When i first watched Kick ass (2010) i was in high school and super heroes where things of comics and cartoons, thus seeing a movie about superhero origins along with being subversive and Bloodier than norm pushed it to ranks of films i greatly enjoyed.

i wasn’t aware of a sequel to it until i saw the movie poster during a visit to the cinemas for some other random film, and i distinctly remember feel this is not gonna turn out to be good. I don’t know what psychic powers i unlocked for a moment there but after so many years i was RIGHT.

Kick-Ass 2 all in all feels like a fan made film about the first one than an actual sequel. there is this tonal dissonance the film has that always just persists. the first film felt more linearly amping up the stakes to the eventually climax of bazooka to the main boss, without truly feeling jarring yet the sequel doesn’t understand this lesson and adds divergent plot points to make you question the movie genre itself. over the multiple characters, limp humour, cringe and a serious lack of finding the flow it would be really hard to say i enjoyed this film.

all this could be me being cynical and remembering the first film in rose tinted glasses. yet for my money Kick Ass 2 is another victim of the sequel curse.

124 movies down……..376 to go

see you soon

Goodbye