Kick Ass 2
Where do I begin with this! Undoubtedly a good laugh as some
of the things you see just seem absurd. The film manages to goofy up comic book
superheroes and cut down how serious and heavy some of those films are, just as
the first Kick Ass did. I mean what super villain is called the 'Mother
Fucker!' The film carries on three years
from the first Kick Ass and not too much has changed. Mindy Macready aka hit
girl is carrying on from where she left off, a 15 year old girl battering drug dealers.
Despite her heroic actions, her adoptive father Marcus wants her to sheath the
double ended up blade. On the other hand Dave Lizewski aka Kick Ass can't seem
to be able to live a normal life after jet packing up a sky scraper and
shooting a drug lord with a bazooka! So he teams up with Justice-Forever, lead
by the brilliant Colonel Stars and Stripes, played by an enigmatic Jim Carey.
The whole idea of Kick Ass 2 I feel was to escalate the
first one, there are far more self righteous vigilantes who just want to do
good and make a difference, as there are more hilarious over the top bad guys! Christopher
Mintz-Plasse manages to bring a nerdy Mclovin style of performance, as you get
the feeling he's not really cut out for it at the beginning still living with
'Mommy' however, as the film progresses, Mintz-Plasse becomes more obsessively
evil.
The film is refreshingly different and although it's a
little bit controversial, it has stayed true to the original comic books it was
based on. Some of the scenes are purely golden and the really did have me in
stitches. Despite Kick Ass 2 not quite living up to the brilliance of the first
one, it's still a very watchable film!
My Rating: 7/10
Directors: Jeff Wadlow
Cast: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloe Grace
Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Iain Glen, Jim Carrey, Lyndsy Fonseca, Morris
Chestnut
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