"Kick Ass 2" R
Jeff Wadlow helms the sequel to the movie that made Chloe Moretz a star, Kick Ass 2, and it doesn't quite to the original justice. This being said, it is not as bad as Spider Man 3, and as a parody of the lesser Spider Man sequels, it is brilliant. The story starts off about 2 years after the first. Mindy/Hit Girl, is trying to evade her ward, and cut school, while doing double duty as a crime fighting teenager. Dave Lisewski as Kick Ass is not really helping, as he allies with a spot on riff on Robot Chicken like parody of the Justice League from Smallville. Ha. Well known geeky Christopher Mintz Plasse again returns, but not as Red Mist, as Motherf***er, a now crazed parody of Catwoman crossed with the Green Goblin's son, with the same pathos. He organizes a group of super villains, in a spoof of the Legion of Doom, and launches a war against Kick Ass and his minions. Not sure if the director should be doing a future Justice League movie, as he is competent but his story lacks the comic timing of the original. It's a mean spirited movie that tries to take the gritty world and shoehorn it into the superhero comic angle a bit too much. As times it's enjoyable and there are some truly messed up gross out gags, one including a vomit and poo device used to get revenge on school bullies, and another with a dog that sicks balls used to take a bite out of a mobster. Still there are moments. It's not as bad a critics are saying. ** stars.
Review by Adam Browne
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