Kick Ass 2 Review

So I finally went and saw Kick Ass 2 and I have to say it did not disappoint me! However I have had a little gander on the old inter-web to see what other people were thinking of the film and I was shocked to find the majority does not love the film!

One guy actually says that the film is: ‘A cancerous pretender promising something different but only offering up crass costumed zeroes’. Wow! (Here’s his review so I don’t get done for plagiarism http://thepopcornjunkie.com/2013/08/24/review-kick-ass-2/ … My English Literature degree has clearly been imprinted on my brain!)

So I may be on my own in liking this film (well me and my boyfriend may be alone in liking it), but I’m going to put forward why I don’t agree with the other reviewers floating about.

So before going into my rant I’ll briefly go over the plot… basically since Kick Ass was last about tonnes of masked ‘superheroes’ have appeared on the streets and Dave has come back to his ‘superhero’ ways and joins his new ‘heroes’.  However, Mindy is struggling to live a normal high school life and let go off hit Girl for good. Then Red Mist comes back into the picture as a new ‘super villain’  ‘The Mother Fucker’. Lots of fighting goes down.

So the main objection from the blogger-sphere is that the film is unoriginal and too gruesome. My counter-point to this is,

1.     It’s a sequel- therefore has to follow on from the previous film.

2.     If you don’t like violence/ gruesome stuff- don’t watch Kick Ass 2! There’s no excuse you’ve seen the first film with murder and people dying in giant microwaves!

I personally didn’t think the film was ‘un-original’, yes it didn’t have the shock factor of the first film, but that’s because the first film was completely original and nothing like any other film. (Apart from spoofing other superhero films.) Whereas this film is a SEQUEL so there’s going to be similarities with the first film. However I liked the way the film basically showed how the fucked up Kick Ass kids dealt with adolescents. (My personal favorite bit was the Union Jay section- mindless teenage girls will understand.)

I found it extremely funny and would def watch again. It’s got characters to love, super villains to love to hate and Jim Carey without the stupid faces. Class.

If you’re easily offended don’t watch this film, but if you can enjoy the lighter sides of the film and bare some violence then watch Kick Ass 2 as it won’t disappoint.