Kick-Ass 2

Rating: 2 Shurikens

What to say about Kick-Ass 2? Let's just say that it was nowhere near as good as Kick-Ass. I waited a long time for this sequel and I was really looking forward to it. Dave Lizewski is Kick Ass, played by Aaron Johnson. Chloe Moretz plays Hit Girl, albeit a little older and not as cute. Christopher Mintz-Plasse returns as the son of the mafia boss was killed in the first Kick Ass. He was called Red Mist, but has decided to take a new name, The Motherf****r. I can't even bring myself to spell it.

The Kick-Ass character inspires other people to become crimefighters. Most of these people are like Kick-Ass himself, in that they have no business fighting crime; they have no abilities and no superpowers. Kick-Ass and several of his inspired followers form a group led by The Patriot, who is played quite convincingly by Jim Carrey. Jim Carrey does have some experience in comic book movies having played The Mask and the Riddler.

A lot of the appeal of the original Kick-Ass was that it was one of those high school movies with lots of alcohol and sex but kick ass two goes right into the toilet for a lot of its humor. Hit Girl has a weapon that causes diarrhea, and it really takes away from the enjoyment of the movie. Not to mention that hit girl has aged quite a bit and is no longer convincingly young. She seems to be playing a character several years younger then she was in the first movie, although not that much time has passed that she would age so much. Chloe Moretz seems to have her own particular style that's herself and not really Hit Girl.

There is lots of violence and death, and the story is mildly interesting, but overall, I think I could have walked out of the theater before it was halfway over and I would have been much better off. The ending leaves it open for a sequel, which I will probably go see simply because it could be as good as kick ass one, you never know. Anyway, I give it 2 Shurikens, and recommend waiting until late after the little kids have gone to bed to watch it on a DVD. I wouldn't recommend paying extra for Blu-Ray.