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Kick-Ass 2 (15)

Kick-Ass 2 (15)

Action, Comedy, Crime

The costumed high-school hero Kick-Ass joins with a group of normal citizens who have been inspired to fight crime in costume. Meanwhile, the Red Mist plots an act of revenge that will affect everyone Kick-Ass knows.


The critical consensus

While it pings the coming-of-age tropes well enough, Kick-Ass 2 doesn’t quite have the heart of the original. Just a lot of blood, guts and (very) rude words.

***(*)(*)James Mottram, The List, 14/08/2013

A more modest success than the first Kick-Ass, but still of-a-piece with its scurrilous predecessor. Nobody flies a jet-pack up a skyscraper this time, but Kick-Ass 2 still has its share of over-the-top action, and the sweary laughs are just about intact.

***(*)(*)Owen Williams, Empire Online.

As an action movie, though, it’s also a bit meatier than most, with the last act battle between Hit Girl and a van full of gun-toting heavies a sublime piece of outrageous comic book action of the sort the recent Wolverine movie could have used. But then that’s the advantage of being the scrappy, scurrilous underdog of the superhero world: you can dare to have your cake and eat it.

***(*)(*)Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 18/08/2013

This time the transgressive punch-ups feel awfully forced.

***(*)(*)Siobhan Synnot, The Scotsman, 22/08/2013

Even fans of the original are likely to feel deeply disappointed.

Allan Hunter, Daily Express, 16/08/2013

Kick-Ass 2 insists that its characters face up to the real-world consequences of their play-fighting; that they question their identities and learn important life lessons. In short, it keeps on spoiling the fun.

***(*)(*)Laurence Phelan, The Independent, 16/08/2013

I remain pretty much in two minds about it myself. Moretz is a dynamic presence, and fires off her spiky one-liners with magnificent timing. The downside of her star quality is that she puts the rest in a pretty feeble light.

***(*)(*)Anthony Quinn, The Independent, 16/08/2013

It's a moderate follow-up to the first exhilarating adventure. If there is to be another episode, it must surely be a Wolverine-style solo outing for Chloë Moretz's Hit-Girl. She is the real star.

Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 15/08/2013

Graphic violence and foul language remain the calling cards for this superhero sequel.

Philip French, The Observer, 18/08/2013


Features about Kick-Ass 2 (15)

Kick Ass 2 writer 'delighted' with Jim Carrey snub, says actor has done the movie a favour

Chloe Hamilton, The Independent, 07/08/2013

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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