All said and done, this movie definitely kicks ass. Kick-Ass 2 is an entertaining movie, sure, but too often the story is content to lean on tropes rather than play with them. KICK-ASS 2 lacks both the first movie's shock factor and its sense of humor. But violence aside, there's also the message about the real hero being the person behind the costume and not the accoutrements. The original Kick-Ass was a crazy, wild shocker that, while successful, was hardly a smash hit this sequel seems arbitrary, obligatory, and unnecessary. Beneath the deliberately ridiculous costumes and mock-serious dialogues lies a sea of brutality and gore gleefully topped off with the kind of language that would make a sailor blush. Politically incorrect dialogues aside, Kick-Ass 2 is actually quite a fun ride. Another involves Hit Girl paying cheeky homage to Kill Bill Vol 1's Yakuza battle scene. In one violent sequence, the ripped Mother Russia (Olga Kurkulina) feels the rage and shreds a bunch of cops using a powered lawnmower. The bad guy, Chris (Mintz-Plasse) blames Kick-Ass for his father's death, emerges in a new avatar called The Mother f**ker (the costume being his dead mom's S&M outfit and sex toys), recruits a bunch of 'heavy hitters' and seeks revenge. Kick-Ass 2 picks up sometime after the events of the first film. Gravity (Faison), Ass Kicker (Augustus Prew) and Battle Guy (Clark Duke). Kick-Ass 2 is a good but not great followup to Vaughns surprisingly smart, stylish and witty original. Not to be outdone, he finds himself a new team comprising Colonel Stars and Stripes (Carrey), Night Bitch (Lindy Booth), Dr. Dave (often parodying Tobey Maguire's Peter Parker) is turned down by her. But she has her own issues -an over-protective dad, an identity crisis and fellow students who try to erode her self-esteem. By Todd Gilchrist on Aug12:30 pm 154Comments. A cruel-hearted sequel with little to offer. High-schooler Dave (Taylor-Johnson, alter-ego Kick-Ass) tries to convince Mindy (Chloƫ, playing Hit Girl) to train him. Movie Review 'Kick-Ass 2' review: a mean and brutal miscalculation. You have an almost surreal situation where ordinary folks wearing clown-like (pyjamas included) costumes dish out the kind of gore that looks quite nasty. Review: Jeff Wadlow's follow-up to Matthew Vaughn's Kick-Ass (2010) attempts to penetrate deeper into the contrast between the wish-fulfillment of ordinary people living out their fantasy versus living a 'regular' life. Story: Can anyone become a superhero? It certainly seems so! Here, Kick-Ass teams up with other vigilantes to form the crime-fighting Justice Forever clan.