The first Kick Ass movie a few years ago I ventured to my local multiplex to see, for once, not knowing a thing about the movie, I avoided all reviews, and it turned out to be a triumph, a mad, bad, potty mouthed original comic book movie with comic book style violence.
Three years later we get a sequel, a sequel that only the studio executives seem to want, Kick Ass was a one off, not a franchise, the early reviews were quite scathing, were they justified? Sadly yes.
The humour and comic book style violence has been replaced by a darker nastier, unpleasant feel, Jim Carey has distanced himself from the final product, and you can kind of see why .Not having the father figure Big Daddy, played by Nick Cage, is a major loss, the father/daughter relationship of the original was one of its major backbones, Mindy goes all 'Mean Girls' when she reluctantly hangs up her costume, the villains and good guys are pretty dull bar Carey, as Colonel Stars And Stripes, and a mad buxom Bridgette Nielson type Eastern European headcase.
Messy, somewhat unpleasant (rape gag anyone?) ultimately pointless.
*****
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