Kick Ass 2: This Is Not a Review. This is Real Life.

I really enjoyed Kick Ass 2. Not to say that it didn’t have any faults, because all movies have faults. I believe the good bits of Kick Ass 2 out way the bad bits. Chloe Grace Moretz is a gem. She gets an amazing arc, some great lines and plenty of moments to show off that she is the real deal. Whether it is delivering a line inches from Mother Russia’s Crotch, rolling around the roof of a vehicle dodging bullets or trying out for the dance squad. She excels. She is the Goku of this tale and her removed individualization drives most of the drama and action of the movie. She is 14 in the movie going through a 14 year old girl’s problems. There is a really funny sequence in the movie, which I will not spoil. I’m just wondering whether Wadlow asked to have a One Direction trailer shown before the movie specifically. One Direction doesn’t make a cameo… You will understand when you see it.

This isn’t to say that she doesn’t have help from the supporting cast. Aaron Taylor-Johnson does the same thing he did in the first Kick Ass. The bright eyed and excited adrenaline junky/moral compass. I do think it is a bit hammy and his American accent is really off, like Marty Mcfly, from other NYC accents which kind of troubles me. It’s a little too Hollywood. Oh well, maybe he will show us a little something new when he plays Quicksilver for Whedon. Having said that I think that he gets a lot of good screen time and some great moments from the team created Justice Forever. 

Jim Carrey was fantastic. He is a total chameleon and can get you to laugh whenever he wants. It is kind of ironic that he is against the violence betrayed in this movie because he plays a Born Again Christian. He does kill people, but in the name of God and people have been doing that for years…

It was very interesting to see the work of John Romita Jr. shown to us on screen, then to juxtapose those images with a live action version. This is especially when it comes to The MotherFucker’s (McLovin(Christopher Mintz-Plasse)(Who I think is not that great in this)) team of colorful baddies who get some great moments. They are very stereotypical and ‘archetypal,’ without really taking us out of the flow of the movie, thanks to the images from the comic.

Speaking of which this movie goes out of its way to remind us over and over again that this is not a comic book or a movie. THEN STOP SHOWING US IMAGES AND TEXT BOXES RIPPED FROM A COMIC BOOK. Wadlow tried very hard to let us (The viewer) know that we are not watching a sequel, that this was real life. I feel like it would be very hard to take over a franchise and make it your own even though you need people to remember the first movie. Stop telling me I’m not watching a sequel while my ticket has a ‘2’ on it.

The evolution of Hit Girl, Kick Ass and The MotherFucker is fantastic to watch.  It hits some bumps along the way, but I had a great time and cannot wait to see it again.

All in all, very enjoyable I give Kick Ass 2  7.5 blood splatters to Kick Ass 1’s 7.