Although initially reluctant, she eventually agrees to train him and they have a short-lived partnership (with romantic overtones). His obsession to kill the man responsible for his father's death causes him to become the world's first "super villain." Spending the millions of dollars of inheritance money, he recruits an army of psychopaths and misfits, led by the frightening Mother Russia (Olga Kurkulina).īored of doing regular high school senior things, Dave decides he wants to resurrect his alter-ego, but he realizes Kick-Ass needs a partner, so he seeks out Mindy. Meanwhile, Chris D'Amico (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), the former Red Mist, nurses his grudge against Kick-Ass to the point where it poisons everything in his life.
Her guardian, Detective Marcus Williams (Morris Chestnut), believes she has given up her life of crime-fighting to become a model student. Gravity (Donald Faison) and Night Bitch (Lindy Booth). She has plenty of help from other masked vigilantes like Dr. The same cannot be said of Mindy Macready (Chloe Grace Moretz), who continues to moonlight as Hit Girl, helping to keep the streets of Manhattan crime-free. Kick-Ass (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), has returned to a normal high school life. By now, the first "real" superhero, Dave Lizewski a.k.a. Kick-Ass 2 starts at an unspecified time after Kick-Ass (but it's about 3 years). And there are instances when the irony is laid on so thickly that the only thing missing is a blinking neon sign with an arrow. Plus, the movie's need to include so-called "meta" elements (comparing the "real world" with the world of comic books) feel forced and obligatory. And, while there are some solid gold moments, the story as a whole has an unfocused, meandering quality, and there are elements that simply don't work.
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However, since Kick-Ass was such an atypical superhero production, the filmmakers, with Jeff Wadlow (whose previous effort was the forgettable Never Back Down) taking over for Matthew Vaughn in the director's chair, appear to be in a quandary about how to proceed. That usually means bigger fights, more interesting plot developments, and a stronger payoff. A sequel to the breath-of-fresh-air 2010 action/comedy, Kick-Ass, this film tries to do what many second installments attempt - now that the origin story has been dispensed with, take the characters in new directions. If there was ever any question about their ubiquitous multiplex presence, this answers it.
The summer blockbuster season of 2013 is over, so what do we get as we move into the dog days of August? Yet another superhero movie.
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