Kick-Ass 2 (4½ Stars)

This is the sequel to "Kick-Ass". It was made in 2013, three years after the first film. At first I thought it was the equal of the first film, but after watching it a few times I'm of the opinion that it's not up to the same level. Not quite.

In the aftermath of the first film, Dave Lizewski has given up being Kick-Ass. Mindy Macready, who's been adopted by her late father's best friend Marcus, is keeping up her training as Hit Girl. New super-heroes are appearing in the city, inspired by Kick-Ass. As we all know, Hit Girl was the real hero while Kick-Ass just tagged along, but she kept a low profile and is hardly known.

It's not just super-heroes who are appearing in the city. There are also super-villains, led by Chris D'Amico. In the first film he called himself Red Mist, but now he's the Motherfucker. Samuel L. Jackson would be proud of him.

These are the heroes...

... and these are the villains. Somehow the villains have the cooler costumes.

It's only a small selection of the heroes and villains. As the film progresses more and more arrive, until there are at least a hundred of each. There are so many that we don't even find out their names. Was that really necessary? Maybe that's what happened in the original comic, but it doesn't look good in a film.

Dave loses his virginity in this film to Night Bitch, the girl in the centre of the heroes. Mindy has her first kiss... with Dave. Hey, what's Dave doing? Can't he stick to one girl?

Jim Carrey appears as Captain Stars and Stripes, a born again Christian who rushes into action with an unloaded gun. After making the film he distanced himself from it, saying it was too violent. Please, Jim, don't be so uptight. It's only a movie.

J. J. North doesn't appear in the film. That's a pity. A 60 foot super-heroine would have been a good addition to the team.

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