Kick ass 2 - movie review

Kick-Ass 2 is an upcoming 2013 British-American superhero action comedy film based on the comic book of the same name and Hit-Girl, both by Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr., and is a sequel to the 2010 film Kick-Ass. The film was written and directed by Jeff Wadlow and co-produced by Matthew Vaughn, who directed the first film.

Plot

Inspired by Kick-Ass and the events of the first film, other people don masks and begin to fight crime. One of these, Colonel Stars and Stripes, forms a team and asks Kick-Ass to join them. Meanwhile, Hit-Girl's choice to "retire" and try to have a normal life as a schoolgirl backfires when Red Mist is reborn as The Mother Fucker and plans to create a super-villain army to exact revenge on Kick-Ass for his father's death. The superheroes face threats from their allies and get thrown into prison for wearing masks.

Open Nationwide 

08/16/13

Runtime

107 min

MPAA Rating

R for Crude and Sexual Content, Brief Nudity, Pervasive Language, Strong Violence.

Starring

Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Chloë Grace Moretz, Clark Duke, Morris Chestnut, Donald Faison, John Leguizamo, Jim Carrey, Claudia Lee, Augustus Prew, Lyndsy Fonseca, Yancy Butler, Sophie Wu, Lindy Booth, Cinna, Iain Glen

Genre

Action, Comedy

Synopsis

Dave (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), aka Kick-Ass, and Mindy (Chloë Grace Moretz), aka Hit Girl, are trying to live as normal teenagers and briefly form a crimefighting team. After Mindy is busted and forced to retire as Hit Girl, Dave joins a group of amateur superheroes led by Col. Stars and Stripes (Jim Carrey), a reformed mobster. Just as Dave and company start to make a real difference on the streets, the villain formerly known as Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) rears his head yet again.

Aaron Johnson, ChioA Grace Moretz and Christopher Mintz-Plasse reprise their roles in this action-comedy.

Director

Jeff Wadlow

Distributor

Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures

Official Website

http://www.kickass-themovie.com/