on his tirade, going around killing or attacking anyone close to Kick-Ass. Finally, Kick-Ass has had enough and calls all vigilantes and Justice Forever members to settle things once and for all. After a funny, and bloody, battle scene, the good guys get justice and Motherf*cker sees a very funny death, or does he? Stay until the end of the credits to find out!

 

The end leaves the possibility for a third installment, so I’ll be excited to see if that actually happens.

 

I really enjoyed this movie. It really was just as good as the first one. And this time around, I was expecting all the violence. Though the scene with the Russian Mother in a Queens neighborhood was pretty badass. I also really liked with Mindy/Hit-Girl goes to a high school girl’s house for a slumber party, as well as her cheerleading tryouts. And Johnson really got buff for his role as Kick-Ass again.

 

It’s a shame that this film didn’t get the proper promotion as it should have. In fact, I barely knew this film was coming out, until I saw a commercial two days earlier. I think part of the reason was Carrey’s refusal to promote the film. He claimed after making the film that it was just too violent. But as I said, it wasn’t any worse than a zombie film or a slasher flick. I think people need to remember at the end of the day, it is just a movie. 

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