Kick-Ass 2

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First time viewed: Yes
Current Release: Yes
Watched With: Sam

I do love the first Kick-Ass. Between that films release and the sequel we thought we weren't going to get, I read all the comics, so this time I had a much better idea of what was in store. The two comics that make up the sequel are much darker than the first film. There's stuff in there would easily land it an NC-17 rating, or worse. No surprise that the film sidesteps a few of these sections and comes up with some inventive sequences of its own, that get the same points across but in a much more fun way.

Make no mistake though, there's still a lot of very crass humour and graphic violence in this film. Jeff Wadlow takes over the writing and directing from Matthew Vaughn and while I don't think he's as strong staging the action it all works well.

What the sequel does well though is create all new character arcs for the three leads. The characters and indeed the world has changed a great deal from where things were left at the end of part 1. Escalation can be a bitch.

The film makes light of what came across as a far more serious on the page (a brutal rape scene becomes an easy dick joke here) but it actually makes for a much easier film to digest. It's still very very funny, if a little juvenile at times. It's great to spend more time with these characters, and while I think this film has a few more problems than its originator it's still a worthy sequel.