Kick-Ass 2 (2013)
Average Rating: 4.7/10
Reviews Counted: 148
Fresh: 44 | Rotten: 104
Kick-Ass 2 falls short in its attempt to emulate the original's unique blend of ultra-violence and ironic humor.
Average Rating: 4.3/10
Critic Reviews: 31
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 26
Kick-Ass 2 falls short in its attempt to emulate the original's unique blend of ultra-violence and ironic humor.
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Movie Info
His heroic antics having inspired a citywide wave of masked vigilantes, Kick-Ass (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) joins their ranks to help clean up the streets, only to face a formidable challenge when the vengeful Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) transforms himself into the world's first super villain in this sequel written and directed by Jeff Wadlow (Never Back Down). Dave/Kick-Ass and Mindy/Hit Girl (Chloë Grace Moretz) are about to graduate high school and become a crime-fighting duo when their
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Jim Carrey
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John Leguizamo
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Robert Emms
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Mary Kitchen
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Matt Steinberg
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Steven Mackintosh
Tommy's Dad -
Monica Dolan
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Garrett M. Brown
Mr. Lizewski -
Lyndsy Fonseca
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Yancy Butler
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Tom Benedict Knight
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Erika Cho -
Paul Raposo
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Lindy Booth
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Ella Purnell
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Tanya Fear
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Charlie Clapham
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Chuck Liddell
Himself -
Daniel Kaluuya
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Chantelle Chung
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Andy Nyman
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John Bregar
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Shane Daly
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Martin Roach
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Adam Bond
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All Critics (148) | Top Critics (31) | Fresh (44) | Rotten (104)
If it works at all, fitfully, it's because of the precociously talented and in-control Moretz, who basically carries the entire film on her own small shoulders.
Top CriticSequel offers exactly the blend of R-rated nastiness and candy-colored action fans expect.
What was once shocking now just elicits a shrug.
The year's most unpleasant movie.
The savvy wit and inspiration on display in the first film is absent in this dumbed-down, warmed over retread. Consider its ass kicked.
"Kick-Ass 2" can't decide what it wants to be when it grows up: a vessel for unhinged vengeance and destruction or a meta-critique of those same impulses.
Maybe we should have left this franchise where it started.
Yet the film's biggest treat - and this will come as no surprise to Kick-Ass fans - is how strong and magnetic a character Hit Girl (Chloe Grace Moretz) has become. She's great. Trouble is, there's not enough of her.
Funny, raunchy and action-packed. 'Kick-Ass 2' doesn't quite live up the creativity of its superlative predecessor. This is R-rated material that is not suitable for children or for those accustomed to PG-13-rated superhero fare.
Sometimes funny and extremely violent, "Kick Ass 2" is a by the book sequel that continues the concept of regular citizens becoming heroes.
KICK-ASS 2 defames the original. It's a style-less and humourless retread; sans heart.
The first movie was complete and did not require or deserve a sequel which this new movie proves
Unsure what it wants to say, Kick-Ass 2 is a forgettable action flick with just an occasional splattering of humour.
Offers a convenient punching bag for critics who want to equate the youth violence in movies with its manifestations offscreen, even if teenagers probably represent the ideal audience to both enjoy and see through this contradictory, nuance-free cartoon.
It definitely finds a few interesting places to go.
If the whole of Kick-Ass 2 had been 'Hit Girl Goes to High School', it would have been great.
A cancerous pretender promising something different but only offering up crass costumed zeroes
Extreme violence and outrageous comedy form an uneasy alliance in this outwardly enthusiastic but inwardly ugly comic book sequel.
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.
These filmmakers have ended up with a sequel that lacks the freshness of the original film. It brings nothing new to the table, satisfied with simply throwing these characters together again and hoping that everything will turn out for the best.
Like many sequels, 'Kick-Ass 2' falls short of the original. It fails to achieve that delicate balance, achieved so well in the original film, of comedy and violence.
Easily one of the year's worst films.
In the end, Kick-Ass 2 just kicks the audience's arse too much, and with too much unnecessary force...
So long as Chloë Grace Moretz's murderous Mindy Macready - aka Hit Girl - remains in the limelight, I'll take little umbrage with the bastardisation of the comics upon which these movies are based.
Loses all of its edge while anxiously trying to convince the audience it's still a subversive bit of meta-superhero cinema.
Isn't it time Hit-Girl got a movie of her own? She's still the best thing about this franchise.
Audience Reviews for Kick-Ass 2
Super Reviewer
Nate's Grade: C+
Super Reviewer
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- Dave Lizewski/Kick-Ass: We should be like Batman and Robin!
- Mindy Macready/Hit Girl: No one wants to be Robin.
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- Dave Lizewski/Kick-Ass: This is real life. There is no sequel.
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- Mindy Macready/Hit Girl: You know all that homophobic shit makes you sound super gay.
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- Mother Russia: You think you can kill me with a needle?
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- Colonel Stars and Stripes: As long as your heart's in the right place, we don't care what you put in your mouth.
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- Chris D'Amico/The Motherf%&*^r: A world full of superheroes... wait till they get a load of me. I'm gonna make Kick-Ass pay for what they did to my dad!
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