Kick-Ass 2 (2013)

Following Kick-Ass' heroics, other citizens are inspired to become masked crusaders. But Red Mist leads his own group of evil supervillains to get revenge, kill Kick-Ass and destroy everything he stands for.

Director:

Jeff Wadlow

Writers:

Jeff Wadlow (screenplay), Mark Millar (comic book)

Stars:

Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse

1 win & 7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Aaron Taylor-Johnson	...	Dave Lizewski / Kick-Ass
Chloë Grace Moretz	...	Mindy Macready / Hit Girl
Morris Chestnut	...	Detective Marcus Williams
Claudia Lee	...	Brooke
Amy Anzel	...	Mrs Zane
Clark Duke	...	Marty / Battle Guy
Augustus Prew	...	Todd / Ass Kicker
Mary Kitchen	...	News Reporter
Donald Faison	...	Dr. Gravity
Matt Steinberg	...	Mr. Radical
Steven Mackintosh	...	Tommy's Dad
Monica Dolan	...	Tommy's Mum
Garrett M. Brown	...	Mr. Lizewski
Lyndsy Fonseca	...	Katie Deauxma
Christopher Mintz-Plasse	...	Chris D'Amico / The Motherfucker

Storyline

After Kick-Ass' insane bravery inspires a new wave of self-made masked crusaders, led by the badass Colonel Stars and Stripes, our hero joins them on patrol. When these amateur superheroes are hunted down by Red Mist -- reborn as The Mother F%&*^r -- only the blade-wielding Hit Girl can prevent their annihilation. When we last saw junior assassin Hit Girl and young vigilante Kick-Ass, they were trying to live as normal teenagers Mindy and Dave. With graduation looming and uncertain what to do, Dave decides to start the world's first superhero team with Mindy. Unfortunately, when Mindy is busted for sneaking out as Hit Girl, she's forced to retire-leaving her to navigate the terrifying world of high-school mean girls on her own. With no one left to turn to, Dave joins forces with Justice Forever, run by a born-again ex-mobster named Colonel Stars and Stripes. Just as they start to make a real difference on the streets, the world's first super villain, The Mother F%&*^r, assembles his ...

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Plot Keywords:

superhero | kicked in the crotch | punched in the crotch | hit in the crotch | high school | 

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Taglines:

You Can't Fight Your Destiny.

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence, pervasive language, crude and sexual content, and brief nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 August 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Kick-Ass 2: Balls to the Wall

Filming Locations:

Pinewood Toronto Studios, Port Lands, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$28,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$13,332,955, 18 August 2013, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$28,795,985

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$63,297,114

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Marv Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat Dolby Surround 7.1 Dolby Atmos SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The lines "Try to have fun, otherwise, what's the point?" and "Yeah, there's a dog on your balls!" were both improvised by Jim Carrey.

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Goofs

Outside the high school at the beginning of the movie, Dave runs up to Mindy and says, "Hey," clearly without breathing heavily. Dave was clearly catching his breath after he stopped running.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Mindy Macready: A handgun bullet travels at more than 700 miles per hour.
[Mindy pulls a gun out]
Dave Lizewski: Hey, whoa! Absolutely not! No.
Mindy Macready: Look, if you don't want to do it, you don't have to do it.
Dave Lizewski: Okay, good. I don't want to do it!
Mindy Macready: Fine.
[Mindy shoots Dave in the chest]

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Crazy Credits

There is a short scene after the credits

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Connections

References The Flash (1990)

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Soundtracks

Nobody Move
Written by Hanni El Khatib (as Khatib), Dan Auerbach (as Auerbach), Patrick Keeler (as Keeler) and Bobby Emmett (as Emmett)
Published by Knife Fight administered by Warp Music and Hour Box Music (BMI) and Domino Publishing Co Ltd. (PRS). and Bobby Bird Dog Music (ASCAP)
Administered by Do Write Music, LLC.
Performed by Hanni El Khatib
Licensed courtesy of Innovative Leisure

User Reviews

Horrible sequel. Just awful

Kick Ass is one of my favourite films. It's clever, funny, original and gets all of its various elements just right. It scores on every level and is in my view the very best superhero film there is. OK, it's not as good as the Dark Knight films but you know... it's different, it's self aware. It's the anti-superhero film par excellence.

This film is about as far from the original Kick Ass as it is possible to be. It should be called "Sucks Ass". I have no idea what happened in the writing and production of this film but they managed to lose almost every semblance of wit that was in the first film and they have replaced that with a load of over the top Tarantino-esque violence, and a few knob gags.

I had heard this film was not as good as the first, but nothing prepared me for the turgid awfulness of what I watched tonight. I was watching the diabolical end "fight" through my fingers as the sheer mind-numbing terribleness of it had me involuntarily face-palming. I'm not even going to bother mentioning the plot (was there one?), but let's just say this film veers haphazardly from mindless blockbuster action smash right through to cheesy teenage school chick flick and back without ever managing to entice a giggle.

Remember "With no power comes no responsibility"?! Yeah, that made me guffaw with laughter too. Even the opening suicide smash of the original Kick Ass has more humour than this entire film and all it's terrible "jerk off" jokes combined.

Awful awful awful. The only reason I'm giving it three stars instead of one is erm... well I don't even know. I guess the stuff that has been shamelessly copied still half works, such as the music (songs all used in exactly the same places etc) but aside from that there are almost no redeeming features.

I now see very clearly why Jim Carrey wanted to disassociate himself from this film. It wasn't because of the violence. It's because its a terrible, terrible film.