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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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The tone's too rough to be funny. Kick-Ass 2 suffers from being a little too real. Jul 7, 2015 | Full Review…
The tone's too rough to be funny. Kick-Ass 2 suffers from being a little too real.
Henry Barnes
It's a clever film but it's also a cynical and disorienting one. Jul 7, 2015 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
It's a clever film but it's also a cynical and disorienting one.
Sandra Hall
All the wonder and surprise of the first movie is gone. It's just aping the violence in other movies and other comic books. Jan 3, 2014 | Full Review…
All the wonder and surprise of the first movie is gone. It's just aping the violence in other movies and other comic books.
Wesley Morris
Solve a crossword puzzle. Call grandma. Do whatever you like. But don't see this reprehensible movie. Aug 16, 2013 | Full Review…
Solve a crossword puzzle. Call grandma. Do whatever you like. But don't see this reprehensible movie.
Ali Arikan
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. Aug 16, 2013 | Rating: 1.5/4
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.
Stephen Whitty
Sequel offers exactly the blend of R-rated nastiness and candy-colored action fans expect. Aug 16, 2013 | Full Review…
Sequel offers exactly the blend of R-rated nastiness and candy-colored action fans expect.
John DeFore
The only character that works is Stars and Stripes, but sadly, writer-director Jeff Wadlow only scratches the surface on his backstory that could have made a much more interesting movie. Apr 9, 2019 | Rating: D+ | Full Review…
The only character that works is Stars and Stripes, but sadly, writer-director Jeff Wadlow only scratches the surface on his backstory that could have made a much more interesting movie.
Micheal Compton
Unfortunately, whatever smarts the franchise once had appear to have been knocked out of it in the first round. Mar 1, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Unfortunately, whatever smarts the franchise once had appear to have been knocked out of it in the first round.
Daniel Green
There are some kick-ass performances and action scenes here that are certainly worth seeing, but there's also a lot of wandering around with less successful results. Jan 25, 2019 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
There are some kick-ass performances and action scenes here that are certainly worth seeing, but there's also a lot of wandering around with less successful results.
Abbie Bernstein
Has none of the original's spark or sly humor, and it's become the empty, reptile-brain spectacle that the original's detractors accused it of being. Nov 2, 2018 | Rating: 3/10 | Full Review…
Has none of the original's spark or sly humor, and it's become the empty, reptile-brain spectacle that the original's detractors accused it of being.
Johnny Gayzmonic
Rein in expectations a touch before purchasing your tickets and stay until the end of the credits for a treat. Oct 26, 2018 | Full Review…
Rein in expectations a touch before purchasing your tickets and stay until the end of the credits for a treat.
Sarah Gopaul
The action, violence and ludicrous bloodshed are all in ample display here, even if director Jeff Wadlow is not nearly as adept at shooting action as Kick-Ass 1's Matthew Vaughn. Oct 11, 2018 | Rating: 5.5/10 | Full Review…
The action, violence and ludicrous bloodshed are all in ample display here, even if director Jeff Wadlow is not nearly as adept at shooting action as Kick-Ass 1's Matthew Vaughn.
Aaron Peterson
By trying to combine an idiotic slapstick humor and the graphic violence that characterized the first film, the result is an irregular sequel that, even if sometimes exciting and able to make us laugh, is totally unnecessary and never on a par with that excellent movie.
Super Reviewer
Decent sequel that does not quite reach the level of fun the original film did. It's particularly disturbing how similar Hit-Girls storyline is to the Carrie sequel, which also starred Moretz. Some of the new characters are fun and show promise, but we don't get to know them very well. The action is pretty gory again but not quite as spectacular as in part one. Entertaining but not quite the riot one could have hoped for.
Everything good about the original is missing from this mess.
This one really kicked it hard to be a PITA to get through the first hour. The first hour is extremely pathetic. After that, it becomes tolerable. I liked Chloe Grace in the first part, but here she's disappointing. Then again, the movie hardly had any credible performances. Maybe the poor script limited the scope. At least it must be responsible for no sequel ahead.
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