I really did like a lot of the new tracks. Most of the music is just remixed from the first film, which wasn't bad. The tone is also really inconsistent, the film constantly reminds us that this is "real life", but then we get scenes so ludicrously unrealistic and stylised that they seem like something out of Scott Pilgrim. It was just a shame nothing comes anywhere near close to the perfection of the Strobe Scene from the first. Wadlow directs the action scenes with horrific shakey-cam at times, despite actually creating some good set-pieces with Mother Russia's cop killing rampage and Hit-Girl's return on the van. He was replaced by who I like to call a "talentless hack" Jeff Wadlow, while the film is really colourful and those colours really pop, it just overall feels cheap and lower budget, despite being made for more money than the first. Matthew Vaughn didn't return to the directors chair this time, and it really shows. It worked in the first one as he was his father's lackey, but he really fails to step into his shoes. Christopher Mintz-Plasse still does a great job and has some great comedic chops, but he just doesn't make for a lead villain. Saying that, they replaced all these brutal and violent scenes with scenes that made the villain seem like a joke and not much of a threat at all. The stuff in the comic would have been far too much for a light-hearted film due to the child murder, dog decapitation and gang rape, so it was probably for the best this was all cut out.
#KICK ASS 2 REVIEW SERIES#
The Kick-Ass trilogy is one of the very few comic-book series I've bothered to read and I enjoyed the second instalment, but this adaption really tones down the content. The biggest problem is with the direction and the screenplay. The characters are still all as likeable as they are from the first film, and they certainly provide a heart and emotional core for the sequel. Bored of his mundane life he decides to come out of retirement, while at the same time Red Mist comes back for revenge re-masked as a super-villain called 'The Motherfucker' with a gang of villains he calls 'The Toxic Mega-Cunts'. I guess this is where the whole best vs favourite thing comes into play?Īfter Kick-Ass's antics in the first film he has retired and dozens of other citizens have become makeshift vigilantes like he was. Don't get me wrong, I still mostly enjoy it, but my word, it is a mess. Jesus), but on countless rewatches I've come to accept that this really isn't that good. I really liked this sequel when it first released in 2013 (3 years ago. If you know me, then you'll probably know that Kick-Ass is one of my favorite films of all-time.
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